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Storyline Online
SAG Foundation presents online streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children's books aloud. Each book has activities and lesson ideas.
Skype an Author Into Your Library or Classroom - Skype An Author Network
What a great opportunity to have an author speak in the classroom.
iPods help ESL students achieve success
The article mainly focuses on literacy building activities. It sounds like these are all high school students but I'm sure some of them could be adjusted for younger students.
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In Poli's classrooms, the students' favorite activity is listening to English music.
In one scenario, students are told to listen to a specific song. Poli uses songs for grammar exercises, and she chooses songs that have repeated phrases and patterns. She listens to songs for specific types of adjectives and verbs, and she also chooses songs that have appropriate subjects that her students can discuss after the exercise.
Grammar activities can include filling in the blanks for grammatical patterns, word banks, matching, organizing lyrics in strips, theme-related activities, open-ended questions, spelling and rearranging letters, and figurative language activities.
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sequencing exercise to a song by Daniel Powter called "Bad Day." Poli printed the lyrics line by line and then cut each line into strips. Students were told to listen to the song and put the strips in sequential order. Poli said students used listening, sequencing, and oral reading skills.
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Recommended standards for information and technology literacy
The standards document describes the processes and specific skills a learner must understand and practice in order to meet a minimum level of information literacy. These are divided into four general areas:
http://www.GoogleLitTrips.com
This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place... and so much more!
New English/Spanish Activity Book Supports Early Literacy Development - National Writing Project
dy/dan » Blog Archive » Radiohead, Child Labor, and Visual Literacy
Video example of visual literacy 2 videos in one making a comparison
Great Book Stories wiki
This is a collaborative wiki space for K-20 students and educators wanting to:
1. LISTEN AND SEE: Access stories about great books
2. CREATE: Author original stories about great books
3. SHARE: Safely share stories about great books with a global audience and receive feedback!
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