Dear everyone

Now I am at the stage of collecting student writing and images - ie - piloting the resources to create LEAD SCHOOLs writing on some blogs [= awesome student writing that later bloggers will emulate].

Would anyone like to work with a small group of Upper Primary or Lower Secondary [Stage 3 and 4] students on one of the projects below? Maybe in an enthusiastic writers lunchtime club? They might like to know it's a "world first"/"premiere" that they are contributing to?

I would be SO GRATEFUL - I need some Term 4 trialling before I launch the resources properly with workshops in 2013. My phone number is 0421997561 if you are able to assist and would like more info.

Pilot projects
1. NARRATIVE writing: 1-2 paragraph pieces on a Stage 3 and 4 English blog at http://hatsboxesmagicmoon.edublogs.org for the Hats, boxes, magic, moon image card resources at http://imagesandwritingideas.webnode.com/. You download all the IMAGES and WRITING PROMPTS by clicking on the DOWNLOAD tab & clicking on the folder through to Skydrive.
Look up to TOP MENU - FOLDER ACTIONS - DOWNLOAD to bring all the word docs into your computer as one file.

2. NARRATIVE writing: 1-2 paragraphs on a Stage 3-4 English blog at http://raftriver.edublogs.org/ for the fiction writing tasks at http://www.raftriverandrainbow.com/fiction-writing-prompts/. You can click on the ARROW beneath the reader frame and download the tasks.

3. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL writing: 1-2 paragraphs on a Stage 3-4 English blog, All about me, All about you, at http://rapblog14.edublogs.org/ for the tasks at http://www.raftriverandrainbow.com/all-about-me-all-about-you/

4. FANTASY QUEST writing: 3-4 paragraphs on a Stage 3-5 English heroes blog at http://rapblog15.edublogs.org for the tasks at http://www.band-of-heroes.net/fantasy/

5. NEW IMAGES to prompt writing: GAT Students create or select images to prompt others to write and describe and link to these images at http://raftriver.edublogs.org/images/ for the tasks at http://www.raftriverandrainbow.com/create-your-own-cards/

Hope one of these may appeal to someone!

Lizzie xx

Dear everyone - Here are some downloadable teaching resources of mine to check out. The top two websites use image cards to support writing - please share these websites with fellow teacher librarians and English teachers.


http://www.raftriverandrainbow.com
http://imagesandwritingideas.webnode.com
http://www.band-of-heroes.net/blog/
http://supersix.webnode.com
http://pigandbearcartoons.webnode.com/
http://programmingsuccess.webnode.com
http://otherworlds.yolasite.com


Cheers

Dear everyone

Fiction with a Twist is a 5 week blog, hosted by the School Libraries and Information Literacy Unit with a full set of teaching resources at http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/raps/twist12/teachingideas.htm. The blog is aimed at Stage 3 and 4 students and runs from Week 3, October 22, up to Week 7, November 23 at http://rapblog13.edublogs.org/. The author on the blog will be Deb Abela who is very warm and encouraging to students about their writing. Students write short pieces, 1-2 paragraphs long, including a character sketch, a character in action and a short dialogue. Could you please take the time to spread the word to fellow teacher librarians and to English teachers. This is a perfect opportunity to run an extension writing activity for GAT students, with a real audience. Please ring me on 0421997561 if you wish to know more or contact me on my usual email at elizabeth.chase@det.nsw.edu.au, since I rarely check my gmail.

Cheers, Lizzie Chase

Free, downloadable resources for using Web 2.0 tools to create multimedia texts. Research skills, visual literacy and literature response focus. There are lesson plans, worksheets and a teachers guide to explain the resource.