Mr. Klingensmith's Online Help Guide

This is where you want to be if you need help with a writing assignment for my class. Here you're find a list of various writing models, tips and hints. You'll also find a list of forms that I typically use in class, ready for downloading and complete with instructions for use, as well as some general tips for writing success and the grading rubrics I use when I'm looking at your writing.

The pages are organized by topic, and there is some overlap whenever a page is appropriate for more than one topic.

I hope it helps. Thanks for stopping by.



THE SHORT STORY

  1. How to Write a Short Story

  2. The Make-A-Character Form

  3. When to Make a New Paragraph

  4. How to Punctuate Dialogue

  5. Advanced Rules for Punctuating Dialogue

THE PERSUASIVE ESSAY

  1. How to Write an Hourglass-Shaped Essay or Speech

  2. How to Write a Funnel-Shaped Introduction

  3. How to Write a Thesis Sentence

  4. How to Formulate an Argument

  5. How to Squash the Opposition

  6. How to Write a Hamburger Paragraph

  7. How to Make a Paper Look Right

  8. When to Make a New Paragraph



WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE

  1. How to Write About Literature

  2. How to Write a Book Progress Report

  3. How to Write a Review

  4. When to Make a New Paragraph

THE RESEARCH PAPER

  1. How to Do Research

  2. How to Write End Notes

  3. How to Write Parenthetical References

  4. How to Write a Bibliography

  5. How to Write a Hamburger Paragraph

  6. How to Make a Paper Look Right

  7. When to Make a New Paragraph



THE LAB WRITEUPS

  1. Lab Writeups for Fifth and Sixth Grades

  2. A Sample Student Lab Writeup

  3. Another Sample Student Lab Writeup

  4. A Third Sample Student Lab Writeup

THE POEMS

  1. How to Write Haiku

  2. How to Write a Limerick

  3. How to Write an Acrostic Poem



THE GRADING RUBRICS

  1. A Grading Rubric for Dramatic Writing

  2. A Grading Rubric for Literature Questions

  3. A Grading Rubric for Essays

  4. A Grading Rubric for Short Stories

  5. A Grading Rubric for Lab Writeups in Fifth and Sixth Grades

FORMS, ETC.

  1. The Make-A-Character Form

  2. The Five-Chapter Storyboard

  3. The Southside Times

  4. The Character Trading Card




THE OTHER WRITING MODELS

  1. How to Write a Radio Play

  2. How to Write a Movie

  3. How to Write a Web Page



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