This website has many different current event articles that are short and on a wide variety of topics. We are using this with our students and having them add comments.
so often teachers use writing as a
way of testing.
a way of encouraging them to find out.
is
demonstrably a process of learning.
do not include copying or filling in the blanks-
limited learning value.
writing activities help students
discover connections, discern processes, raise questions and
discover solutions.
incorporating the writing activity into the lesson,
allowing students to see directly or indirectly how the writing
seeks to enhance the learning objectives.
call on several of them to read,
orces them to pay attention
to how they have stated their ideas and encourages them to look
at their written words.
The main page has some basic information about W2L, similar to what we have been discussing, but at the end there are some suggested activities that look good.