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Grade 6-8 9-12 Brief Description Students view photographs of migrant families during the Great Depression, try to interpret the photos to answer questions about the subject's life, and then write a cinquain poem based on their interpretations. Objectives Students willGain understanding of the personal struggles faced during the Great Depression Learn to interpret information from a visual medium (photograph) and express that knowledge in written form (poem).

Blog by a Rapid City teacher

Geoff Sheehy, a Language Arts Teacher at Central High School in Rapid City, SD writes about life, literature, & learning!

This site has a lot of useful tips, lesson plans, and worksheets to teach students in elementary and middle school. The material and information covers content areas including reading, writing, math, science, and social students. It also includes lesson plans and activities for history.

Lesson on the farm, Digraphic with technology, videos on phonics, reading and writing activities. Art projects with writing in Biology.

Teach Collaborative Revision with Google Docs Revision is a critical piece of the writing process-and of your classroom curriculum. Now, Google Docs has partnered with Weekly Reader's Writing for Teens magazine to help you teach it in a meaningful and practical way.

Be sure to see our Language & Literature Subject Center for more great lesson ideas and articles. Expand students' cultural horizons by shaping a fun dialogue-writing exercise around Guy Fawkes Night, a November 5 historical observance that's popular in England.

Some info could be helpful with 9th graders.

Social Skills - Would Be great for Writing Social Stories with my student

Writing Prompts for each month of the year

There are many, many wonderful learning games on this site. My pre-k classes have fun learning a large variety of pre-reading/writing/math skills with their favorite character(s).

Grammar in the digital age

The author states that for many students, learning grammar is like learning to drive a car. Based upon teenage driving records I would concur. Teaching grammar is certainly something I would like to improve.

According to English teacher Marian Anders, learning to write correctly is like learning to drive a car. Driving is a necessary skill, but you don't need to understand how a car works to be a good driver. And people can learn to write well without knowing the intricacies of traditional grammar.

A lesson plan using a drawing program on the computer (or by hand!) for children to create their own endings to a story that is read to them...except for the ending!

Great ways to use problem solving and critical thinking skills in a creative way! - Stephanie Jones HS Art

Arts & Humanities --Language Arts --Literature --Visual Arts Educational Technology [facebookbadge] Brief Description Students use drawing software, such as Paint or AppleWorks, to draw, or write and draw, their own endings to a read-aloud story. Objectives Students will draw or write and draw a new ending to a story.

Oh, I love this!  I have been looking for a wide variety of journal/blog prompts.

Book Blog for kids who like to READ! "I'll be writing about books I've read, and inviting you to make comments. This is a place for you to share your thoughts about books with me and with other kids. Remember, readers are leaders! Love, Mrs. Horowitz"

Good information for starting a Wiki

This is a great idea for a project combining writing and Wiki.

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