Sensory Information The Situation You want your students to use the five senses to develop their writing. The Solution Sensory information is an essential starting point to develop student writing. Students need to understand that stories need to be brought to life. Their characters are not merely sitting in spaceship in space. I have never … Continue reading Sensory Information
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Imagine Your Life as a Movie
Imagine Your Life as a Movie AITSL STANDARD: 1.3 - Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds Design and implement teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds. I always imagine life as a tv show. Your life is the … Continue reading Imagine Your Life as a Movie
GETTING CREATIVE: Four Outside the Box Activities
GETTING CREATIVE: Four Outside the Box Activities Design Your Own Machine English isn't always about writing. Students can design objects and things that can be worked into their story. Here is an activity that students can complete to get their creative juices going. Students need to create a machine, includes labels to explain how it … Continue reading GETTING CREATIVE: Four Outside the Box Activities
Teaching…Essay Structure
The Situation Students need to learn the essay structure.Students need to write an essay. The Solution Below I have outlined an essay structure. This section does not explain how to teach essay writing, but demonstrate a template that you might like to use along with identify minor nuances with implementing the document (For example, what … Continue reading Teaching…Essay Structure
Teaching…Types of Paragraph Structures
The Situation You're unsure of the types of paragraph structures The Solution There are plenty of different ways to teach paragraphing and structures that you can experiment with. Below I have outlined two that you can choose to experiment with. PEEL Paragraph Structure For middle school, PEEL is a healthy way to introduce paragraphing. Check … Continue reading Teaching…Types of Paragraph Structures
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