41 Prize-Winning Prose: Developing "Kid's Pulitzers" in the Language Arts Classroom Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–12 Professional Commentary: In this promising practice students develop criteria for Kid's Pulitzers -- awards in categories of writing determined by the students. Each student will then bestow a Kid's Pulitzer upon a piece of writing which they deem to be distinguished based on the established criteria.... Projects: Writing 6-12 42 The Tell-Tale Hearts of Writers: Exploring the Lives of Authors Through Their Literature Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–10 Professional Commentary: In this promising practice lesson, students use a piece of literature by and an article about Edgar Allan Poe to investigate the relationship between word choice and the reader's mood and interpretation of a piece of writing. Each student then creates a visual display that examines a favorite writer through biographical information, analysis of quotations about the author and his or her works, and interpretation of a piece of the author's writing.... 43 Showing Good Taste: Writing Thoughtful Restaurant Reviews in the Language Arts Classroom Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–12 Professional Commentary: In this promising practice, students distinguish the important elements of well-written restaurant reviews by analyzing and evaluating reviews from The New York Times and by writing their own reviews of favorite dining locations. Students are encouraged to evaluate critical and persuasive texts as well as writing their own.... Career Fields: Hospitality & Tourism, Marketing Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 44 Writing with Writers: Biography Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–8 Professional Commentary: This promising practice, part of a Scholastic's Writing with Writers series, provides strategies for teaching students to write biographies. Designed for implementation within writing workshop, this resource includes a warm-up exercise, genre-specific tips for biography writing, and an example of a biographical sketch.... Career Fields: General Career Skills Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 45 Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales: Writing with Writers Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 2–3 Professional Commentary: This promising practice, part of Scholastic's Writing With Writers series, provides strategies for teaching students to craft their own fairy tales. Designed for implementation within writing workshop, this cross grade level writing project features several components, including fractured fairy tales activities inspired by Jon Scieszka.... 46 Journal Writing with Virginia Hamilton Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–8 Professional Commentary: This resource, part of Scholastic's Writing With Writers series, provides strategies to teach descriptive journal writing. Designed for implementation within a writing workshop format, this resource includes a sample journal entry, writing tips, strategies, and challenges to help students develop their own journal writing.... Projects: Writing 6-12 47 Mystery Writing with Joan Lowery Nixon Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 5–8 Professional Commentary: This promising practice, part of Scholastic's Writing With Writers series, provides strategies for assisting students in writing mysteries. Designed for implementation within writing workshop, this resource includes a sample mystery, writing tips, strategies, and challenges to help students develop their own mysteries.... Projects: Writing 6-12 48 News Writing with Scholastic Editors Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–7 Professional Commentary: This promising practice, part of Scholastic's Writing With Writers series, provides strategies for teaching students to write expository pieces. Designed for implementation within writing workshop, this resource features writing tips and techniques to help students determine a topic and develop their own news stories.... Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First 49 Write a Book Review with Rodman Philbrick Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–8 Professional Commentary: This promising practice, part of Scholastic's Writing With Writers series, provides strategies for assisting students with summarization and persuasive writing. Designed for implementation within a writing workshop, this writing project features a sample book review, writing tips, strategies, and challenges to help students develop their own book reviews.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services, Construction Technologies, Education & Training, Engineering & Science Technologies, Finance, Government & Public Administration, Health Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Human Services, Information Technology, Law & Public Safety, Manufacturing Technologies, Marketing, Transportation Systems Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades K–2 Professional Commentary: This instructional unit uses Cinderella stories representing different cultures to examine the features of a fairy tale. This resource, maintained by the New Zealand Ministry of Education, encourages critical thinking through a variety of reading, writing, and drama activities.... |