English Language & Composition Past FRQs - Use these to practice free response writing before the May test.
davidvillalva.com - Coaching and free tools to write stories, with paid options, too.
College Essay Guy - With a few free resources with many paid options, this website features a former CHS teacher as one of their presenters.
BrainFuse Online Tutoring - You'll need an LA County library card for this, but there are tutors with bachelor's degrees who are ready to help you in any subject, including writing. It also features a 24-hour writing lab where you can submit your writing and get feedback from a human by the next day.
Cerritos High School Library - A PDF with links and username/password to databases available for current students. Provides access to TeachingBooks.net, Encyclopedia Britannica, ProQuest, SIRS Issue Researcher, and more.
Bibliography.com - Citation formatting with no sign-in required
Chicago Citation Format Guide: Some scholarships and contests require Chicago Style Citation. Use this to learn how to do it and the differences with MLA and APA.
EasyBib - Generates proper citations for Works Cited and In-Text formats in MLA and other formats.
Footnotes vs. Endnotes in Chicago Style - Includes video tutorials and examples to help you format document correctly.
Google Docs's Citation Tool - Watch this video to learn the basics of how to cite sources and generate references
Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) - Up-to-date rules for MLA, APA, and any other citation style. It comes complete with many examples and entire essays to show part/whole citation style.
Sample MLA Formatted Paper - Full essay with MLA citations and annotations that explain all features that writers need to include.
Checklist of Critical Questions for Literary Analysis - very useful for AP Literature and Composition assignments
bubbl.us - no login or advertising webtool to graphically represent ideas to prepare for writing about their connections and development.
Essay Mapping Tool - Enter your ideas or sentences and this webpage will help you to organize them in a linear, direct format.
Plagiarism checker from Grammarly - See if any of your writing it too similar to other published works. It can help you paraphrase correctly, changing sentence structure, word order, and word choice.
Visual Thesaurus - Using web maps, this site shows the relationship between words in a striking, graphic way. Limited number of daily uses in free mode, Paid subscriptions allow more features and use.
Hemingway App - Inspired by the direct, concise writing style of Earnest Hemingway, this site helps you to do the same.