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110.18. English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 6, Beginning with School Year 20092010. (15) Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings
about real or imagined people, events, and ideas.
Title of the Resource: Figment
Audience: Middle School and High School Students

Topic: Virtual Writing

Author: No author given

URL: http://figment.com/
APA Citation: Figment. (2016).
Paragraph describing the websites characteristics and how the website could be used as a
resource:
Figment is an online writing tool that encourages students to share their writing. Teachers
can create classes on the website and post assignments, such as writing prompts for their
students. Students can write their own stories, read others, and use the websites discussion tool
to talk about what they learned from each others writing. The website is free and makes student
writing a social experience. Both public and private groups can be created.
Title of Resource: Quill
Audience: Middle School and High School Students

Topic: Interactive Writing and Grammar

Founders: Peter Gault, Ryan Novas, Tom Calabrese, David McKendrick

URL: https://www.quill.org/

APA Citation: Gault, P., Novas, R., Calabrese, T., & McKendrick, D. (n.d.). Retrieved October
4, 2016.
Paragraph describing the websites characteristics and how the website could be used as a
resource:
Quill is an online writing tool where students and teachers can engage in interactive
writing lessons. It has activity packets for elementary, middle school, high school, and middle
school students that cover numerous grammar and vocabulary lessons. It also includes
benchmark assessment activities that were developed using the Common Core State Standards.

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Title of Resource: Write the World

Audience: Students ages 13-18

Topic: Writing Skills, Writing Communities

Author: David Weinstein

URL: http://writetheworld.com/
APA Citation: Write the World. (n.d.). Retrieved October 04, 2016, from
http://writetheworld.com/
Paragraph describing the websites characteristics and how the website could be used as a
resource:
Write The World, founded by David Weinstein, is officially targeted at a high school
student audience but is often used by middle school writers as well. Teachers and students can
use the website to find writing prompts, to peer review, to compete in writing competitions, and
to create private writing groups for their classes.
Title of Resource: Write About This
Audience: Students 8 and up

Topic: Digital Writing

Author: Brad Wilson and John Spencer; Developer: Bob Armbrister

URL: http://www.writeaboutapp.com/
APA Citation: Wilson, B., & Spencer, J. (2014). Retrieved October 04, 2016, from
http://www.writeabout.com
Paragraph describing the websites characteristics and how the website could be used as a
resource:
Write About, founded by Brad Wilson, John Spencer, and their developer Bob Armbrister,
is a digital writing website for students to learn about different genres, write their own stories,
and read and review stories. Teachers can give students feedback on their writing through this
website. Write About is a good source for teachers to use to teach their students about the
different types of writing, such as expository, personal narrative, persuasive, nonfiction, etc., as
well as use it for revising and editing practice. It is free for teachers to use with up to forty
students; beyond forty, membership to Write About costs between twenty-five to forty dollars per
year for teachers, and two dollars per year for a school district.

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Title of Resource: Storybird
Audience: K-9th grade students

Topic: Visual Storytelling

Author: No Author Given

URL: https://storybird.com/
APA Citation: Storybird - Read, write, discover, and share the books you'll always remember.
(2009). Retrieved October 04, 2016, from https://storybird.com/
Paragraph describing the websites characteristics and how the website could be used as a
resource:
Storybird is a website where students can read and create visual stories. The website
offers numerous different illustrations created by animators from around the world that writers
can choose from to begin writing a story with. Storybird is open to students, educators, and
families. It is a creative site where students are given the visual tools to make just about any
story they wish. It is free and offers educators a lot of ideas and information about how to use its
tools to inspire students to write. However, it gives no information about its founder or author;
thus, creating a citation and finding out whether it was credible was difficult.