This activity has students create a script for a fictional newscast. Their newstory will be an interview of one of the characters in this image. sited: http://writingprompts.tumblr.com/post/45107797993/714-motorcycle-escape Plan/write your script Introduce your news story with a Jingle. Newscaster introduces himself. Interview one of the characters. Remember to have your newscaster ask questions which tell […]
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Fairy Tale Writing and Fables
Telia the Monkey With the popular explosion of Fairy Tales in Entertainment, students are becoming more familiar with classic fairy tales. All fairy tales and fables revolve around a moral or a lesson. Using these classic examples, a variety of story writing activities can be generated. Fractured Fairy Tales A story that uses fairy tale […]
iPad Introduction
This is for teachers k-12 as a quick overview for using the iPad in the classroom. It includes some recommended apps. ipadintroduction
Using Comic Life
One of the best ways to engage your students in a story writing dialogue activity, is to use Comic Life. What better way is there to show how writing dialogue needs to appropriate, clear and effective? If their characters’ dialogue does not drive the plot, then the audience cannot follow their story. Several of the WWP teachers […]
Xmas Projects for Visualization in Reading and Writing
We know that when our students can visualize, their writing is descriptive and engaging. Here are two seasonal projects teachers can do: 1. Create a rebus letter to Santa. This can be done using applications of Notebook, PowerPoint, Keynote, Word or Pages add text and images to create the letter extend the activity by asking […]
Creating a Culture of Critical Thinking for Research
On Tuesday and Wednesday WWP Teachers got together to discuss how to develop a critical thinking culture in their classrooms. When asked about students and researching, our WWP teachers feel that students are often lost when they begin researching online. It can be overwhelming for students, struggling to pick a topic, refining their search using […]
Blogging using Kidblog
Several of the WWP classes are starting to use Kidblog. Teachers can easily set up their classes and let the posting and commenting begin. By definition a blog is a site where individuals or groups can record opinions or information about topics. It is expected that the posts are made regularly and that an audience […]
The Writing Process
The Writing Process in a WWP class is generally no different than a traditional class except that students are using technology. Teachers will still be doing activities of Prewriting, Brainstorming, Drafting, Revising, Proofing, Editing, and Publishing. 1. Prewriting and Brainstorming is any activity in which writers are determining their topic, and purpose. They should also […]
Expectations for laptops and writing
It is our intention that teachers in WWP would be having students handwrite only the grade 6 cold write. We do this so that the assessment is about their writing and not their typing skills. That may change in the future depending on student’s abilities especially as more have had opportunities to work with laptops […]
Creating and Sharing a Talking Storybook
iBooks have some amazing and creative stories which can include audio. Using the IPad , students have the ability to create their own talking stories using a variety of different apps. They can add their own voices, audio sounds, own pictures, clipart, electronic drawings, and of course their own writing. Lastly, they can share their […]