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Writing to Learn – what is it?

“To get true learning power, kids must put ideas into their own words.” p 26 Content Area Writing – Harvey Daniels, Steven Zemelman, Nancy Steineke Writing to learn is different to high stakes, public...

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Cornell notes / double entry journal

Any time you have ruled a line down the middle of a page and compared two things by listing pros and cons, you have used a double entry journal. A version of double entry journals, is CORNELL NOTES....

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Exit Slip

WHAT IS AN EXIT SLIP? An exit slip is a short, low stakes, written reflection by the students, of the current lesson or topic. Exit slips can be written in a book, but are most easily written on sticky...

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It’s a Book!

I found this cute little thought provoking clip on Langwitches Blog On her blog, she lists a number of questions which weigh up the differences between a “real” book and a digital book. The writer of...

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Teaching Writing Right

Thanks to Jenny Gilbert whom I follow on Scoop.it, I have discovered this wonderful blog loaded with ideas for teaching writing – which of course, is my passion. One of the ideas which really took my...

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How to create an environmental disaster

This presentation has been created, inspired by the ideas of Corbett Harrison – Life is a Cook book. I asked the students to think of a current issue, then write it up as a recipe. The above youtube...

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Writing seeds

Ralph Fletcher, in his book “A WRITER’S NOTEBOOK” lists a number of ideas which can help you organise your writer’s notebook into a place “to live like a writer, not just in school during writing time,...

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Critical Literacy: Is Notion of Traditonal Reading and Writing Enough?

21st Century Critical Literacy from Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano Thought provoking slideshare from Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano

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