LA.B.2.3: Language Arts: Writing: The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively: 6-8

Add a Web Site Add a Classroom Activity Send Comments About the Forum Forum Home Language Arts B. Writing: 2. The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively.: 6-8: The student... LA.B.2.3.1 Add Website - Add Activity writes text, notes, outlines, comments, and observations that demonstrate comprehension of content and experiences from a variety of media. English Language Arts Writing http://www.sasked.gov.sk.caA guide to writing a research paper. Activity: Endangered Species Project Activity: Presidential Scrapbook Activity: Each One Answers--Each One Wins LA.B.2.3.2 Add Website - Add Activity organizes information using alphabetical, chronological, and numerical systems. LA.B.2.3.3 Add Website - Add Activity selects and uses appropriate formats for writing, including narrative, persuasive, and expository formats, according to the intended audience, purpose, and occasion. Northwest Regional Laboratories http://www.nwrel.org/eval/toolkit/traits/NWREL provides the Six Traits of Writing Model to assess and revise writing. Rewriting & the Six Traits http://www.fno.org/sept98/infolit5.htmlQuestions that students should ask themselves to improve the quality of their writing products are listed according to the six traits. Paradigm On-line Writing Assistant: Argument http://www.spaceland.org/paradigm/argufrms.htmProvides information on how to organize a piece of writing for an argumentative essay. The Building Blocks to Children's Creative Writing http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1980/4/80.04.03.x.htmlFrom Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute comes a curriculum unit on creative writing. The author explores words, sentence arrangements, different forms of writing, and the organization of a story. The site includes a link to volumes of curriculum units by Fellows of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute 1978-1997. Activity: Power Paragraphs Activity: Unusual Pet Research Activity: Following Directions for Making a sandwich LA.B.2.3.4 Add Website - Add Activity uses electronic technology including databases and software to gather information and communicate new knowledge. Activity: Animals of Sea World Activity: Globetrotters: A World-Wide Rap Session ! YourDictionary.com http://www.yourdictionary.com Offers dictionary, thesaurus, word of the day activities, available in multiple languages Language Arts Menu / Forum Home