Welcome IMS English teachers! This site is a one-stop-shop for all your writing resource needs. You can find learning plans, graphic organizers, interactive quizzes, and even SMART Notebook & Board activities that are easy to find and even easier to use. We will also use this site as a discussion board (use Discussion link in the left-hand navigation) to ask questions and share successful writing activities that you have used with your students. Your submissions will be added to the site, which will change and grow as we work together to develop a vast collection of the best resources for teaching and practicing writing skills. I believe William Safire sums it up perfectly in his excerpt below from his book, The Great Rules of Writing: Do not put statements in the negative form.
And don't start sentences with a conjunction.
If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a
great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all.
De-accession euphemisms.
If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
Last, but not least, avoid clichés like the plague. Have fun and let the writing begin!
We will also use this site as a discussion board (use Discussion link in the left-hand navigation) to ask questions and share successful writing activities that you have used with your students. Your submissions will be added to the site, which will change and grow as we work together to develop a vast collection of the best resources for teaching and practicing writing skills.
I believe William Safire sums it up perfectly in his excerpt below from his book, The Great Rules of Writing:
Do not put statements in the negative form.
And don't start sentences with a conjunction.
If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a
great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.
Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all.
De-accession euphemisms.
If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
Last, but not least, avoid clichés like the plague.
Have fun and let the writing begin!
Alisha McBride