Things You Really Need to Learn ~ Stephen's Web - 0 views
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But while you are in school, you should always be taking the opportunity to ask yourself, "what will happen next?" Watch situations and interactions unfold in the environment around you and try to predict the outcome. Write down or blog your predictions. With practice, you will become expert at predicting consequences.
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The four major types of writing are: description, argument, explanation and definition. I have written about these elsewhere. You should learn to recognize these different types of writing by learning to watch for indicators or keywords.
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learn how sentences are joined together to form these types of writing.
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52 Great Google Docs Secrets for Students - Online Colleges - 0 views
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Lesson Planning and the Common Core: A Unit Based on TED.com | Edutopia - 0 views
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On my own website, you can learn about how students chose topics and you can download the worksheet that I used to guide them towards their choice.
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The first thing I did was get the students familiar with the Persuasive/Memoir speech patterns that so many of the TED speeches possess. Many of the presentations, regardless of the length, whether they are 3 minutes or 23 minutes, tend to some share key common traits like: Hook Background Information Narrative Evidence Commentary Theme Call to Action Visuals
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1. Metasearching using dogpile What I like about this is that on the page where your results are listed, it categorizes your results in ways that might behoove better research. If the student types in "global warming," then it asks if you would also like results that only focus on "causes of global warming," "effects of global warming," and so on. 2. Google Advanced Search Obviously, the more specific you search, the less work you have to do. Let Google do the work by spending just a little time creating parameters for your results. 3. Google Scholar This can be a little heady, but it has also led to some really interesting results. 4. Reading URLs What does a .org mean? .gov? .edu? What symbols may indicate personal sites? Reading the sentences of the URL is the first step in reliable searching online.
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Study Guides and Strategies - 0 views
Emmanuel on xfactor - 0 views
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Emmanuel was a baby born in a war zone. His is physically disabled. Here he sings 'Imagine' on the x-factor. It is very humbling and provides an example of responding to conflict for students - both from the point of view of emmanuel, his mother, the audience and the judges. This performance provides a good discussion starter, Tissues may be required.