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How to Start a Writer’s Notebook
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| Grades | 3 – 12 |
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Urbana, Illinois |
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| Tip Topic | Tips for Teaching Writing See all tips in this series |
Activities & Projects
Grades 7 – 12 | Activity & Project
Music in Movies: You Pick the Soundtrack
Explore how music can have an emotional impact on a scene in a movie, then help teens write and film a scene of their own.
Grades 7 – 12 | Activity & Project
MyTube: Make a Video Public Service Announcement
Invite teens to explore issues that are important to them, and then write a script and film a video public service announcement.
Grades 3 – 5 | Activity & Project
Telling My Story: Make a Bio-Cube
Let children explore an interesting subject—themselves. An online tool will teach them to summarize and organize information as they write.
Grades 3 – 5 | Activity & Project
Use recipes to help children practice reading and writing step-by-step instructions. Have them sample the results to see how they did.
Games & Tools
Grades K – 8 | Game & Tool
The Book Cover Creator allows users to type and illustrate front and back covers, and full dust jackets.
Grades 3 – 12 | Game & Tool
The Flip Book allows users to type and illustrate tabbed flip books up to ten pages long.
Grades 6 – 12 | Game & Tool
The Stapleless Book tool allows children to make an eight page book of their own, ideal for stories, notes, new words, and more.
Printouts
Grades K – 2 | Printout | Writing It Out
Channel children’s fondness for talking about their own lives into a creative project by helping them write an autobiography.
Podcast Episodes
Grades K – 5 | Podcast Episode
Emily chats with a couple of sisters about two books in the Amelia’s Notebook series and even the grown-up Amelia herself, author-illustrator Marissa Moss.
Grades 6 – 12 | Podcast Episode
In honor of NCTE's National Day on Writing, tune in to hear about the growing number of books featuring teens who write.