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WritingFix Projects: The "Mentor Text of the Year" Network - 13 views

writingfix.com/...mentor_text_of_the_year.htm 6-traits mentor text
shared by Dennis OConnor on 20 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Mentor texts are published works that can be used to inspire or guide writers during well-crafted writing lessons. When introduced thoughtfully during instruction, a mentor text motivates students to want to write something like a published writer.
  • Dennis OConnor on 20 Dec 09
     
    Mentor Texts: Another great idea from Writing Fix.
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Praising, Questioning, Wishing: An Approach to Responding to Writing - National Writing... - 12 views

www.nwp.org/...2868 writing nwp 6-traits
shared by Dennis OConnor on 20 Dec 09 - Cached
  • Summary: Responding to another's writing is always a challenging task. As a member of the E-Team behind NWP's E-Anthology, Brian Slusher discovered an effective response strategy: Praise, Question, and Wish.
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Directory of Writing and Grammar Resources - 20 views

www.refseek.com/...writing_grammar.html grammar writing resources tech_tools web tools
shared by Clifford Baker on 03 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Clifford Baker on 03 Jan 10
     
    Links to writing and grammar resources
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gladwell dot com - cocksure - 12 views

www.gladwell.com/...2009_08_10_a_courthouse.html
shared by andrew bendelow on 23 Jan 10 - Cached
  • andrew bendelow on 23 Jan 10
     
    TKAM supplement; Kinda throws a rock in the church of St. Atticus; my soph's can probably read at this level
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Online teaching resources - 6 views

ddunleavy.typepad.com/...ed-534-reading Teacher Resources
shared by Karen LaBonte on 04 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Karen LaBonte on 04 Feb 10
     
    Scroll down-- lots of great stuff here!
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Teens @ Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - 5 views

www.carnegielibrary.org/...books books reviews lists reading
shared by Meredith Stewart on 16 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Meredith Stewart on 16 Jan 10
     
    Great book lists and reviews
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A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods - 14 views

www.visual-literacy.org/...periodic_table.html visualization tools design table
shared by Meredith Stewart on 28 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Karen LaBonte on 28 Jan 10
     
    Seems like an important concept to add to a lesson/unit on taking notes
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Best of TED Talks - 6 views

www.learnoutloud.com/...best_of_ted_tal.html TED audio video
shared by Karen LaBonte on 19 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Karen LaBonte on 19 Jan 10
     
    LearnOutLoud.com is your one-stop destination for audio and video learning.\nBrowse over 20,000 educational audio books, MP3 downloads, podcasts, and videos.\n\n
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Search Engine's YouTube channel launches: Does the Internet make you dumber? Boing Boing - 4 views

www.boingboing.net/...search-engines-youtu.html education web2.0 technology learning
shared by Mary Worrell on 14 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Mary Worrell on 14 Jan 10
     
    This video is funny and does a good job of questioning why we care about rote memorization. Why isn't it good enough just to go and look up information? Why must we scold ourselves if we don't have it memorized? Has some great applications to educational debate today and where technology fits.
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Book Review Bingo: More book review cliche fun than you can shake a riveting, unputdown... - 7 views

www.examiner.com/our-Sunday-book-review-reading review bingo education books literature
shared by Dana Huff on 20 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Dana Huff on 20 Mar 10
     
    This game would be good for teaching cliches.
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Education Week: The Core Standards for Writing: Another Failure of Imagination? - 9 views

www.edweek.org/...20schuster.h29.html education writing standards common_core
shared by The0d0re Shatagin on 21 Mar 10 - Cached
  • The0d0re Shatagin on 21 Mar 10
     
    Education Week Commentary on Common Core Standards on Writing
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Exploring Genres - 12 views

www.msu.edu/...level1.htm
shared by Todd Finley on 28 Mar 10 - No Cached
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      Todd Finley on 28 Mar 10
       
      This is one of the best MGRP resources on the web. 
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Generation B - Father and Daughter Bond by Years of Reading - NYTimes.com - 3 views

www.nytimes.com/...21GenB.html reading literature literacy
shared by Dana Huff on 29 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Dana Huff on 29 Mar 10
     
    This father and daughter made reading together at night a mission.
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Secrets of Teaching Writing Revealed - 23 views

www.you-can-teach-writing.com teaching writing writing
shared by Karen LaBonte on 14 Jan 11 - Cached
  • Karen LaBonte on 14 Jan 11
     
    resources & strategies for teaching expository writing in middle school and beyond
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