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Tools for writing
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 * To improve your skills, try this Essay Writing Tutorial.**
 * For more on Essay Writing click here.**
 * For help with building an argument try Argument Mapping Tutorials**

Dictionaries and Thesaurii
​Find similar or opposite words. [|One Look] [|Cambridge Dictionaries] [|Collins Word Exchange] [|Thesaurus.com] [|Lexical FreeNet]

Quotations
[|Bartleby's Quotations] [|Quoteworld.org] 

Grammar and Style
Education Scotland Knowledge of Language BBC Skillswise - English - Help with spelling and grammar. [|Ability.org.ukGrammar] - useful list of grammar help sites [|Jack Lynch's guide to grammar and style] [|Writing Den] The Amazing Wordtamer. How to use an apostrophe.

Creating texts
The Curriculum for Excellence definition of //"a text is the medium through which ideas, experiences, opinions and information can be communicated."// Before you start creating your text, have a look at the Getting your message across tutorial.

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Copyright Friendly Resources
Most images and sound effects on the Internet are copyright. If you wish to add images to your work, make sure they are copyright free by either using educational sources or creative commons licences. These sites are all collections of images that you are free to use. Copyright free resources media type="custom" key="6675807" media type="youtube" key="VsFXv7Q6ZFE?list=PLm__BmtwSgivVL-2vbS6S6MqofgmoJ-Y3" width="560" height="315"
 * This is a fantastic list of sources of copyrightfriendly resources.**
 * To search widely for copyright free images try using [|SearchCreativeCommons]or [|FlickrCC]** **or [|EveryStockPhoto]**When you search on Every Stock Photo it pulls images from dozens of sources across the web. If you click on an image in your search results you will be taken to a larger version of the image, a link to the source, and the attribution requirements for using that picture.
 * See how to use Google Image search to find images you can use**

To understand Creative Commons Licences.

Images
Copyright free images This is a fantastic list [|SCRAN] - has 333,000 images, movies and sounds from museums, galleries, archives and the media available for educational use Photo Pin - a new way of searching Flickr for useable images. [|Arkive] Library of Congress Pictures [|Fotopedia] an encyclopedia of images, fantastic resource with most images licensed by Creative Commons - RECOMMENDED! Pics4Learning - a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational setting. FlickrStorm- It works by looking for //more// than what you enter to find related and more relevant images... Be suprised! [|Web Gallery of Art] - Allows images to be used for educational purposes [|Classroom Clipart] [|Free digital Photos]free photos for education - Imagebase - free photos [|Inclusive Technology]- free graphics for education [|Compfight] - search flickr for creativecommons images, works well


 * [|Non-fiction film sources]**

Sound effects
Freeplay Music - Production music, classical and modern Musopen mp3s of classical and vocal music PublicDomain4U free recordings of wide variety of music SoundJay sound effects and background noises Dig.ccmixtercreative commons licensed music. Try [|Soungle] - Royalty free sound effects freeSFX free downloadable sounds



Presenting your work
Your work should be:
 * Neat and tidy
 * Easy to read
 * Free of mistakes
 * Correctly spelt

Most projects or investigations will follow the same format. What your project is about. What you have learned or a summary of the information. For more help with producing a bibliography go to Bibliography List of all your sources.
 * Introduction**
 * Main body of the text**
 * All your information
 * Organised into headings and sub-headings
 * With any diagrams, tables or illustrations
 * Clear paragraphs
 * Conclusion**
 * Bibliography**



Self-Evaluation

 * While you are working ask yourself:-**
 * Have I answered all my questions ?
 * Do I have enough information?
 * Are there any big gaps in my information?
 * How can I get help to find what I need?
 * Am I ready to write up my work?
 * What do I still need to complete?

Think about: //**WWW - What went well?**// //**EBI - Even better if-**//
 * Reviewing your work**


 * Here are some self-evaluation tools.**

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