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Exploring Literature through Letter Writing Groups This fully developed lesson plan at the NCTE website readwritethink.org outlines the logistics for how to organize students into literacy groups that respond to one another through writing. The context for the writing could be within a classroom or school using paper, across the country using snail mail, over the internet anywhere in the world using email, a discussion board or weblog. http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=397 Individualized Spelling Lists A teacher created resource with ideas of how to implement spelling instruction in the elementary classroom. The ideas can be adapted for both middle and high school. http://www.geocities.com/janice13/spelling.html American and British Spelling Differences Wikipedia's detailed, but clearly written linguistic explanation of the differences. Offers lists of words. A handy aspect of this site is that words are categorized into families according to the phonological principles impacting each set of words. This helps to make sense of the differences for those who are curious. There is also a short discussion of language attitude. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences More Lesson Plans from Read-Write-Think.org These lessons focus on Writing while making use of the internet as platform for research and publishing. They are written for classroom instruction, but can easily be adapted to encourage an isolated student to develop a virtual writing community. Audience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages (grade 6-8) http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=159 Exploring Literacy in Cyberspace http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=212 Weaving the Multigenre Web http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=279 Introducing Each Other: Interviews, Memoirs, Photos, and Internet Research http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=17 |
Bridging the Gap � Education Component � Writing Evaluation Tools checklists and rubrics for various types of common writing: narrative, descriptive, evaluation, research, business letter, journal writing, body paragraph, etc. http://www.nald.ca/CLR/Btg/ed/evaluation/writing.htm English Zone: A Writing Evaluation Printable score sheet for trait analysis of essay writing, includes space for an extended comment on strengths and weaknesses http://www.english-zone.com/teach/writing01.html Erikson's Development Stages A quick overview of one model for discussing the stages of children�s development: how they learn at each stage and what is important to resolve. http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/erikson.htm What is a Portfolio? Prince George�s County Schools developed an excellent website for explaining portfolio development. What it is and how to do it. Based on Paulson, F.L. Paulson, P.R. and Meyer, CA. (1991, February). "What Makes a Portfolio a Portfolio?" Educational Leadership, pp. 60-63. http://www.pgcps.org/~elc/portfolio1.html Six Trait Writing Excursion This is a webquest that guides students in exploring Spandel�s Six Traits of Writing through analysis of sample writing in each of the six traits. This site would be a good tool for introducing the concept to students and helping them to begin self-evaluation. http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/tvanburen/sixtr.htm Teacher's Survival guide for Creating Successful Writers Based on the 6 Traits, this guide is 26 pages of explanation and examples. Not just for classroom teaching. www.blaineschools.org/Curriculum/sixtrait.pdf 6 Trait Scoring Guide Explanation of the six traits and how to score them. http://www.cheney268.com/HSCom/SixTrait.htm Rubrics and Evaluation Sources Lots of sample rubrics to use as is or to help you build your own. http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ho.html |
| The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development ASCD is a leader in professional development and community accountability for reform. They publish the journal Educational Leadership, which is partially available online at their site. The writing style for this journal and other articles on the website makes current research in education accessible to the average reader. Make special note of the table of contents webpage for archived articles on Brain & Learning, Performance Assessment, Multiple Intelligences, and Standards. http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.62bf453ae2bc40a98d7ea23161a001ca/ ASCD's article� Seven Practices for Effective Learning� gives an excellent discussion of how assessment can be used to support learning. LINK Also check out their helpful glossary of terms educators commonly use. http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.4247f922ca8c9ecc8c2a9410d3108a0c/ Misunderstood Minds (PBS) Dr. Mel Levine has a way of explaining what is going on in the mind of a learning disable child that is helpful to parents. PBS produced a special called Misunderstood Minds that profiles various learning problems and the experts say. This site is written for parents and teachers. Lots of helpful hints and clear explanations. There are also so simulation activities that help the unimpaired reader/writer have a better understanding of what their children may be experiencing. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/intro.html An excellent online journal article that is peer reviews and is available to the public. This article is about authentic writing assessment: what it is, why it is important, and what it looks like in Illinois. Articles on other topics can be found in the index. http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=2&n=7 Principles of Effective Literacy Assessment North Central Regional Education Laboratory�s one page summary of research on the topic. www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/ |
| Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site My favorite children�s literature website. Searchable. Lots and lots and lots of good literature studies on all of your favorite children�s books. Lots of clear lesson plans that incorporate writing in response to literature. www.carolhurst.com/ Writing for Children Workshop: Childrens Author's and Illustrators Both information and lots of links to helpful information if you are writing for children or helping children to write. A couple of my favorites are the list of author�s quotes and links to children�s writing websites http://www.bethanyroberts.com/writerresources.htm Education Place interviews with popular children�s authors published by Houghton Mifflin. Use as a resource for supplementing literature study and learning about how the writers write. This site links directly to profiles of authors compiled by the web designers http://www.eduplace.com/author/ Potamusplace A very complete list of links to various children�s author websites http://www.potamusplace.net/authors.shtml Celebrating 75 Years of Pooh The Trustees of the Pooh Properties put this very attractive and easy to use site together in celebration of Pooh�s 75th birthday. The portal page connects to activities that connect life to literature by having a pooh party, following pooh recipes, sending Pooh a birthday greeting, online games, classroom activities, and �Pooh-isms of the Day�. http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/pooh75/home.html |
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