Writing Prompts to Make Pens Run out of Ink
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Youtube Clips to Inspire
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Books to Escape In
- UDL (Universal Design for Learning) presents UDL Editions - a website offering ebook versions of texts, complete with audio, in-text note-taking tools, and comprehension help!
- Interested in trying graphic novels out in your classroom? Here's the site for you -- the comicsclassroom Wikispace!
- Need to differentiate a little? Check out librivox, an online database of audiobooks. Don't see the text you're looking for? Volunteer to add the audio yourself!
Pictures to Open Doors
The Cochrane, AB town mosaic is made of a composite of images. Great for a visual literacy study!
Assessment
RubiStar - a rubric generating website that provides fully-customizeable templates to build your rubric off of - no more tedious cut and paste for you!
This worksheet has a checklist for the student to complete before he/she conferences with the teacher, questions for a students further consideration, and a set-up for students to jot down goals and ways to improve their writing in the revision process.
The Read to Live Student Portal has a variety of tools students can use to assess their reading and writing habits and reflect on the process of developing literacy skills.
Alberta Education has also issued a resource which includes self-assessment, information on developing effective assessments and more.
During my PS2 I saw my TA use the interactive Plot Diagram and Character Map from readwritethink.org as tools to assess student readiness before they translated their short stories into videos.
This worksheet has a checklist for the student to complete before he/she conferences with the teacher, questions for a students further consideration, and a set-up for students to jot down goals and ways to improve their writing in the revision process.
The Read to Live Student Portal has a variety of tools students can use to assess their reading and writing habits and reflect on the process of developing literacy skills.
Alberta Education has also issued a resource which includes self-assessment, information on developing effective assessments and more.
During my PS2 I saw my TA use the interactive Plot Diagram and Character Map from readwritethink.org as tools to assess student readiness before they translated their short stories into videos.
Miscellaneous
"The Writing Process." In Language Arts: Content and Teaching Strategies, by Tomkins, G., Bright, R., Pollard, M. & Windsor, P.
Web English Teacher, a website chock full of lesson plans, adaptations, and even a "differentiator" for all your curriculum needs!
Write From the Start: Writer's Workshop for the Primary Grades, a book by Robin Bright.
By far the most comprehensive and instructional way of teaching close reading:
Web English Teacher, a website chock full of lesson plans, adaptations, and even a "differentiator" for all your curriculum needs!
Write From the Start: Writer's Workshop for the Primary Grades, a book by Robin Bright.
By far the most comprehensive and instructional way of teaching close reading:
Check out How to Do a Close Reading by Clare Mackie on Snapguide.