WriteOnline: speech supported writing tool for primary and secondary pupils. WriteOnline is the innovative writing tool for upper primary, secondary schools and colleges.
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Animal Inquiry. The Animal Inquiry interactive is a versatile tool that can enhance student inquiry in research at the elementary level.
The graphic organizer invites students to explore four facets of animals [basic facts, animal babies, interaction with others, and habitats (shown at left)]; the possibilities for extensions or adaptations, moreover, make this a a nice complement with inquiry-based projects. The follow-up writing prompts can be used to organize research questions as well as to record findings. After completing individual sections or the entire organizer, students have the ability to print out their final versions for feedback and assessment. Related Classroom & Professional Development Resources back to top Grades 4 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Unit Multiple Perspectives: Building Critical Thinking Skills Students use critical literacy skills to understand the concept of perspective and to then create a diary for an animal they research with a partner. Grades 3 – 12 | Printout | Graphic Organizer. Homepage. Essay Map.
Expository writing is an increasingly important skill for elementary, middle, and high school students to master.
This interactive graphic organizer helps students develop an outline that includes an introductory statement, main ideas they want to discuss or describe, supporting details, and a conclusion that summarizes the main ideas. The tool offers multiple ways to navigate information including a graphic in the upper right-hand corner that allows students to move around the map without having to work in a linear fashion. The finished map can be saved, e-mailed, or printed. Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson How-To Writing: Motivating Students to Write for a Real Purpose It’s not easy surviving fourth grade (or third or fifth)! Exploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters Grades 4 – 7 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson A “Cay”ribbean Island Study Grades 3 – 6 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson The Houdini Box: What Did Houdini Hide?
Persuasion Map. Fractured Fairy Tales. Whether it's The Princess and the Rutabaga or Big Blue Riding Hood, invite your students to turn familiar fairy tales upside down and inside out—and to have fun.
This interactive tool gives students a choice of three fairy tales to read. They are then guided to choose a variety of changes, which they use to compose a fractured fairy tale to print off and illustrate. Useful for teaching point of view, setting, plot, as well as fairy tale conventions such as they lived happily ever after, this tool encourages students to use their imaginations and the writing process at the same time. The Authors & Illustrators of Bedtime-Story. Writing Process Lesson Plans: How to Teach Revising and Editing. Written by: Margo Dill • edited by: Trent Lorcher • updated: 9/13/2013 In Writers' Workshop, two of the five steps are often confusing for elementary students.
They don't know what the word revise means, and so they think this step means to find mistakes in grammar and punctuation. You can easily teach them the difference with modeling and peer buddies. Start with RevisionRevision comes first in the Writers' Workshop steps, and it is the most difficult in the writing process for elementary students to understand. These steps will help your students improve their work and show the differences in revising vs editing.Modeling revision is the best way to reach students.
Writers' Workshop Tips Writers' workhshop is a great method for teaching writing, but it can be difficult to implement in the classroom without support and a few tips.