http://netvouz.com/jgordon/tag/writing?feed=rss&pg=8 jgordon's bookmarks tagged "writing" on Netvouz http://www.exemplars.com/materials/samples/rwr_5-8.html Immigration research and writing sample. Paula Bellerose and Mary Goodale respectively teach Language Arts and Social Studies at Middlebury Union Middle School in Middlebury, Vermont. They created this unit together and have used it in their classrooms as well as in a number of workshops. The unit was accepted by the Vermont State Department as a juried standards-based unit in 1998. It has rubrics and writing samples of each. Literacy > Writing Strategies jgordon Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:19:46 GMT http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=9082&r=sb070914 Graham Foster and Toni L. Marasco provide more than 50 exemplar-based mini-lessons provide a hands-on, flexible approach to meeting specific student writing needs. These activities involve students in evaluating writing samples and then applying what they have learned to their own work. Organized around the six key traits of good writing— Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > Literacy > Writing jgordon Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:15:18 GMT http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjIntro.html This introductory level guide presents basic information for doing a science project. For a more detailed treatment see Experimental Science Projects: An Intermediate Level Guide. Science and Math > SCIENCE ONLY jgordon Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:44:18 GMT http://www.galleryofwriting.org/ National Council of Teachers of English, You can read published work, publish your own work, start a local gallery or search galleries Literacy > Writing Strategies jgordon Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:36:39 GMT http://gbs.glenbrook.k12.il.us/Academics/gbseng2/index.htm This site prepared by Glenbrook South HS provides support for students for writing a research paper. See other links for writing support etc. Rec. by Paul Ceisel Student Resources jgordon Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:35:51 GMT http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index.html Purdue univeristy offers a number of handouts for students and teachers. Research papers, grammar, punctuatuion and spelling, support for ELLs etc. Literacy > Writing Strategies jgordon Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:43:39 GMT http://www2.hawthorn73.org/juniorhigh/page$43 Writing is an activity that is used primarily for learning and communication. It also shows clarity of thought and deepens understanding of material. The purpose of this page is to provide teachers with strategies to use in their classrooms to help students learn. These strategies go across content areas and grade levels. Before using any of these strategies, one has to ask the question "What's my purpose?" These strategies are used for writing that is short, spontaneous, exploratory, unedited, informal and personal, and not lengthy and formal. Many of these strategies are adapted from The Illinois Writing Project Writing to Learn by Harvey Daniels and Steven Zemelman Literacy > Writing Strategies jgordon Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:39:26 GMT http://www.books.heinemann.com/products/E00798.aspx How to Set Up a Language Workshop in Your Linguistically Diverse Classroom by Nancy Akhavan,Help! The author describes how loanguage workshop focuses on the specific language needs of every child, allowing you the flexibility to scaffold instruction by modeling specific uses of language, posing problems and ideas that expand kids' language skills, and teaching specific thinking strategies. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > English Language Learners jgordon Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:55:41 GMT http://cri.cps.k12.il.us/pdf/Literacy_Handbook.pdf This resource from the Chicago Reading Initiative provides very explicit guidance for the components of their literacy framework. It defines a strategy, what the teacher does, what the students do and what an observer is looking for. Rubrics for age-appropriate evaluations are included. Literacy jgordon Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:03:47 GMT http://www.stenhouse.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idProduct=9044 This DVD provides a close-up view of master teacher Emelie Parker's writing workshop at Bailey's Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences in Falls Church, VA, a school where nearly all students enter kindergarten as English language learners. Books & Videos/DVDs: Professional Development > VIDEOs and DVDs jgordon Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:33:25 GMT