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"Graphic organizers will be beneficial to students whenever they are given new information. They can be used to sequence, brainstorm and organize. During reading and listening students should be encouraged to graphically organize new information."

Figurative language, six traits, word walls, building vocab, graphic organizers. Great site!

Figurative language, six traits, word walls, building vocab, graphic organizers. Great site!

Tony Vincent's lovely graphic of essentials for iPad use

Being literate in a real-world sense means being able to read and write using the media forms of the day, whatever they may be. For centuries, consuming and producing words through reading and writing and, to a lesser extent, listening and speaking were sufficient. But because of inexpensive, easy-to-use, and widely available new tools, literacy now requires being conversant with new forms of media as well as text, including sound, graphics, and moving images.

Activities for studying social control and power through films and graphic novels.

Grapic representation of text. Good for poetry.

Good for poetry representation. Will need some tinkering to get a balance of the graphic variables.

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