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Writing Points monthly ezine
Free help for busy writing teachers

Writing Points is a free ezine for busy English teachers, homeschooling parents, and others who work with teens and adult writers. It has:

No jargon.
No page-long paragraphs.
No ivory-tower dissertations.

It's the straight skinny from one writing teacher to another.

What you'll find in each issue

Each issue:

Focuses on teaching essential knowledge and skills.
Offers ways to make writing assignments multitask.
Gives tips teaching for teenage and adult students with learning difficulties.
Shows how to teach for higher-level learning.
Recommends free and inexpensive resources.

You can see you can expect by checking back issues in the archives.

What you won't ever find

You don't find anything about teaching third graders to write short stories. The ezine is focused entirely on teaching expository nonfiction to teens and adults.

How the sign-up process works

When you fill in the form below, you will receive a confirmation email. It will ask you if you really want the ezine. This is to protect you from having someone else submit your address.

After you have comfirmed your subscription, you may choose a thank-you gift from this selection of all the resources available only to Writing Points subscribers.

Note, please, the downloads are for your use only; it is illegal to provide copies to any other person.

What it is	Who it is for
Is Your Teen Ready for College Writing? (6 page PDF) Revised Sept. 2010	homeschoolers, parents, teachers
The A, B, C's of Best Practices in Teaching Writing(3 page PDF)	English/writing teachers, administrators, homeschoolers
Formal Writing Prompts for English Language Arts Grades 7-10 (PDF)	English/communications teachers grades 7-10, homeschoolers
Formal Writing Prompts for English-Language Arts Grades 11-14 (PDF)	English/communications teachers grades 11-14, homeschoolers
6 Grammar Terms You Should Not Use and What to Use Instead (PDF)	English/communications teachers grades 4-12, homeschoolers, adult educators
The Netwriting Master's Course: The Simple Art of e-Persuasion (48 page PDF)	Anyone who wants to write persuasive copy for the web
WHAM IT! The Master's Course: A Work-at-Home Mother's Guide to Successfully Building a Real Business on the Net	Women who work from home or wish they could (There's no reason why men can't use it, too.)

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I know it's a bit of a nuisance having to leave your inbox to read the news, but the broken links that showed up in the email version of the newsletter drove subscribers crazy. And the website version looks a lot nicer, too.