Writing Prompts. Writing Sparks. 826 Digital - Inventive Resources to Ignite a Love of Writing. Using Emojis to Teach Critical Reading Skills. Emojis are more mainstream than ever.
The Oxford English Dictionary named the Face With Tears of Joy emoji the word of the year for 2015, presidential candidates are asking for feedback in emojis, and the appearance of new emojis is considered news by major media outlets. Although looking up emoji definitions is relatively simple, I often turn to my students for more nuanced explanations.
After a bit of laughter, my students patiently demonstrate the multiple uses for a single emoji, help me decode emoji-laden Instagram comments, and advise me on murky racial or gender implications. Internet-inspired trends may not seem important next to English 101’s selected texts, but the way students seamlessly navigate emoji usage is similar to critical reading skills we practice in class. I’m not about to throw out traditional texts, but emojis offer an engaging opportunity to transfer digital skills to a written context. Hemingway Editor. Plot Generator. Online Cloze Test Creator - Create gap-filling exercises, drag & drop, dropdown and multiple choice quizzes.
Automatically fill out vocabulary sheets. Shakespeare Comes Alive: Apps to Create Performance. The Solution to Reading Comprehension. 3 Free Ways to Bring the News Into Your Classroom. ELA | Feature 3 Free Ways to Bring the News Into Your Classroom By Dian Schaffhauser06/24/14 New Common Core and state standards require students to read and comprehend more nonfiction than in years past.
To help engage your students with relevant readings, here are three free ways you can integrate the day's news into your classroom. Channel One News This freebie website delivers a video news show with a handful of current stories appropriate for viewing by learners in upper elementary through high school grades. Newsela This daily news site pulls content from major publications, gives students free access to nonfiction and tests their comprehension. TweenTribune Here's a handy source for kid-friendly nonfiction reading material organized by grades: K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. About the Author Dian Schaffhauser is a writer who covers technology and business for a number of publications. Kids Share Book Recommendations. Use Online Reading Logs, Find Books At Their Reading Level. Curriculet. Curriculet frees up my time outside of the classroom - no more collecting reading questions, trying to spot-check them, giving points for writing something down, whether or not they actually did the reading or understood it. - Jessica Rice, English Teacher at Summit Preparatory High School With Curriculet, I can not only change our reading instruction on a classroom level by flipping the instruction, but also influence reading instruction on a departmental level by encouraging the department to expand the curriculum: we can read MORE in less time with Curriculet. - Kate Baker, English teacher at Southern Regional high School I cannot WAIT to share this with my colleagues.
This is going to revolutionize the way I can teach info texts, short stories, and excerpts from novels! - Morgan Toal, English teacher at Lakewood middle school. Hemingway. Grammar Bytes! Grammar Instruction with Attitude. Grammar Instruction with Attitude Home • Terms • Exercises • MOOC • Handouts • Presentations • Videos • Rules • About • Shop • Feedback ©1997 - 2019 by Robin L.
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