everythingESL: The K-12 ESL Resource from Judie Haynes
Creative Writing 101: A Beginner's Guide to Creative Writing
Creative writing is any form of writing which is written with the creativity of mind: fiction writing, poetry writing, creative nonfiction writing and more. The purpose is to express something, whether it be feelings, thoughts, or emotions. Rather than only giving information or inciting the reader to make an action beneficial to the writer, creative writing is written to entertain or educate someone, to spread awareness about something or someone, or to express one’s thoughts. There are two kinds of creative writing: good and bad, effective and ineffective. So whether you’re a novelist, a poet, a short-story writer, an essayist, a biographer or an aspiring beginner, you want to improve your craft. When you write great fiction, poetry, or nonfiction, amazing things can happen. The best way to increase your proficiency in creative writing is to write, write compulsively, but it doesn’t mean write whatever you want. So here you have it, a beginners’ guide from Writers’ Treasure: Services
That Writing Lady | practical tips for teaching writing
Check out this great article about what happens when teachers and communities expect great things from every kid: School’s out for the summer, but rising seventh-grader Imani Blackshear is not on a break from reading or writing. She was at the school last week when I visited language arts teacher Salacthia Coast. That night, 42 middle school students from across the county took the stage and read their original works of fact, fiction, poetry and prose — hot off the presses and hot out of their notebooks from spring semester — but cool under the spotlight. Coast took the stage, too, with a lot of help. Coast said this past year was the first for East Broad to participate in DEEP. “It’s like the art of writing, that has been lost, is now being found,” Coast said. Blackshear was happy to tell me how the sessions went. “We got help from each other on how to express our ideas and help on writing better.
Discipline by Design
Here are eleven techniques that you can use in your classroom that will help you achieve effective group management and control. They have been adapted from an article called: "A Primer on Classroom Discipline: Principles Old and New" by Thomas R. McDaniel, Phi Delta Kappan, September 1986. 1. Be sure you have the attention of everyone in your classroom before you start your lesson. Inexperienced teachers sometimes think that by beginning their lesson, the class will settle down. The focusing technique means that you will demand their attention before you begin. A soft spoken teacher often has a calmer, quieter classroom than one with a stronger voice. 2. An effective way to marry this technique with the first one is to include time at the end of the period for students to do activities of their choosing. The teacher is more willing to wait for class attention when he knows there is extra time to meet his goals and objectives. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Make ample use of praise.
Elementary Education Resources: Kindergarten
Elementary Education Resources: Kindergarten List of Contents (click on topic name for more links) Special section contributed by Mrs. Abilene McCutcheon's 7th Grade Art and Crafts Class at W.B. Goodwin Community Center in North Charleston, South Carolina Family Fun: Make your own Cereal Box SandalsMy Coupons: Garden Basics for Kids National Geographic: Garden activities for young childrenBedroom Furniture Spot: Wood Crafts for Children Scholastic Teachers: Have fun creating drama in both darkness and light Ohio State University Extension: Recycled Craft Ideas Excellent Arts and Crafts Resource from the Appleton Area School District, WisconsinThe Story of Stuff Project: The Story of Bottled WaterEnchanted Learning Software: Learning to make a box guitar General Resources and Activities A day in the life of a Preschool teacher--by Leslie McCollom Absolutely Green--facts about St. Building with Wood: Tips and More--this one's for Jack :) Butterfly Coloring Pages Dr. Early Literacy Advisor Mrs.
UCR: Department of Creative Writing
Creative writing tips for teachers: ideas and activities to inspire your class | Teacher Network | Guardian Professional
Engaging children and encouraging them to write has become increasingly difficult in the classroom. My children are bombarded with interactive and visual images constantly through the media and the internet and, as their teacher, it has become much harder for me to compete. Who wants to read or write an emotional descriptive piece when they can be fully immersed in this feeling through interactive game play? This challenge has led me to look at how I can use these media, and more dynamic approaches, to engage children in wanting to use their literacy skills and to hook them into becoming creative and thoughtful writers. Using video One way which is sure to engage children is through the use of video, in particular TV and film. For example, with my year 3 class I used the Jason and the Argonauts films to help them to explore the key features of the myths and legends genre. Non-fiction can be dealt with equally as well. Real life experience Cross curricular writing Adding drama
Chalk Talk: A Kindergarten Blog
Teacher Tips at The Virtual Vine
Information on this page provided for classroom use only; not for publication. thevirtualvine.com 2003 Teacher Tips Liquid Soap: My very favorite tip is probably one that I picked up last summer. Paint: My second favorite is adding a squirt of liquid soap to each paint container before the students begin painting. Extending Paint: (Submitted by Kay) Not only does the adding of liquid soap to paint help the cleanup, but the adding of some liquid starch seems to extend the paint's smoothness and often all I have to do is add some water when the paint runs out instead of adding more paint. Paint Pans: I use left-over Lean Cuisine or Weight Watcher frozen entree pans to distribute paint to my students for painting. New! No-spill paint trays: Plastic pet food bowls with a wide base at the bottom are great for student to us as paint trays because they will not tip over. Sentence Strip Storage: Clip sets of sentence strips together on one end using paper clamps. *Poems *Songs *Math *Art *Snacks
