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This interactive document provides an interface that allows students to type something (a story). After a few seconds, the document becomes interactive and begins adding sentences and changing words. The "author" changing the text is indicated. This is fun to use when writing a story or to use when students finish an assignment early. Students love to see how their writing changes and forget that they are WRITING!

Nonfiction writing: The Science Behind the News

Audio, visual, and interactive components all reinforce the educational objectives identified by teachers at SAS Curriculum Pathways. SAS offers interactive learning tools in all core disciplines, mapped to state standards, for grades 6-12. SAS is also a provider of free apps that thousands of educators, traditional students and life-long learners are using. Example: I checked out the 'Strategies for Reading Nonfiction' interactive component. It allowed me to select a piece of nonfiction (I choose a biography of William Shakespeare). I then was directed through a few activities. I was told to scan the article and write my initial thoughts. Then I was told to read it carefully and respond to a few more questions. After reading the article, I was instructed to work with the information (making categories of facts, etc.). Finally, I had to draw conclusions about what I had read/learned. Students can then save, print, or email their completed work.