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Three-Minute Fiction : NPR
How great is this for lessons in brevity and essential elements of storytelling. And it's just plain fun too.
Mosaic Listserve Tools
Excellent resources for helping students discuss what they read. Perfect for teachers struggling to get conversation around literature started.
The Best Places Where Students Can Write For An “Authentic Audience” | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
Larry Ferlazzo's list of some outstanding ways to give students authentic audiences for writing.
http://www.cerritos.edu/reading/Mainide3.htm
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(1)College and university sports teams have nicknames. (2)Most
are common, such as the Bears, Lions, and Tigers. (3)However, some are unusual. (4)For
instance, the University of California at Irvine is nicknamed "Anteaters."
(5)The University of Washburn's sports teams are called the "Ichabods."
(6)Richland College sports teams are called "Thunderducks." (7)And perhaps the
strangest of all belongs to the University of California at Santa Cruz. (8)Their nickname
is the "Banana Slugs."Explanation
What is the main idea of the paragraph? No one sentence expresses it. When this
happens, you must consider the topic of the paragraph and then look at the details to try
to piece together the "missing topic sentence."This paragraph starts talking about college nicknames. But it does not focus on common
nicknames. The signal word "however" at the beginning of Sentence 3 tells you
that the paragraph is changing directions, and will focus on "Unusual college
nicknames." This is the topic of the paragraph.Sentences 4 - 8 are detail sentences that provide the following examples:
1. The University of California at Irvine is nicknamed "Anteaters."
2. The University of Washburn's sports teams are called the "Ichabods."
3. Richland College sports teams are called "Thunderducks."
4. The University of California at Santa Cruz team nickname is the "Banana
Slugs."
Ideas to Inspire
These presentations should help spark some ideas for teachers new to using digital tools in the classroom.
AdLit.org: Adolescent Literacy - All About Adolescent Literacy
Adolescent literature mega site.
freetech4teachers / English - Language Arts
Great list of resources for English/LA teachers. Haven't gone through all of them yet, but it's extensive.
PicLits.com - Create a PicLit
Excellent site for helping kids with writing from a prompt. Offers word selection or freestyle writing.
Virtual Information Inquiry: Information Search Process (ISP)
Carol Kulhthau's ideas regarding the research process. Very "Pink-ish" as she associates the steps with certain emotions the research should be feeling.
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