Tips for Writing & Research
The Five Paragraph Essay - tips, info., structure and help in organizing and learning to use the 5 paragraph pattern.
Persuasive Writing - on this site learn the tools and techniques of persuasive writing.Includes an examination of logic and fallacies of logic.
Research - steps on how to begin and select a topic or subject for research.
Guide
to Writing Research Papers
(Using MLA)
Writing
Genres - a site with links to the following writing genres.
Business & technical writing
Creative writing
Writing in school
Writing in special fields
Tutorials & guides
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling - help and examples are available here on the Purdue Univ. writing lab page.
Documenting Electronic Sources
OCHS Writing Rubric
The English department has established
writing mandates and guidelines to help students develop consistency
and style in formal writing assignments.
The domain descriptions and rubric are corelated to SOL standards.
Click here for the OCHS
Writing Mandates