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NaNoWriMo: Writing Resources to Use All Year

10/24/2011

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Whether you plan to participate in National Novel Writing Month or not, this website offers some wonderful free resources that can be used all year:                                http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/node/

After all, why stop writing at the end of November?  Print off the free PDF Writer's workbooks (available in elementary, middle school and high school levels) and conduct mini-lessons on a variety of literary elements, including the "plot roller coaster," character development, conflict, setting, mood, dialogue, and using sensory details.  These workbooks are incredibly versatile, and would work well with literature circles, classroom novel studies, or student writing assignments.  

 NaNoWriMo also includes exercises for work shopping student writing--peer review and self-review--as well as grammar checklists, and guidelines for writing a letter to an editor.  Another feature that I like about the writing workbooks is that they strongly link the acts of reading and writing, asking students to reflect on positive reading experiences that they have had in order to inspire their own writing.  

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NaNoWriMo's plot roller coaster
NaNoWriMo even offers "pep talks" from professional young adult literature authors to help keep your students on track and highly motivated.  This year, I'm particularly looking forward to the pep talk given by Gayle Foreman; I just recently finished reading If I Stay, and I loved every minute of it!  So, what are you waiting for?  Start that novel!  (Or, at the very least, beef up your writing curriculum with some top-notch resources.)


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