Wordtune

 

Need to rephrase sentences? Just copy and paste or type your sentence into Wordtune’s editor, and let artificial intelligence do the rest. You can also add their handy Chrome extension to rephrase sentences directly in your favorite browser-based apps.  Below is an example that I did.

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Quillbot - "Writing Made Painless"'

 

Quillbot is a paraphrasing tool,  There are seven different modes of which the first two are free.  See the video.  

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Wordtune

 

Wordtune is an AI chrome extension that lets you highlight a passage of your writing and it will analyze it for you.  You can try it out without loading the chrome extension on their website for free.  Click here.

Essay for hire

If you talk about plagiarism in your classroom, you might want to read this article about essay writing for hire.  To read the article click here.

Citation Machine

I know I have discussed using bibme, mybib, easybib, University of Alberta's Centre for Writers and purdue owl before.  Here is another one that you might want to use for your citations.  It is called Citation Machine.  To see it click here.

Grammarly

This is a free Chrome addon.  It will detect grammar errors, spelling errors and other errors in your writing.  To see Grammarly click here.

Teen Ink

If you have some writers, artists or photographers in your class that are looking for a venue to submit their work, this might be the place.  This website is for teens and is run by teens.   Maybe you just want your students to look at works of students their own age and use this as an exemplar.  They alos have monthly contests.  To see the website click here.

Grade Proof

Before your students hand in their papers have them get it proofed for spelling, vocabulary and grammar for free by using the free version of Grade Proof.  To see the website click here.

National Essay Contest in French

If you would like to have your students write a French essay for a contest where they could win some prize money for university here is one for you.  For more information click here.  

Setting Up Your AP History DBQ

I have posted about Tom Richey's  great AP History website before.  To see my post click here.  He posted a new video on "Setting Up Your AP History DBQ".  He leads students through the procedure to make an excellent essay that meets the standards of the new AP US, European and World History DBQs.  See the video embedded below.

Engineering Essay Contest

Would you like to win $500.  Write an essay and maybe you will.  All you have to do is write an essay briefly describing the technology and what improvements you think it can provide in at least one of the four main areas of engineering responsibility: Safety, Health, Well-being and Environmental sustainability.   To see more click here.  The deadline is February 1st.