Patrick Higgins on 2009-07-15
This is a fantastic idea. Why not use what they did on the weekends to promote writing that matters to them. The headline styles would also lead to some comical responses, especially as you rise in grade leve.
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Erin (Pirnot) Ciccone, teacher-consultant with the Pennsylvania
Writing and Literature Project,
found a way to make more productive the "Monday morning gab fest"
she used as a warm-up with her fifth grade students. She conceived of "Headline
News." As students entered the classroom on Monday mornings, they wrote
personal headlines about their weekends and posted them on the bulletin board.
A headline might read "Fifth-Grader Stranded at Movie Theatre" or
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Pjhiggins on 2009-07-15This is a fantastic idea. Why not use what they did on the weekends to promote writing that matters to them. The headline styles would also lead to some comical responses, especially as you rise in grade leve.
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Kristin FerreeThis website can be used to create better writing skills, as well as it provides insight for teachers on how to craft a students writing. It can also help on speeches and other informal writings.
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Keisa WilliamsThe National Writing Project's 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing offers successful strategies contributed by experienced writing project teachers. Since NWP does not promote a single approach to teaching writing, readers will benefit from a variety of eclectic, classroom-tested techniques.
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John Carman ZoccolaPractical ideas from practicing writing teachers
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Heather VolmerdingListed on the webiste are 30 ideas for teaching writing. Each idea is summarized and a link to the full article is included. May be useful.
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Wendy WindustThe National Writing Project's 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing offers successful strategies contributed by experienced writing project teachers. Since NWP does not promote a single approach to teaching writing, readers will benefit from a variety of eclectic, classroom-tested techniques.
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Patrick Higgins
Outstanding ideas for Langauge arts teachers
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Erin (Pirnot) Ciccone, teacher-consultant with the Pennsylvania
Writing and Literature Project,
found a way to make more productive the "Monday morning gab fest"
she used as a warm-up with her fifth grade students. She conceived of "Headline
News." As students entered the classroom on Monday mornings, they wrote
personal headlines about their weekends and posted them on the bulletin board.
A headline might read "Fifth-Grader Stranded at Movie Theatre" or
"Girl Takes on Responsibility as Mother's Helper." -
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Bill NellisThe National Writing Project's 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing offers successful strategies contributed by experienced writing project teachers.
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Lynne CroweThe National Writing Project's 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing offers successful strategies contributed by experienced writing project teachers. Since NWP does not promote a single approach to teaching writing, readers will benefit from a variety of eclectic, classroom-tested techniques.
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Tami BrassThe National Writing Project's 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing offers successful strategies contributed by experienced writing project teachers. Since NWP does not promote a single approach to teaching writing, readers will benefit from a variety of eclectic, classroom-tested techniques.
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Pamela GarriottHot links to a list of writing ideas from the National Writing Project
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Eileen Simmons, a teacher-consultant with the Oklahoma State University Writing Project,
knows that the more relevant new words are to students' lives, the more likely
they are to take hold.In her high school classroom, she uses a form of the children's ABC book as a
community-building project. For each letter of the alphabet, the students find
an appropriately descriptive word for themselves. Students elaborate on the word
by writing sentences and creating an illustration. In the process, they make
extensive use of the dictionary and thesaurus.One student describes her personality as sometimes 'caustic,' illustrating
the word with a photograph of a burning car in a war zone. Her caption explains
that she understands the hurt her 'burning' sarcastic remarks can generate.SIMMONS,
EILEEN. 2002. "Visualizing Vocabulary." The Quarterly (24) 3. -
. Spotlight language and use group brainstorming to help students create
poetry.The following is a group poem created by second grade students of Michelle
Fleer, a teacher-consultant with the Dakota
Writing Project (South Dakota).Underwater
Crabs crawl patiently along the ocean
floor
searching for prey.
Fish soundlessly weave their way
through
slippery seaweed
Whales whisper to others as they slide
through
the salty water.
And silent waves wash into a dark cave
where an octopus
is sleeping.Fleer helped her students get started by finding a familiar topic. (In this
case her students had been studying sea life.) She asked them to brainstorm
language related to the sea, allowing them time to list appropriate nouns,
verbs, and adjectives. The students then used these words to create phrases and
used the phrases to produce the poem itself.As a group, students put together words in ways Fleer didn't believe many of
them could have done if they were working on their own, and after creating
several group poems, some students felt confident enough to work alone.
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Nancy BlairIdeas for teaching writing from the National Writing Project.
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KM Andersonwoah -- it's huge! // I may have initially found in Spring 09 thinking about nwp, but have just now found via Robyn R Jackson and her "developing writers" materials
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Megan LaffertyGreat ideas for teachers to make writing easier for their students.
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Marielle PalomboPractical ideas from practicing writing teachers
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Vance StevensThe National Writing Project's 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing offers successful strategies contributed by experienced writing project teachers. Since NWP does not promote a single approach to teaching writing, readers will benefit from a variety of eclecti
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Daniel CraigNice list of ideas
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Honor MoormanNWP's 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing contains more with 30 successful strategies contributed by experienced writing project teachers. Since the National Writing Project does not promote a single approach to teaching writing, readers will benefit from a var
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Miguel guhlin30 Ideas for Teaching Writing answers those questions and more with 30 successful strategies contributed by experienced writing project teachers. Since the National Writing Project does not promote a single approach to teaching writing, readers will benef
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