Word Tamer Helps Students Write Stories

Word Tamer is a neat site for learning the process of developing characters, settings, and plots in creative writing. Word Tamer is set up ...

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A Compare & Contrast Essay Map for Young Students

Read Write Think's Compare & Contrast Map  is a template for creating a comparative essay. Using the template students are guided t...

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Character Scrapbook - A Template for Reflecting on Stories

Scholastic's Character Scrapbook provides a nice template that elementary school students can use to write about and reflect on the cha...

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5 Reasons to Have a Classroom Blog

Earlier today someone wrote the following in response to my post featuring a good example of a teacher and student blog , "Franklly (si...

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A Good Example of a Student & Teacher Blog - And How to Make Your Own

On Monday afternoon I had the pleasure of seeing Elisabeth Alkier give a presentation about the book review blog that she developed with he...

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