6 trait writing ties in seamlessly to the Common Core standards. You can improve literacy outcomes by teaching writing strategies with the six traits.
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6 trait writing ties in seamlessly to the Common Core standards. You can improve literacy outcomes by teaching writing strategies with the six traits.
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A resource site for Collaborative Writing in the Cloud: An essential guidebook (with Common Core Standards) by Vicki Davis published by Eye On Education in Winter 2012. Sign up to receive a notice when it arrives.
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Students don’t always like working in groups. Ann Taylor, an associate professor of chemistry at Wabash College, had a class that was particularly vocal in their opposition. She asked for their top 10 reasons why students don’t want to work in groups and they offered this list (which I’ve edited slightly). Delete the scoop?
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Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, voice, and text commenting. Via Troy Hicks, Karen LaBonte Delete the scoop?
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At ISTE, I had the pleasure of presenting in the Google theatre on Writing with Google Docs. It was a short presentation aimed at demonstrating how educators can use Google Docs to foster writing in its various stages. Delete the scoop?
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As some of my readers may know, I had an awakening of sorts this past summer: I am NOT going to teach so test driven, I told myself. I'm tired of the five-paragraph essay! Where does it exist anywhere but in school? Instead, I decided, that everything I did this school year would have some connection to the world outside of school. The plan: to immerse my lessons and my classroom assessments in authenticity. And test scores be damned.
OK, so maybe I wasn't that confident. Nevertheless, I went ahead with my plans and devised units based on project-based writing. Via Jim Lerman Delete the scoop?
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Powerpoint deck for Catlin Tucker's Discovery Education Virtual Conference: Digital Storytelling: Engage Students in Collaborative Creative Writing in Class & O... ... Via Ana Cristina Pratas Delete the scoop?
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