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Poetry Unit

ATN READING LIST Welcome to ATN Reading Lists. ATN Reading Lists was started in 1996 as part of a librarian collaborative project, All Together Now, begun by Dale Copps. The intention was that librarians could not only use this resource but contribute to it as well. At that time, there were several of us who began web sites and hoped that we could use this fairly new technology as a place to share and collaborate. As well intended as the goal was, it soon became apparent that the vision was really not viable at that time. Dale handed the list over to Nancy Keane in 1999."

This WebQuest challenges you to investigate techniques of persuasive writing and critical reading skills. It allows you to strengthen your technology skills, exercise your creativity, practice your research skills, and visit newspaper editorials to discriminate between fact from opinion.

Over the years blogging has been used for opinion sharing and views exchanges. However the growth of the information technologies by leaps and bounds...

Listening to Themselves: Podcasting Takes Lessons Beyond the Classroom Student-produced podcasts bolster knowledge and communication skills.

Poetry

Feature Articles Unit

"What's in the News? Summarizing a Novel Using the 5 W's "

Feature Article Unit

Online "magnetic" poetry

"Poets.org has partnered with TextTelevision to offer TextFlows, an alternative approach to reading and experiencing poetry. By converting text dynamically into Flash animation, poems are revealed phrase by phrase through motion and light, and at a pace controlled by the reader. The simplified words and crisp motion fixes one's attention on the subtleties of language, increasing involvement, engagement, and understanding"

"These 34 animated films were created by students working with docUWM, a documentary media center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the University's creative writing program, in association with the Poetry Foundation"

Poetry Unit

"Great Tech Tools for Writing"