Finished writing and published Persuading an Audience: Writing Effective Letters to the Editor, a basic 9-12 lesson plan. It links to the 18th List of Ten: Ten Persuasive Prompts: Persuasive-Descriptive. I’m creating an alternate version that has students adopt a…
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ReadWriteThink: In the News
The sidebar on the Edutopia article “Tech Teaches” points to ReadWriteThink as a “cool link for online learning.”
ReadWriteThink: Audience/Purpose and a Graphic Organizer
Spent most of today working on the Inbox draft for tomorrow’s issue. Otherwise, just little things. There’s a new LinkScan report, so I have a new list of broken links to deal with (though I only looked through the report…
ReadWriteThink: Dystopia and The Matrix lesson plan
Late to work again. I seem to be stuck in my own dystopia while I work on the dystopia lesson plan. Fortunately, I finally finished the lesson so maybe the dystoppia will end. Decoding The Matrix: Exploring Dystopian Characteristics through…
ReadWriteThink: March Calendar and Other To-Do Items
Apparently watching Wonderland before going to bed last night was a really bad idea. I couldn’t go to sleep for thoughts of someone breaking in and crashing my head in with a tire iron. Not good. As if I don’t…
ReadWriteThink: Political Cartoons and Raymond Carver Lessons
I finished and posted the lesson on Hopper and Carver: Outside In: Finding A Character’s Heart Through Art. It has a whole series of interactives, because of the way that the tools work. I had to create one for each…
My MCI contact got the server up and running about 10 minutes after I went to bed last night. I called him today, and he walked me through what he does when this happens. Maybe next time, I can fix…
ReadWriteThink: Digital Literacy
Today felt much better once Lisa and I decided to take tomorrow off. I even came home and did some minor tidying. Even ran that Swiffer Carpet Flicker thing over the rugs, which were ripe with dirty little whatzits. Sadly,…
11/17 ReadWriteThink Content Update
I added one more lesson plan before sending off the mid-month content report. It’s a fairly general and traditional lesson—Draft Letters: Improving Student Writing through Critical Thinking. The lesson has students write reflective letters to the teacher, identifying their own…
Native American Heritage (Inbox Ideas)
The Ideas section for this week’s Inbox focuses on Native American Heritage, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. The section links to the related ReadWriteThink calendar entry, which includes several relevant lesson plans. The first of the month also…