Writing Links

Nonfiction Subjects
https://www.nonfictionminute.org/ 
https://helpfulpapers.com/blog/2014/03/18/70-really-good-ideas-for-cause-and-effect-essay-topics/

Pictures to Inspire Writing
https://www.literacyshed.com/the-images-shed.html

Middle School Debate Example
http://viewpure.com/Vv1S9QPblv0

Middle School Debate Topics
https://www.thoughtco.com/middle-school-debate-topics-8014
https://www.procon.org/PDF/middleschooldebate.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/learning/lesson-plans/401-prompts-for-argumentative-writing.html
http://www.middleschooldebate.com/topic-lists/

Complex Sentences
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Watch the Khan Academy Videos and perform the practice.
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/grammar/syntax-sentences-and-clauses/types-of-sentences/v/simple-and-compound-sentences-syntax-khan-academy

Words to use in Scary Stories
http://www.words-to-use.com/words/halloween/

Social Issues
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/surviving-your-childs-adolescence/201701/social-challenges-middle-school

Literacy Elements
https://literarydevices.net/

History Topics
http://www.history.com/topics

Plot Generator
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This is a fun way to generate ideas for short stories and/or a variety of other genres.  Don't use it to write a story, but rather to generator ideas for a plot.

http://www.plot-generator.org.uk/

Text Organization
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This site can be used for both narrative and informational writing/reading.
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/text-structure/

Words to replace SAID
http://www.spwickstrom.com/said/

Famous Speeches
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson-docs/SpeechSignOut.pdf