Useful for a wide variety of reading and writing activities, this outlining tool allows students to organize up to five levels of information.
This interactive invites students to create original multigenre, multimodal works--one drawing and three written texts--making the tool flexible for multiple writing activities.
The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories.
The Graphic Map assists teachers and students in reading and writing activities by charting the high and low points related to a particular item or group of items, such as events during a day or chapters in a book.
The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers.
Hints about Print demonstrates the process of evaluating a nonfiction print resource to determine its appropriateness for a research project.
The Riddle Interactive outlines the characteristics of riddle poems and provides direct instruction on the prewriting and drafting process for writing original riddle poems.
Students read and discuss an award-winning book before writing their own story that demonstrates compassion.
Students reflect on recent learning and the role digital tools and media have played in supporting or enhancing it.
After students have read and discussed several poems from Brooks' collection, they create a poetry anthology for their own family, neighborhood, or classroom.
Students examine the different ways that they write and think about the role writing plays in life.
Students imagine they have been asked to participate in a museum exhibit, take photos/videos of a significant location, and write or record reflections. Students can also create an exhibit from something they have read.
Students select a poem and create a Stapleless Book using the interactive tool.