1 Exploring Cross-Age Tutoring Activities with Lewis and Clark Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: In this lesson, cross-age tutoring gives high school students the opportunity to guide elementary students (in grades 3-5) to a deeper understanding of the adventures of Lewis and Clark. Using the book How We Crossed the West by Rosalyn Schanzer, along with interactive activities and websites, students explore the events of this expedition.... 2 All in a Day's Work: Modernizing Herman Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener Resource Type: Lessons Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 9–12 Professional Commentary: This lesson plan uses a passage from Herman Melville's 1856 tale, "Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-street," to encourage literary response and creative writing. Students respond in writing to the short story by creating their own modern versions of the tale.... Resource Type: Content Supports Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 11–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This content resouce consists of a handout which discusses pre-writing strategies. Strategies discussed include freewriting, listing, cubing, mapping, journalists' questions, and using charts (author/cbd) Resource Type: Content Supports Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 11–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This content resource contains instructions for writing effective titles. Seven sample assignments and multiple student samples with instructor's analysis of their effectiveness demonstrate the concepts.... 5 Introductory Paragraphs: Beginnings Resource Type: Content Supports Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 11–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This content resource offers instructions for writing effective introductions and describes ten types of openers for introductory paragraphs. Examples are provided for each type.... 6 Introductions: The Role of Introductions Resource Type: Content Supports Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 11–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This content resource contains an online handout which explains the role of introductions and the processes and strategies for writing effective introductions. Detailed descriptions of five types of effective introductions and five types of ineffective introductions are provided.... Resource Type: Content Supports Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 11–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This content resource is an online handout for students who are anxious about their writing. The handout discusses writer’s block and other writing anxiety, offering suggestions to students for developing a more positive attitude toward writing.... 8 Overcoming Writer's Block Resource Type: Content Supports Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 11–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This content resource is a one-page handout which offers ten strategies for overcoming writer’s block. Students will find some of the suggestions helpful when they are unable to put their ideas on paper.... Resource Type: Content Supports Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 11–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This resource provides activities for students to use for practicing pre-writing strategies: freewriting, categorizing and clustering, pre-draft outlining, listing, and reporters' questions. Students produce writing in text boxes and can then save or print the writing they have produced.... 10 Writing Guides: Choosing and Narrowing Topics Resource Type: Content Supports Discipline: Reading Grades: Grades 11–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: This content resource contains information about finding or choosing a topic, narrowing the topic, and moving from topic to thesis. The finding a topic portion contains strategies for finding a topic appropriate to specific types of assignments.... |