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- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 08:58:51 -0500
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From: "Carla Beard" <carla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 20:38:04 -0500
Subject: Web English Teacher newsletter
What's new at Web English Teacher?
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Inside this issue:
1. New pages at Web English Teacher
2. Sites to check out
3. Research in Reading Comprehension
4. Links for AOL users
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1. New Pages at Web English Teacher
* Avoiding Plagiarism
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/plagiarism.html
Strategies for teaching students the skills they need to avoid
plagiarism in the research process.
* Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/cronin.html
This delightful Caldecott winner has spawned a bunch of great
Web sites.
* Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/mccloskey.html
Robert McCloskey passed away this summer. His legacy is a classic
story of family and community. Here are excellent activities,
from making puppets to reading arial maps of Boston.
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2. Sites to Check Out
* Fling the Cow
http://www.flingthecow.com/
While searching for sites to support Click, Clack, Moo, I came
across Fling the Cow. Users catapult the cow into a target zone
to acquire points. There's no redeeming educational value here,
but be sure to check the farmer's comments in the Flash version,
or the remarks that come up with the score in the Classic version.
Good for a laugh!
* Frankenstein
http://www.gowcsd.com/master/ghs/english/propp/frnkqust/index.htm
A Webquest approaching the novel from different perspectives.
* The Logan Files: A Webquest on African American issues Linked to
Mildred Taylor's Novels
http://www.ori.net/stuart/logandefault.htm
In this WebQuest, students travel into the past to eradicate social
injustice.
* The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
http://www.holtzbrinckpublishers.com/images/Books/TeachersGuides/
0809012235TG.pdf
This study guide requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for access.
* Stapleless Book
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/stapleless/index.html
At this interactive site, students follow the prompts to produce
their own books. They can work with bulleted lists, headlines, and
text; they can leave space to add pictures after printing.
Everything prints out on one piece of paper. Follow the
instructions to fold and cut.
* Storytelling in America
http://www.hudsonvalley.org/education/LessonPlans/Storytelling/
storytelling.html
Designed for grades 3-8, this lesson asks students to compare and
contrast different versions of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and
to analyze the factual information presented in this fictional
work.
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3. Research in Reading Comprehension
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't
mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt
tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The
rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the
wrod as a wlohe.
Go figure!
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4. Links for AOL users
<a href="http://www.webenglishteacher.com/plagiarism.html";>
Avoiding Plagiarism</a>
<a href="http://www.webenglishteacher.com/cronin.html";>
Doreen Cronin</a>
<a href="http://www.webenglishteacher.com/mccloskey.html";>
Robert McCloskey</a>
<a href="http://www.flingthecow.com/";>Fling the Cow</a>
<a href="http://www.gowcsd.com/master/ghs/english/propp/frnkqust/index.htm";>
Frankenstein</a>
<a href="http://www.ori.net/stuart/logandefault.htm";>The Logan Files</a>
<a
href="http://www.holtzbrinckpublishers.com/images/Books/TeachersGuides/08090
12235TG.pdf">The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail</a>
<a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/stapleless/index.html";>
Stapleless Book</a>
<a
href="http://www.hudsonvalley.org/education/LessonPlans/Storytelling/storyte
lling.html">Storytelling in America</a>
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Pray for peace.
Carla Beard
Web English Teacher
http://webenglishteacher.com
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is granted to forward it as long as this copyright notice is included.
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