How to write for Blogging Students. Pick a topic that affects other students. Photograph: F1 Online/Rex Features Since we launched it in January, Blogging Students has been a rip-roaring success, attracting record numbers of readers and making a huge impact on the social media, especially Facebook. These are the top three blogs so far: • Why have drug users become so reckless? • Why you shouldn't do postgrad, with 85,000 • And What will you do if you get a 2:2? Those who've written blogs for the series have benefited in several ways: they've got their own contributor page on the Guardian, which is a boost to their CV. Though a few have turned up perfectly formed, most have been through a discussion process that has taught them about pitching and writing and, in several cases, how to take a photograph that doesn't look like you snapped yourself on a phone in the loo.
So how could you get involved? You'll notice that these blogs are not like people's personal blogs. Oh, and one last thing. Teacherific: Work on Writing Folder Kit - This is FANTASTIC ... | Wri… Our Northern Nevada 6-Trait Print Guide and Inservice Class. Hello, my name is Dena Harrison, and I have been Coordinator for 6 Trait Initiatives sponsored by the Northern Nevada Writing Project since 2004. Each year in Northern Nevada, our NNWP hosts several trait-inspired inservice classes for teachers, it oversees dozens of 2- and 3-hour workshops at school sites, and it develops new 6-trait resources that are freely shared on this page. In addition to working with the Northern Nevada Writing Project, I teach 7th and 8th graders in Northern Nevada. The traits have always been the language of my classroom, and my students talk to each other like writers during our writers workshop time.
I am diligent in teaching them to use the language of the traits meaningfully, and that diligence makes all the difference as I prepare my students for their eighth grade writing test, for the rigors of high school, and--most importantly--for life. Our Trait Inservice continues in Northern Nevada. Home/IWitness:Video testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses. Browse clips of testimony addressing more than 50 different topics. Registered IWitness users can search and watch full length testimonies. Watch IWitness Testimonies » Educators can build custom activities to support learners at all levels, or utilize the myriad of prepared activities. Students can build their own videos, word clouds and much more. Browse IWitness Activities » View student projects and hear from educators about how successfully IWitness works in their classrooms. Check out IWitness in action » Writing Exercises Meredith Sue Willis Author and Teacher. More Free Writing Exercises below and here : Exercises 1- 20 Exercises 21- 40 Exercises 41 - 60 Exercises 61-80 Exercises 81-100 Exercises 101 - 120 Exercises 121 - 140 Exercises 141 - 160 Exercises 161 - 180 Exercises 181 - 200 Exercises 201 - 240 Exercises 241 - 260 Point-of-View Characters Whose Gender Is Not Yours We had a discussion in my Advanced Novel Writing Class at NYU about the difficulty of capturing a character who is of a different gender from yourself.
Writing about people unlike yourself– by race, ethnic group, age, and certainly gender or sexual preference– is always a big challenge, but also of great interest to a creative writer. One class member spoke of an excellent contemporary novel written by a woman and narrated by a man. The class member said he admired the book but that it was only about 98% believable as a male narrator. That is, of course, pretty darn good. Exercise #261 Exercise #262 Exercise #263 Exercise #264 Exercise #265 Exercise #266 Exercise #267. Writing prompts.
Why Digital Writing Matters in Education. Writing teachers like me (and perhaps like you) have been caught in a tight spot for some time now. On the one hand, computing technologies have radically transformed the meaning of "writing. " On the other hand, high stakes assessments and their impact on teaching have limited what counts as writing in school. As a teacher, I feel pulled in different directions. Thankfully, there are some good educational resources available. The National Writing Project recently published Because Digital Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Online and Multimedia Environments by Danielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl and Troy Hicks.
Their book is a good resource for teachers interested in thoughtfully incorporating digital writing into their teaching, and it also will point readers toward other high-quality resources. Why Writing Matters I always find it worth starting with why writing matters in education and in life. The "Digital" in Digital Writing What distinguishes "digital" writing? A List of The Best Free Digital Storytelling Tools for Teachers.
1- ZimmerTwins It is all about creative storytelling. ZimmerTwins is a web2.0 tool that allows students to give vent to their imaginative powers and exercise their storytelling skills from early stages to advances ones. 2- Digital Story Telling in The Classroom This section provides resources and materials for teachers to use with their students in storytelling. It helps students personalize their learning and perform better. Students can use these materials to create a movie or interactive slideshow to tell their stories. 3- Story Bird This is an awesome website that allows students and teachers to create short art inspired stories to read, share or print out. 4- Someries Someries is a fantastic storytelling site . 5- PicLits This is another awesome website where students can choose a picture and start drawing or writing a text on it to create a story. 7- Capzles This is where you and your students can create rich multimedia stories with videos, photos, music, blogs and documents.
An Even MORE Useful Infographic On “Smart Teaching” Popular Fourth Grade Creative Writing Printables for Teachers. UVA Young Writers Workshop: Prospective Students. Writing Workshop in Room 10. Getting Started with Your Own Writers Notebook. Aimee confers with a student over her writer's notebook. Getting Started with Your Own Writer's Notebook Aimee Buckner It's the end of May and school is out - at least in Georgia. There are a zillion things I love about the summer: waking up without an alarm, having my morning java out on the front deck, reading books on my front porch, at the pool, at the library, staying up late and watching Letterman every night!
The joys of summer... Sometimes I get the itch to redecorate - or decorate actually. For some reason, I'm afraid to put color on my walls. Being afraid is a terrible feeling. I am a great "faker. " So, I packed up and headed to Columbia's Teachers College for the summer writing institute. That's what changed my life - my first notebook. Seven Stories as a Starting Point To really understand the nuances and rhythms of keeping a writing notebook, you have to have the experience. Maybe the start of summer is the perfect time to start - or recommit yourself to - a writing notebook.
Mrs. Wright's 3rd Grade - Writers' Workshop.