This is a terrific mini lesson from Barry Lane. He shows (not tells) how to explode a moment into a full page of rich writing. The visuals in this video will catch any student's attention.
Helpful Resources for Writing Teachers - 19 views
Autobiographical Comics - 19 views
Google: The Literacy Project - 19 views
The Fictional 100 - 17 views
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fascinating, useful blog about the characters we love (or hate) great resource for student research, research, discussion. We have already begun to argue about which Shakespearean characters deserve to be on the list........
6-Traits Resources: Barry Lane's YouTube Channel! - 17 views
Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com - 17 views
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What if, indeed. After studying the matter, Ms. Davidson concluded, “Online blogs directed at peers exhibit fewer typographical and factual errors, less plagiarism, and generally better, more elegant and persuasive prose than classroom assignments by the same writers.”
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Ms. Davidson cites the elite Socratic system of questions and answers, the agrarian method of problem-solving and the apprenticeship program of imitating a master. It’s possible that any of these educational approaches
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A classroom suited to today’s students should deemphasize solitary piecework. It should facilitate the kind of collaboration that helps individuals compensate for their blindnesses, instead of cultivating them. That classroom needs new ways of measuring progress, tailored to digital times — rather than to the industrial age or to some artsy utopia where everyone gets an Awesome for effort.
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Coherent, concise assessment of the reactionary nature of school, not "learning"
Welcome to Debatepedia! - Debatepedia, the Wikipedia of Debates - 13 views
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pros and cons are done
Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis - Definitions and Examples of Figures of Speech - 17 views
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Brief definitions of 130 figures of speech and other rhetorical terms with links to expanded discussions and examples.
10 Websites and Blogs of Punctuation Protectors - 19 views
Assessing Student Writing - 17 views
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Using Jing and Google Docs to provide feedback for student writing.
The Crocodile in the Common Core Standards | Dailycensored.com - 17 views
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As though literacy is to prepare children only for a working environment. And as though personal opinion isn’t vital in a working environment.
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This all reminds me of the dust-up caused by Grant Wiggins in his ASCDEdge post last year regarding fiction's misguided place in our classrooms.
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Compare Contrast Map | ReadWriteThink - 19 views
It's All an Allusion: Identifying Allusions, in Literature and in Life - NYTimes.com - 20 views
EasyWriter- Andrea Lunsford - 16 views
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Great resources for teaching writing and documenting resources
Creative Writing prompts - 16 views
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As stated in the title! 347 of them!
The Answer Sheet - Vocabulary twist: Teaching words OUT of context - 16 views
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new twist on teaching vocab, wonder if it works
Free Technology for Teachers: 20 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers - 18 views
250+ Free Stock Photography Sites | Media Militia - 16 views
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A collection of links to free stock image sites.
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