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Profile in Courage Essay Contest Landing Page - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & ... - 0 views

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  • Tracy Watanabe on 16 Sep 13
     
    JFK Profile in Courage Essay Contest -- Write for authentic audience The contest deadline is January 6, 2014. Profile In Courage - What political leader has shown courage. Fits in great to social studies and language arts.
Tracy Watanabe

Free Tools Challenge #24: Accessible Content with Wikipedia's Simple English | Teacher ... - 1 views

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  • “Simple does not mean short. Writing in Simple English means that simple words are used. It does not mean readers want basic information. Articles do not have to be short to be simple; expand articles, add details, but use basic vocabulary
  • You can get to the Simple English Wikipedia by either “translating” the article from the standard Wikipedia with the link in the language list, as depicted in the image; or you can go to the Simple English homepage to search for a particular topic.
  • To help your students who have a higher comprehension of a topic, submitting an article to the Simple English Wikipedia is an excellent extension activity. Entire classes could even participate, all researching an animal, a historical event, or just editing/lengthening existing articles.
  • Tracy Watanabe on 12 May 11
     
    This would be a fabulous idea for a twist on the 'ole research project to incorporate an authentic purpose/audience. "To help your students who have a higher comprehension of a topic, submitting an article to the Simple English Wikipedia is an excellent extension activity. Entire classes could even participate, all researching an animal, a historical event, or just editing/lengthening existing articles."
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