Step-by-Step+Guide+to+Writing

=Step-by-Step Guide to Writing / Writing Basics=

[|Paragraph PowerPoint.ppt] || **(Discovery Ed. Streaming, TeacherTube, YouTube, etc)  ||   || **(BrainPop, FunBrain, etc.)  ||   || (do a search for the named activity)  || // Reference Sources  // Lesson that teaches types of reference sources for a research project  || (do a search for the named activity)  || // Using a Thesaurus  // <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Students learn to use a thesaurus to determine related words and concepts. Examples include words that can be used than one part of speech <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">(do a search for the named activity) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">How to Use a Thesaurus  //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">practice using a thesaurus with examples <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">(Videos, Prof. Library books, etc.) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">PL 808.0712 SHI <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Lessons and motivating practice pages that teach the writing of organized, detailed, and powerful paragraphs. Activities support: paragraph construction, notetaking in outline form; outlines and parallel construction; using transition signal words; using notes to write paragraphs; and others. || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Tips for educators to assess and teach non-fiction text structures, focusing on five structures--compare and contrast, cause and effect, sequence and procedure, question and answer, and exemplification ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lessons/Lesson Activities/Handouts ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Prewriting tips] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Writing effective introductions] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Introduction definition] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Supporting paragraphs definition] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Writing effective conclusions: tips] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Editing: tips] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Avoiding wordiness: tips] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Basic guide to writing an essay] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Other words for “said” chart] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Dead words chart] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Transitional Words - explanation] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Transitional Words – tips on using with writing] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Transitional Words - listing] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Basic organization/ outline for an essay and a persuasive/ argumentative essay] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The Paragraph – PowerPoint presentation (file)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Online Instructional Videos
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|English Shorts - Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Onomatopoeia]  //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> (YouTube)  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Online Instructional Activities
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[|Activities for students] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">SMART Notebook Activities ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">To access, go to: Online Resources/SMART Exchange/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">To access, go to: Online Resources/SMART Exchange/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">To access, go to: Online Resources/SMART Exchange/
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">  ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">IMS Library Resources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Book: Paragraph Writing Made Easy (Shiras)   //
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> || // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Book: Non-Fiction Text Structures for Better Comprehension and Response (Saunders-Smith)  //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">PL 372.47 SAU