Home Handouts and Resources for Classes Improving Writing With Tech Podcasting with a Purpose Syndicated Education Internet 101 Student Computers in Classroom Google Apps Convert Your HCK2 to FC 9.0 Make Your Website Work For You Web 2.0: What is it Search		Improving Writing with Technology - Kim Estes - Burleson ISD - TLF 2008 Improving Writing With Technology This class' resources have been divided into the 6 +1 Traits, Genres of Writing, and Misc. resources. If you have a resource you would like to add, please email it to me at kestes@burlesonisd.net. All contributions and suggestions are welcome. Improving Writing with Technology  6 + 1 Traits   Ideas - A clear, focused content packed with details Mind Mapping and Brainstorming http://www.mindmeister.com/ http://www.mindomo.com/ Gone in 30 seconds image slideshow to inspire and encourage ideas can be a daily activity or used at each stage of the writing process elementaryvisualprompts.ppt (Elementary)gonein60seconds.ppt (Secondary) Get Great Prompts http://writingfix.com/ - an interactive plot creator http://writingfix.com/Classroom_Tools/dailypromptgenerator.htm - prompt generator http://writingfix.com/writingfix_for_kids.htm - interactive writing games http://writingfix.com/right_brain.htm - Right Brain prompts http://writingfix.com/left_brain.htm - Left brain prompts http://www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/imagination.prompt.html Create and record songs to help students remember their traits - http://writingfix.com/PDFs/6_Traits/Idea_song.pdf  Use websites that have everything you need in one place - http://writingfix.com/6_Traits/Idea_Development.htm   Voice - Writing that is active and engaging for the reader (a specific audience) Using your voice to give your writing voice - use audacity to record your writing and help you hear the voice in a work Play examples of speeches and audio books that demonstrate clear voice Students write a piece and then record their own (or mix it up and record someone elses) Students then review the works and critique with a rubric Literary Theatre/Reader's Theatre Students create melodramas from literature read in class with a special focus on voice and characterization Works with their own original scripts and poetry as well http://bms.westport.k12.ct.us/mccormick/rt/RTHOME.htm - Reader's Theatre Basics website Using Movies to Teach Voice - play famous scenes from movies AUDIO ONLY and have the students listen for the voice in the script writing. (How was it achieved - word choice, tone, sentence fluency, etc.) Create and record songs to help students remember their traits - http://writingfix.com/PDFs/6_Traits/organization_song.pdf  Use websites that have everything you need in one place - http://writingfix.com/6_Traits/Voice.htm   Word Choice - Choosing the right word or words to convey a message, idea, or feeling Dead word funerals photo story or video http://youtube.com/watch?v=kQODcdUtmH4  Students choose the words that cannot be used in their writing or in class while speaking, write eulogies, put tombstones on the walls as reminders Use websites that have everything you need in one place -http://writingfix.com/6_Traits/Word_Choice.htm   Sentence Fluency - Sentences are clear, concise, and various lengths http://youtube.com/watch?v=Db-YgMac7Uo - student video on sentence fluency Use websites that have everything you need in one place - http://writingfix.com/6_Traits/Sentence_Fluency.htm Organization - The order makes sense, including strong transitions words and a clear beginning, middle, and ending http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm - online interactive graphic organizers SMART Lesson getting things in order (elem) Literature game (ms) Create and record songs to help students remember their traits - http://writingfix.com/PDFs/6_Traits/organization_song.pdf  Use websites that have everything you need in one place - http://writingfix.com/6_Traits/Organization.htm Conventions - Proper usage of grammar, punctuation, and spelling http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=e5b854ffad5f70a516c8  Create and record songs to help students remember their traits - http://writingfix.com/PDFs/6_Traits/conventions_song.pdf  Use websites that have everything you need in one place - http://writingfix.com/6_Traits/Conventions.htm Grammar Blast (elementary) - http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/   Presentation - Neatness, appealling to the reader's eye http://poster.4teachers.org/ http://toondoo.com  Create your own literary magazine on your teacher website Invite parents, teachers, fellow students to come read your work Use Word or PowerPoint to create writer portfolios that students can add to throughout the year and print to take home at the end of the year. Create a publishing center in your room - http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4385&fullbreadcrumb=%3Ca+href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.scholastic.com%2Fbrowse%2Fsearch%2F%3FNtt%3D%253cand%253e%2528%2528audience%2B%253ccontains%253e%2Bteachers%2529%252c%2B%257bTechnology%257d%2529%26query%3D%3Cand%3E%28%28audience%2520%3Ccontains%3E%2520teachers%29%2C%2520%7BTechnology%7D%29%26Ntk%3DSCHL30_SI%26Ntx%3Dmode%2Bmatchallpartial%26N%3D0%26Nty%3D1%22+class%3D%22endecaAll%22%3EAll+Results%3C%2Fa%3E+%26gt%3B+Grade+3+-+5   All Traits - http://senior.billings.k12.mt.us/6traits/index.htm - interactive reading selections that students rate. http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/sixtrait/sixtrait/handbook.html - list and handouts for a student binder students can create their own to use all year Introduce each concept with a short infomercial! http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=bbc0d17a4f8d4324cc8e  http://readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp - interactive flash based games and activities http://writingfix.com/traits.htm#lessons - Free lessons on each aspect of the 6 traits I-pod and lyric inspired lessons - http://writingfix.com/ipod_prompts.htm  Self-Assessment/Teacher Feedback Post-it notes - http://writingfix.com/classroom_tools/post_its.htm   Types of Writing   Narrative http://hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca/marshs/movies/index.htm - March Movie Madness. 8th grade students write scripts that can be chosen to later be turned into short films. Students must base all short stories to demonstrate the plot diagram. (you could specify any content) Reader's Theatre Persuasive Political Speeches from candidate sites used to identify aspects of persuasive writing Video and Audio commercials for a product or service that target a specific audience http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=7f6788918f03c42b123c  Create videos or audio or photostories to teach the elements of this type of writing   http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=3f745343bab61a5f8aee&page=2&viewtype=&category= Comparative http://my.hrw.com/nsmedia/intgos/html/igo.htm - Interactive Online Graphic Organizers - Highlight, type, and print (or save and put on website) How-To Photostories and video on How-To subjects (written by one group - recorded by another) Research Netrekker Poetry Song Lyrics Research them for figurative language (metaphor, simile, personification, allusions, poetic devices) I Am Poetry http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=8c621d4e83cb0ec9616c&page=2&viewtype=&category= Share your favorites Encourage kids to read their favorites to the class Record their readings Turn it into a poetry SLAM, a beatnik coffee cafe Have your students record other teachers and administrators sharing their favorite poems http://www.favoritepoem.org/ Interactive SMART Lessons Father's Day Poems Easter Poems Editing Google Docs SMART tools Document Cameras Gaggle.net  Feedback and Peer Review  Gaggle.net or Think.com blogging post student work and ask other classes to critique and comment   Learning is Fun http://writingfix.com/classroom_tools/word_game_for_writers.htm   Professional Development & Teacher Tools http://readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=0&strand=0&engagement=0&display.x=40&display.y=13 - Lesson Plans Writing across the curriculum...a grassroots movement.... http://writingfix.com/WAC.htm   Involving parents in writing - http://writingfix.com/classroom_tools/family_write.htm Mini-lesson of the month - http://www.unr.edu/educ/nnwp/Mini_Lesson_of_the_Month_Club.html Art and Writing - http://writingfix.com/classroom_tools/art_and_writing.htm Help with the writing process for teachers - http://www.mwp.hawaii.edu/resources.htm United Streaming  - One Place - http://it.burlesonisd.net http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=36875904-D67F-4116-831A-3B859AEDD845  - Discovering Language Arts: Style, Structure, and Tone (Grades 3-5) http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/tools/writingPrompt/index.cfm? - writing prompt builder home page Assignment builder Quiz builder Elementary Integration Ideas - http://www.cyberbee.com/intclass.html#LanguageArts More SMART Lessons on Writing http://education.smarttech.com/EdCompassCMS/Template/LearningActivity/FileActivitySummary.aspx?NRMODE=Published&nrnodeguid=%7b0A5EF2A4-15A2-4F78-983D-8643D7EFAC0C%7d&nroriginalurl=%2fste%2fen-US%2fEd%2bResource%2fLesson%2bactivities%2fNotebook%2bactivities%2fBrowse%2bNotebook%2fUnited%2bStates%2fdefault%2ehtm%3fsort%3dSubject%26search%3d&nrcachehint=Guest&sort=Subject Great site by a real teacher - http://corbettharrison.com/index.html Dena Harrison's site is a great resource - http://denaharrison.com/
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