The best way to demonstrate that you understand something is to explain it to someone else. Allow students the opportunity to demonstrate that they understand a concept by flipping expectations and allow them to create assignments rather than complete them. Introduction This lesson focuses on having students READ A SHORT STORY and then break into small groups (I … Continue reading Teaching Literacy Skills through Assignment Creation
This page contains all the downloadable resources for the Teaching Gender Representation in the Media lessons. While each lesson is a classroom-ready three part lesson, the various resources have all been collected in this location for teaching convenience. Gender Lesson Resources All resources and lessons can be used for non-commercial classroom use. THE TOY BOX … Continue reading Gender Representation Lessons: Downloadable Resources
The Media Triangle was first created by Eddie Dick, and has since been used as a way for people to fully analyze the messages and meanings of media texts. By focusing not only on the text itself, but also the audience, and the production, one is able to tease out complex concepts that might otherwise go … Continue reading Introducing The Media Triangle
Whether you've arrived here as part of the larger Gender Representation Unit, or while searching for a strong short story to use with your students, X: A Fabulous Child's Story by Lois Gould is perfect for your classroom. A copy of the story can be purchased online or downloaded from The Gender Centre (currently the fourth link from the top at the time … Continue reading X: A Fabulous Child’s Story – Literacy Skills Review
Now that you have learned all about Choose Our Way tales and how to create them using Twine 2 you may want to print physical hardcopies of the tutorial. Feel free to distribute my sheets for non-commercial purposes. Examples of apps made using this method can be found at: Sammi's Quest: Google Play Store A Free Demo … Continue reading Twine 2 / Choose Our Way tale: Downloadable Resources
Palm Stories are short stories that students write using nothing more than the palm of their hand, and a little bit of imagination. Teachers ask students to close their eyes and picture a number of different things, making point form notes along the way. At the end of their meditative journey, they will have the … Continue reading Writing a Palm Story: Ideation for Creative Writing
Point Evidence Explanation paragraphs have all three requirements for supporting an opinion. The point is what the writer believes, the evidence is what the writer is using to prove their belief is true, and the explanation is an explanation of how the evidence supports the point. I use the following activity as a diagnostic to assess Reading and Writing knowledge. It … Continue reading Alligator River: Point Evidence Explanation Paragraphs
Now that you have familiarized yourself with pixton you may want to print physical hardcopies of the tutorial, or the student tutorial sheet. You can use the links below to download the resources. Feel free to distribute my sheets for non-commercial purposes. Downloads Pixton - Teacher Guide Pixton - Student Guide Part 1: Pixton Comic … Continue reading Pixton – Downloadable Resources
Inklewriter is a piece of web-based software that allows you to write Choose Our Way tale (COWtale) stories. What is a Choose Our Way tale? It’s a story where you get to make choices that affect what happens. You may have read some when you were younger. They were along the lines of – “If … Continue reading Teaching with Inklewriter
Now that you have familiarized yourself with Literature Circles, and how they run, you may find yourself in need of assignments and handouts to provide to your students. Feel free to distribute my sheets for non-commercial purposes. Downloads Literature Circles - The Complete Package Role Sheets Project-Based Assignment Daily Journaling Topics Part 1: Literature Circles … Continue reading Literature Circles – Resources
