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Courses. Courses. 550 Free MOOCs from Great Universities (Many Offering Certificates) Free Online Courses, Workplace Skills Training, Interactive Education and Multimedia Learning | ALISON. Table of Contents - Math Open Reference. Khan Academy. Teaching voice. Learning outcomes Goal Students will develop effective voice by using sensory detail in their writing. Objective Students will analyze model sentences from literature to find sensory detail.

Students will emulate model sentences to begin shaping their own voices. Students will write their own sentences demonstrating use of sensory detail. Teacher planning Time required for lesson 1 hour Materials/resources Model Sentences from Literature Pre-activities Brainstorming: Teacher will ask students to name the five senses. Activities Modeling Teacher will distribute handout, Model Sentences from Literature to students. Assessment Grading Rubric: Teacher will collect students’ paragraphs and handout, Model Sentences from Literature, and may use the following rubric for assessment. Teacher will translate to a grade point scale according to the school’s grade-point system.

Supplemental information Comments This lesson was created as part of the NCDPI Writing Lessons for Writing Features Workshop. Teaching voice. Creating and publishing a collaborative ebook. Librarian Karin Hallett takes us through the step-by-step process her students went through to create history ebooks. Karin Schreier Hallett has been a librarian for 15 years, most recently as School Librarian and Instructional Coach at the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School in Jacksonville, Florida. She is a keen user of Book Creator and has used the app within her classroom for several successful projects, publishing students’ work on her blog Liquid Literacy.

About the project My 4th and 5th grade students finished creating ebooks on Fort Caroline, the first French settlement attempt in the New World, and the Lost Colony of Roanoke, respectively. Information sources were web-based, previously gathered, organized, and annotated using Diigo. Each student (5th grade) or student pair (4th grade) contributed a chapter to their class books. Step 1. Drawing on their subject knowledge, students began by brainstorming possible chapter topics and then putting them in an order.

Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Dacum. Create Books, Magazines, Posters, or Newsletters. BookFlix -- Login. Overview of learning styles. Many people recognize that each person prefers different learning styles and techniques. Learning styles group common ways that people learn. Everyone has a mix of learning styles. Some people may find that they have a dominant style of learning, with far less use of the other styles. Others may find that they use different styles in different circumstances. There is no right mix. Nor are your styles fixed.

Using multiple learning styles and �multiple intelligences� for learning is a relatively new approach. By recognizing and understanding your own learning styles, you can use techniques better suited to you. The Seven Learning Styles Visual (spatial):You prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding. Why Learning Styles? Your learning styles have more influence than you may realize. Research shows us that each learning style uses different parts of the brain. For example: Visual: The occipital lobes at the back of the brain manage the visual sense. Where to next? Mappa concettuale di Dante.