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May 16, 2012 11:49 PM
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By L. B. Gale "All stories can be boiled down to a core. An essence. A theme. The Odyssey is the story of one man’s journey home. So is Joyce’s Ulysses. Same thing for Frazier’s Cold Mountain. Depending on how you frame this ‘core,’ you can find multiple stories that share commonalities with other stories. For instance, I could instead boil The Odyssey down to the story of a son seeking out his father. Once I do that, I’ve got a number of other stories and myths to which I can connect The Odyssey. "As a writer, it’s worth examining what’s at the core of your story. The stories that share your theme are all part of the mythology that your story is joining (here the word myth has a different sense from the familiar ‘a type of story that only ancient cultures told). These stories aren’t your enemies. They are not your competition. They are resources."
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May 16, 2012 11:33 PM
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By Danny Rubin "When it comes to great writing, less is more. But even if you're familiar with the mantra to "omit needless words," tightening your writing is harder than it looks. Which words should you omit? How can you write more clearly? Danny Rubin, a national news consultant and former television news reporter, demonstrates—with examples—the power of brevity."
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May 16, 2012 11:17 PM
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By Melissa Taylor "As I started a go-to list of the best educational iPad apps for kids, the list got so long, I split up my posts into categories. So, today we’ll start with my favorite iPad apps for literacy — reading and writing for toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-age kids. Also, I’ve included special needs iPad app resources at the end of this post."
These tips are intended help novice writers learn to take criticism from instructors, peer reviewers and editors. Start with the assumption that your work can be improved
The biggest mistake writers make is assuming that once they have submitted a piece of writing, that is finished… and perfect. This assumption sets the writer up for a frustration and anger when it is returned with a request for revisions. It can be helpful to approach your writing from the point of view there is always room for improvement.
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Via Ana Cristina Pratas, Gust MEES
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from Into the Driver's Seat
May 11, 2012 4:28 PM
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Clintondale HS in Clinton, Michigan has established a strong reputation for having successfully implemented the flipped instructional model building-wide, under the leadership of principal Greg Green. This has led to substantial improvements in student achievement in a short period of time. Educators will be interested to view some of the over 300 (and counting) videos now posted on the school's website. Covering the areas of English, Math, Science, Social Studies, ACT Prep, and Learning Strategies, most videos are from3 to 8 minutes long and are available in web, iPad, or iPod/mobile formats. This is really inspiring to me!-JL
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from Teaching & Learning Resources
May 10, 2012 5:51 PM
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May 10, 2012 5:40 PM
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Fabulous site from the Northern Nevada Writing Project that has been growing and flourishing since 2001. Brimming with resources and ideas for teachers of writing and teachers of other subjects who also need to teach about writing. Casreful! You get get lost in this site for quite awhile. -JL
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May 10, 2012 5:31 PM
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A space for teen writers to "share writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and writers." Publishes a daily newsletter, too. -JL
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May 10, 2012 5:21 PM
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"NaNoWriMo's YWP challenges young writers to complete an entire novel in November! Are you up for it?" This website provides very substantial guidebooks for elementary, middle, and high school students to write novels. These very practical and helpful workbooks were originally intended to help students participate in National Novel Writing Month, but teachers will find them quite helpful any time of the year. -JL
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from Into the Driver's Seat
May 10, 2012 12:06 AM
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from Developing Writers
May 8, 2012 9:43 PM
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By Ralph Fletcher Story Starters Ideas for Revising Using Writer's Notebooks
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from Developing Writers
May 8, 2012 9:33 PM
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The writer's guide was developed through the Australia Council's Story of the Future project to explore the craft and business of writing in the digital era. It includes case studies from Australia's rising generation of poets, novelists, screenwriters, games writers and producers who are embracing new media and contains audio and video content from seminars and workshops, as well as extensive references to resouces in Australia and beyond.
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from Into the Driver's Seat
May 7, 2012 6:44 PM
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"The list of recommendations presented below is based on scientific studies of students in grades 4–12. The strategies for teaching writing are listed according to the magnitude of their effects. Practices with the strongest effects are listed first.... All of the strategies are potentially useful, and we encourage teachers to use a combination of strategies to best meet the needs of their students."
Via Karen LaBonte, Jim Lerman
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May 16, 2012 11:39 PM
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By Dave LeClair "It seems like there is no hobby or topic a person could be interested in that does not “have an app for that.” For poetry, I was shocked in regards to just how many iPhone apps are available and how many different things they can do. There are apps for writing poems, finding words that rhyme, reading other’s poems for inspiration, finding writing prompts and even watching videos of people performing their poetry live. If there is something you want your iPhone to do that is related to poetry, an app can handle it."
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May 16, 2012 11:27 PM
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30 links to advice for writers in these categories: On Writing On Publishing On Social Media & Promotion Becuase It Was Interesting What You May Have Missed Here Author Roni Loren posts a new list of links (almost) every Friday. -JL
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May 16, 2012 11:06 PM
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By Matthew Branson "The differences in sharability and engagement between normal content and the kind that explodes virally are huge, but the differences in how the content is created can be subtle. Is your content not receiving enough engagement or retaining an audience, despite brilliant ideas and promotions? "Maybe your writing is to blame. "How can you tailor your writing to improve engagement and keep your audience coming back? Below we’ll examine the elements that comprise the foundation of remarkable content."
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from Into the Driver's Seat
May 11, 2012 4:41 PM
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"Google Drive, Google's online file storage system, is now live. With it you can upload and access all of your files including videos, photos, PDFs, Google Docs and more, just like with Dropbox or Sugarsync. "Google Docs is integrated with Google Drive so you can work on all your documents, presentations and spreadsheets, as well as share content and then add and reply to comments on any file (PDF, image, video, and so on) and receive notifications when some one else comments on a shared item. It has added some social networking features to cloud file storage. Drive will also recognize text in scanned documents. (similar to what Evernote does)."
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May 11, 2012 2:09 PM
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Terrific essay writing guide that walks students step-by-step through the process. I love the 5 links to sites that help writers select topics and that students may fill in the many blanks via their computer. Because it is so user friendly, student eventually need to be weaned from the organizer so that they can handle the process themselves. Focus of the guide on the 5 paragraph essay is one limitation. I would have preferred that it offer students some choices in this area. Otherwise, I think this is a top-notch piece of work. -JL (Sorry for the way this displays. I couldn't get a visual to work for this one site.)
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May 10, 2012 5:46 PM
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Don't miss the Resources section that contains 3, free, extensive workbooks for elementary, middle, and high school scriptwriters to use in enhancing their work. Home of an annual contest for adult and student scriptwriters. -JL
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May 10, 2012 5:36 PM
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By Yogesh Mankani "Gone are the days when only newspapers were where people with drawing ability could make comics. In today’s world, everyone and anyone can create comics with the help of online comic creating tools that require no special drawing skills. You just have to drag and drop the characters, backgrounds, dialogue boxes and much more to create your own comics."
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May 10, 2012 5:27 PM
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"Overcome writer's block with writing prompts writing tips & writing games to inspire your creativity. " In addition to the above, the site contains Poetry Generators, places to Post Your Criting, Creative Writing Experiments, Character Name Generators, and more. -JL
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from Into the Driver's Seat
May 10, 2012 12:13 AM
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Like Wordle, but with many extras including shapes, animation, colors, font choice, and more. -JL Via shambles.net
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from Writing Tools Web 3.0
May 8, 2012 9:55 PM
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By Dawn Dodson "Story element instruction, at the middle school level, is focused on the analysis of the various plot elements and their development over the course of a story. Accomplishing these objectives in a creative and unique manner can be a challenge. Most students that walk into the middle school language arts classroom have at least a few years of experience in identifying story elements. They also have practice completing various plot diagram graphic organizers and their accompanying responses. Incorporating art into story element instruction builds upon and develops students’ ability to view the elements individually and examine their significance in the overall story. The following are two lesson ideas that incorporate students’ creative art skills into story element analysis."
Via Pippa Davies @PippaDavies
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from Developing Writers
May 8, 2012 9:39 PM
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From the website "Qwikstory.com is a new social media site where people come together to create and write a story about a particular topic (or no topic at all). Here's the catch - once you start a story, you have only 1,000 characters to tell your part of the story and you can't continue the story until at least one person has added to your Qwikstory."
Via anna smith
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May 7, 2012 6:55 PM
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Note: Knowing how the mind works should help teachers to create lessons that automatically create a desire to know. :-) In 1927, Gestalt psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik noticed a funny thing: waiters in a Vienna restaurant could only remember orders that were in progress. As soon as ...
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