Web Resources

Covers many aspects of good writing, including planning, paragraphs and proofreading, and under other tabs, grammar and spelling. (skills: W, TS, CL)

This site from Empire State College, the State University of New York, uses interactive exercises to teach you how sentences work, how they're structured, and how to use active and passive voices. (skills: W, TS)

The Writing Wizard offers both a wizard to create handwriting and printing worksheets, and links to many writing sites. (skills: W, TS, CL)

Better English has many writing and grammar lessons focused on business writing, in addition to a section on public speaking and presentations. (skills: W, TS, CL)

Gallaudet University's English Works! writing webpages highlight the writing process and define in detail different types of writing, such as letters, essays, and business English. (skills: W, TS, CL)

Stephen Wilbers offers a pre-test, exercise and post test to help all avoid the most common punctuation errors. (skills: W, TS, CL)

This Statscan project helps students understand how journalists research their information, teaches Internet navigation skills and introduces students to a number of websites to find out about current events. (skills: RT, TS, CL)