WRITING

MidLink Magazine
Billed as "The Electronic Magazine for Kids in the Middle Grades," this site includes "The 'Write' Spot" (stories written by "kids just like YOU"), art work, Internet news stories and link sites. Chance to look in on other classrooms to see what they are doing and, if you wish, to e-mail them. Look at back issues also.
longwood.cs.ucf.edu:80/~MidLink/

National Council for Teachers of English
Includes an online versions of their magazine, which explores a number of English literature/writing instruction issues. Registering to the site is easy and free; once you're a member you can immediately browse the NCTE archives for specific topics of interest.
www.ncte.org/

National Writing Project
Provides a forum for teachers from elementary through college levels to exchange ideas and about writing.
www-gse.berkeley.edu/Research/NWP/nwp.html

Vocabulary University
Vocabulary University compiles a variety of word puzzles targeted for specific age groups (high elementary, junior high-middle school, and high school-college prep) in an effort to make learning words and recognizing Latin roots fun.
www.vocabulary.com/
To visit the Syndicate site, designed by the same team and containing more word puzzles:
www.syndicate.com/

Young Writers
By Inkspot. Young Writers Resource Page is full of annotated links such as writers' guidelines, writing contests, E-zines and online writing by / for young people. Very good set of links for children and parents.
www.inkspot.com/young/