http://www.netvouz.com/pdboyer/tag/writing?feed=rss pdboyer's bookmarks tagged "writing" on Netvouz http://www.readingquest.org/ ReadingQuest: Making Sense in Social Studies is a website designed for social studies teachers who wish to more effectively engage their students with the content in their classes. ReadingQuest is designed to provide you with the philosophical bases for sound comprehension strategy instruction, directions for a range of comprehension and content reading strategies, and printable handouts and masters for transparencies. You will be invited to think about how a social studies skills framework might help you choose the right strategies for your lessons. You are welcome to proceed through ReadingQuest in any order you wish; navigation buttons on the left side of the pages, and text links across the bottom of pages, will permit ease of movement through the site. pdboyer Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:36:18 GMT http://www.writingfix.com/wac/Writing_Across_Curriculum_RAFTS_Science.htm RAFT (role, audience, format, topic (strong verbs)) Writing Prompts for Science pdboyer Mon, 02 May 2011 01:47:37 GMT http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/ Need to write a research paper? Want to do an job without going totally NUTS? Here's help!! To get started, look over the Table of Contents to see what's at this site, then browse the Step by Step section to follow a proven approach to success on your research paper. pdboyer Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:03:41 GMT http://sciencewriter.cast.org/overview A quite flexible and helpful way to get students writing science lab reports with technology help. Start a New Project Start a new Science Writer project by giving it a name. Write a short name for your project that states what the report is about and helps the reader understand what you have chosen for your science project. After you've named your project use the pulldown menus to choose Section Names. Don't worry if you aren't sure which ones to choose. You can always come back and change them. pdboyer Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:13:55 GMT http://edu.glogster.com/ A New World of Educational Innovation Awaits You Glogster EDU is your original educational resource for innovative and interactive learning. Glogster EDU was conceived to imaginatively, productively, and collaboratively respond to the dynamic educational landscape and exceed the needs of today’s educators and learners. We value the participation of educators and strive to assimilate their contributions to Glogster EDU, Glogster EDU is yours! Educators from all over the world are integrating Glogster EDU’s resourceful platform to make traditional learning more dynamic, more interactive and more in tune with learners today. Most importantly Glogster EDU is FUN for teachers and learners alike! pdboyer Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:29:36 GMT http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr144.shtml Journal Writing Every Day: Teachers Say It Really Works! One of the best things about daily journal writing is that it can take so many forms. Teachers can use journal writing to meet specific goals, or the purpose can be wide open. Some teachers check journal writing and work on polishing skills; others use journals as the one "uncorrected" form of writing that students produce. Some teachers provide prompts to help students begin their writing. Others leave decisions about the direction and flow of student journals up to the students. This week, Education World talked with teachers who use daily journal writing in their classrooms. Included: Writing motivators that work from teachers who use them! Literacy in the Content Areas pdboyer Wed, 05 Jan 2011 01:55:27 GMT