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Reading Writing With a Byte--Gayle Shepherd

• Illinois Education Technology Conference
• November 9 10, 2004
• Crowne Plaza
• Springfield, Illinois

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Extra! Extra! Read All About It!

• Due to legislative changes in the area of
  assessment, ISBE is barred from assessing
  students beyond the subject areas required under
  the No Child Left Behind Act. This change is
  effective immediately. Therefore the 2005 State
  Assessments will NOT include the writing, social
  science, physical development/health, or fine
  arts assessments.

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Does this mean writing is not worthy of
curriculum time?
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In the Words of the ILS

• The ability to write clearly is essential to any
  person's effective communications. Students with
  high-level writing skills can produce documents
  that show planning and organization and can
  effectively convey the intended message and
  meaning. Clear writing is critical to employment
  and production in today's world. Individuals must
  be capable of writing for a variety of audiences
  in differing styles, including standard rhetoric
  themes, business letters and reports, financial
  proposals, and technical and professional
  communications. Students should be able to use
  word processors and computers to enhance their
  writing proficiency and improve their career
  opportunities.

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Some Thoughts on Writing

• The skill of writing is to create a context in
  which other people can think.
• Edwin Schlossberg

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More Thoughts on Writing

• Various thoughts on writing from the pros
• http//www.angelfire.com/al/thewritesite/quotes.ht
  mlWrite

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Some Thoughts on Writing

• Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the
  writer must develop an approach for the rest of
  the time... The wait is simply too long.
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)

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Strategies for Energizing the Writing Process

• Online Projects
• E-pals
• Journaling
• Creative writing
• Interviewing
• Composite newspapers
• Author Studies
• Electronic Portfolios
• Web pages

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6th Grade Memory Books
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Book Signing Night For Memory Books
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The Giver Newspaper
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Snow Poem
Our school is out for winter break, so its time
to slide on the lake . The snow is very nice,
till it turns to ice. The snow has a wonderful
taste, I like to shake my waist. I like when it
snows, because the wind blows. The snow is white
and soft, but I really need to cough. Outside
theres as blizzard, so why do I see a lizard?
Taken from Student Portfolio
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ABC Book on the Iditarod Project
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Adam M
Project Famous Firsts (The Will to Win Unit)

• Famous Firsts

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Sally K. Ride 1951-

• Sally Ride joined NASA in 1978. In 1983 she
  became the first American Woman in space.
• She helped design the robot arm for the space
  shuttle.
• She also served (1986) on the Presidential
  commission
• investigating the Challenger disaster.
• She was the first American woman in space.

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Writing is Easy

• Writing is easy. All you do is sit staring at a
  blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood
  form on your forehead.
• Gene Fowler

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Writing Sites

• Journal Writing Workshop
• http//www.writingthejourney.com/
• Expository Writing in Intermediate
• http//www.people.virginia.edu/dlf3m/writequest/i
  ndex.html
• Scary Story Starters
• http//teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/lessonpl
  ans/profbooks/starters.htm
• Educational Portal
• http//www.educationalvoyageportal.com/

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Writing Sites

• Effective Intros Conclusions
• http//www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/maplewoods/writeplace/
  writingintros.html
• Graphic Organizers
• http//www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.
  htm
• Shape Poems
• http//www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/les
  son-5418.html
• Create Your Own Adventure
• http//www.pbs.org/kratts/crazy/madlibs/index.html
  

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Writing Sites

• Webquests
• http//webquest.org/
• Free Graphic Organizer (Mindman Personal)
• http//www.pctip.ch/downloads/dl/23763.asp
• More Graphic Organizers
• http//www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.htm
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• Free Time Line Maker
• http//www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/ti
  melines/

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Writing Sites FUN--

• Creative WritingFractured Fairy Tales
• http//www.writingfix.com/rightbrain/serendipitous
  tabloidfairytale.htm
• Resources for Writers
• http//writingfix.com/
• Magnetic Poetry
• http//magneticpoetry.com/magnet/index.html
• Wacky Web Tales
• http//www.eduplace.com/tales/
• Boggler Online Boggle game
• http//www.wordplays.com/boggler.html

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Writing Sites

• Narrative Writing Prompts
• http//www.tengrrl.com/tens/019.shtml
• http//www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palm
  asola/wnarrative.htm
• http//www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/writing/narrate.ht
  ml
• http//wizard.hprtec.org/builder/worksheet.php3?ID
  1309

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Writing Sites

• Expository Writing Prompts
• http//www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/palm
  asola/wexpository.htm
• http//www.geocities.com/tonyswebquests/links_writ
  ingprompts (pick choose)
• Guide to writing http//members.tripod.com/lklivi
  ngston/essay/
• Topics with information http//webtech.kennesaw.ed
  u/ckale/expository.htm

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Writing Sites

• Persuasive Writing Prompts
• http//www.tengrrl.com/tens/018.shtml
• http//clow.ipsd.org/academics_5_writing_persuasiv
  e-prompts.html
• http//www.sd81.k12.wa.us/english/writing_sites.ht
  m
• http//home.earthlink.net/jhholly/persuasive.html
  

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Reading
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In the Words of the ILS

• Reading is essential. It is the process by which
  people gain information and ideas from books,
  newspapers, manuals, letters, contracts,
  advertisements and a host of other materials.
  Using strategies for constructing meaning before,
  during and after reading will help students
  connect what they read now with what they have
  learned in the past. Students who read well and
  widely build a strong foundation for learning in
  all areas of life.

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Thoughts on Reading

• "The more you read, the more things you will
  know. The more that you learn, the more places
  you'll go."
• -Dr. Seuss

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Some Thoughts on Reading

• Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend.
  Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."
• Groucho Marx

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Reading Resources

• Book Adventure
• www.bookadventure.com
• Basic Story Frame
• http//www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/sarasota/basicstryfr
  ame.htm
• Mythology
• http//www.users.globalnet.co.uk/loxias/odchoice.
  htm

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Reading Resources

• Almost like a Game
• http//www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/english/
• Reading Check List
• http//www.abcteach.com/Reading/ReadingList.htm
• Miss Maggies Earth Adventures
• http//www.missmaggie.org
• The book you want may be online
• http//www.literaturepage.com/
• The Library Spot Reference Desk
• http//www.libraryspot.com/almanacs.htm

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Reading Resources

• Books every child should read before leaving high
  school
• http//www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/lists/juv/highsc
  hool.htm
• Mystery Net Kid Mysteries
• http//kids.mysterynet.com/writing/
• Vocabulary Worksheets
• http//www.tampareads.com/wrksheet/both-4.htm
• Starfall
• www.starfall.com
• Download center http//www.starfall.com/n/N-info
  /download.htm

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Reading Resources

• Move Into Clutterbuck Valley
• http//www.superpages.com/enlightenme/superthinker
  s/pages/welcome.html?
• Make Your Own License Plate
• http//www.acme.com/licensemaker/
• Greek Mythology
• http//www.mythweb.com/index.html
• A Jury of Her Peers
• http//www.learner.org/exhibits/literature/

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Meta-Sites for Language Arts

• Teachnet
• http//www.teachnet.com/
• Internet Public Library
• www.ipl.org
• Eduhound
• http//www.eduhound.com/
• 4Teachers
• http//4teachers.org/

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Meta-Sites for Language Arts

• Laura Candlers File Cabinet
• http//www.field-trips.org/tours/lounge/forms/_tou
  rlaunch1.htm
• Worksheet Library
• http//www.teachervision.fen.com/lesson-plans/less
  on-9152.html?rn

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Meta-Sites for Language Arts

• Read Art Explorations
• http//www.sanford-artedventures.com/play/play.htm
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• Grade Level Lesson Plans Ideas
• http//www.richlandone.org/teachers/connections/in
  dex.htm
• BookRags
• http//www.bookrags.com/tests/
• English Grammer Quizzes Online
• http//a4esl.org/q/j/

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Meta-Sites for Language Arts

• Wired for Books
• www.wiredforbooks.org
• Pics4Learning
• http//www.pics4learning.com/
• Research Models for all Grades
• http//www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/elem.html
• Teach Your Students Search Skills
• http//webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm

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Assessment

• High Plains Regional Tech in Ed Cons.
• www.hprtec.org
• Baltimore County Public Schools
• http//www.bcpl.net/sullivan/modules/tips/rubrics
  _sec/multimedia.html
• A Must for Assessment Needs
• http//rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
• Registration required

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Project Listserves/Publications

• Riverdeeps Classroom Flyer
• http//pages.info.riverdeep.net/riverdeep/ed/Class
  roomFlyerSignup.atl
• Miss Maggies Earth Adventures
• http//www.missmaggie.org/ (teachers lounge /
  sign up for free stuff
• Electronic Resources (not all active)
• http//www.selu.edu/Academics/Education/EDF600/lis
  tserv.htm

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Misc

• Forms templates
• http//www.field-trips.org/tours/lounge/forms/_tou
  rlaunch1.htm
• Virtual Field Trips
• http//www.field-trips.org/trips.htm
• Build a Frog
• http//www-itg.lbl.gov/vfrog/builder.html
• Dissect a Frog
• http//dsd.lbl.gov/vfrog/

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Motto to Live By

• Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with
  the intention of arriving safely in an attractive
  and well preserved body,
• but rather to skid in sideways, Champagne in
  one hand - strawberries in the other, body
  thoroughly used up, totally worn out and
  screaming...
• WOO HOO - What a Ride!

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Contact Information

• Gayle Shepherd
• cfgas_at_eiu.edu
• Reading Center
• Buzzard Building, Rm 1320
• Eastern Illinois University
• Charleston, IL

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