GREAT IDEAS !!! . . .

On this page I will be posting ideas I come across while cybersurfing.

#1 . . . Check out Chapbooks.com for a fairly inexpensive way to publish classroom writing. I haven't done it yet, but I hope to this year.

#2 . . . An Author Info Search
. . . From Marilyn Atlee (atlmtrt@aol.com), a language arts teacher at Memorial Middle School in Houston, Texas:

"Because students often remember the bizarre or little known information that we present in our lessons, I employ what I call an 'info search' to introduce a unit. In the days prior to beginning a unit on an author, each student is required to bring to class unique, interesting, classroom-appropriate trivia about the author. They must cite the sources used. I encourage them to do research on the computer and post several reliable Internet sources on the board to get them started. Students take turns reading the info that they found aloud. Once this is done, I compile an Author Trivia File for students to peruse when they have time. This information, along with the basic bio that I present, gives learners a much clearer picture of the author and generates excitement about reading his/her works."

I read Marilyn's tip on the NEA's Works4Me listserve and she was kind enough to let me repost it here.

#3 . . . Here's a great idea for an ABC Project from a website created by Beverly Sparks.

Posted: August 14, 2000 EMAIL
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