Hamilton Heights High School Library

The following resources are arranged by steps in the writing process. And, as mentioned in the workshop, it is sometimes best to begin at the ending .

The Writing Process -- Evaluation

• Make Your Own Rubrics -- http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

The Writing Process -- Prewriting

• A+ Research and Writing -- from the Internet Public Library -- http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/aplus/
  
  
• Hot Paper Topics -- from O'Keefe LIbrary at St. Ambrose Univesity -- http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm
  
  
• Controversial Issues -- from Hunterdon Central High School Library -- http://www.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/imc/websites/issues.html
  
  
• News and Issues -- from About.com -- http://about.com/newsissues/index.htm
  
  
• Carrer Interest Survey -- from ICPAC -- http://icpac.indiana.edu/careers/inventories/Interest-Checklist.xml
  
  
• Inspiration Software -- http://www.inspiration.com/ (Note: you can get a free 30 day trial of the software from their web site.)

The Writing Process -- Gathering Information

• Inspire --When appropriate given the research topic, make sure to point students toward this large collection of databases provided by the State of Indiana -- http://www.inspire.net
  
  
• Newsbank -- Full-text articles from over 2,000 magazines and newspapers.
  
  
• Opposing Viewpoints -- On-line version of the popular research resource with links to recommended web sites and articles on the selected topics. Also good for browsing for potential research topics.
  
  
• Primary document sites such as -- The American Memories Project at http://memory.loc.gov/ or Original Government Documents at http://www.ourdocuments.gov/.
  
  
• For careers research, see the new Career Information Page from the HHHS Library.

The Writing Process -- Revising and Peer Editing

• Microsoft Word Reviewing Toolbar
  View > Toolbars > Reviewing -- Then click on icons to
  Add comments, mark changes, etc. Print out draft copies with comments throughout process.
  
  
• Online Writing Lab from Purdue -- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
  
  
• Noodle Bib Citation Helper-- Although its stated audience is students grades 1q-5, our students will also appreciate this citation helper -- http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/index.php
  
  
• Landmarks Citation Machine -- another citation helper at http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php.