Secondary Writing Strategies and Resources

November - Teacher Leader Meeting

“Writing today is not a frill for the few, but an essential skill for the many.” The National Commission on Writing, 2003

Cubing: A pre-writing strategy that has students examining a topic from six different perspectives.

http://www.duvalschools.org/newteachers/DI%20Strategies/DI%202012/Cube.pdf

Virginia Department of Education Middle School Writing Modules

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/graduation/project_graduation/online_tutorials/english/materials/writing_middleschool.pdf

Google Cultural Institute

Visit the site:

http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/home

Art Project

Historic Moments

World Wonders

NCWise Owl

What is New?

E-booksAP Images

**Remember the password is wiseowl

ReadWorks

http://www.readworks.org/

A great resource for non-fiction pieces that are on different grade levels.

Each passage comes with multiple choice and constructed response questions.

bookr

A tool to create and share your own photobook using Flickr images

http://www.pimpampum.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/captura/16_bookr_05.jpg?itok=IF3GZd-5

RAFT Writing Assignments

Picture it With PoetryThe students will have begun a unit on Poetry and will apply this knowledge by creating multimedia videos

on Animoto.com. After conducting research online, they will select a poem of their choice and create a visual representation of it, which includes visual and auditory imagery. The students will present their final videos to the class.

Sharing of Writing Strategies

Storybird – RMHS

Storybirdwww.storybird.com

NCHS

Three Argumentative Appeals, Aristotle's methods of convincing:  Reason (logos), Ethics (ethos) or Emotion (pathos)

Quote Responses Parker

Students were to find quotes about money by famous people and tell why they agree with them.  The next step is to comment on a peer's quote. 

..\Money83block_Parker.docx

Writing - EMS

Differentiating Between Modes of Writing_EMS.docx

Check list for elaboration_EMS.pdf

Examples of Transitions_EMS.docx

Peer Editing in ver 2003_EMS.xlsx

Audio Feedback and Story Reflections - NNHS

Short Stories Project Reflection.doc

Providing Audio Feedback for Students about Their Writing.doc

Sharing Table - SNMS

Period4SharingTable.docx

Write to Learn - ROM

This program allows teachers to use the pre-made prompts or lets a teacher create their own prompts.

This is Pearson product that Felecher has used with a lot of success with her students.

Evernote and Creative Writing Activity SNHS

Use Evernote as a tool for note taking and keeping

information organized for research assignments.

Creative Writing activity using google form and a radomizer. Students complete the form identifying character, setting, and conflict. Students randomly select from each category and have to develop a short story using the information selected.

Creative Writing Links

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/