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Secondary Writing Strategies and Resources. November - Teacher Leader Meeting. “Writing today is not a frill for the few, but an essential skill for the many.” The National Commission on Writing, 2003.
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Secondary Writing Strategies and Resources November - Teacher Leader Meeting
“Writing today is not a frill for the few, but an essential skill for the many.” The National Commission on Writing, 2003
Cubing: A pre-writing strategy that has students examining a topic from six different perspectives. http://www.duvalschools.org/newteachers/DI%20Strategies/DI%202012/Cube.pdf
Virginia Department of Education Middle School Writing Modules http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/graduation/project_graduation/online_tutorials/english/materials/writing_middleschool.pdf
http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/home Art Project Historic Moments World Wonders Google Cultural Institute Visit the site:
E-books AP Images **Remember the password is wiseowl NCWise Owl What is New?
ReadWorks http://www.readworks.org/ A great resource for non-fiction pieces that are on different grade levels. Each passage comes with multiple choice and constructed response questions.
bookr A tool to create and share your own photobook using Flickr images http://www.pimpampum.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/captura/16_bookr_05.jpg?itok=IF3GZd-5
Picture it With Poetry The students will have begun a unit on Poetry and will apply this knowledge by creating multimedia videos on Animoto.com. After conducting research online, they will select a poem of their choice and create a visual representation of it, which includes visual and auditory imagery. The students will present their final videos to the class.
Storybird – RMHS Storybird www.storybird.com
NCHS Three Argumentative Appeals, Aristotle's methods of convincing: Reason (logos), Ethics (ethos) or Emotion (pathos)
Quote Responses Parker Students were to find quotes about money by famous people and tell why they agree with them. The next step is to comment on a peer's quote. ..\Money83block_Parker.docx
Writing - EMS Differentiating Between Modes of Writing_EMS.docx Check list for elaboration_EMS.pdf Examples of Transitions_EMS.docx Peer Editing in ver 2003_EMS.xlsx
Audio Feedback and Story Reflections - NNHS Short Stories Project Reflection.doc Providing Audio Feedback for Students about Their Writing.doc
Sharing Table - SNMS Period4SharingTable.docx
Write to Learn - ROM This program allows teachers to use the pre-made prompts or lets a teacher create their own prompts. This is Pearson product that Felecher has used with a lot of success with her students.
Evernote and Creative Writing Activity SNHS Use Evernote as a tool for note taking and keeping information organized for research assignments. Creative Writing activity using google form and a radomizer. Students complete the form identifying character, setting, and conflict. Students randomly select from each category and have to develop a short story using the information selected.
Creative Writing Links http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/ http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/