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
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
These ten key literacy skills are used in every classroom, regardless of subject or grade area. Using these, or slightly modified, headers on your assignment sheets will help students understand that the skills exist from one subject area to the next. It will also help you chunking your assignments so they are easier for students … Continue reading Overview of the Ten Key Literacy Skills
Literacy Skills are transferable skills that permeate cross-curricular lessons from kindergarten to post-secondary classrooms. Students use these skills to process each text they encounter, be it a map, a math problem, a song, a blue print, a short story, a painting, or any number of other things. Many students fail to recognize that they use … Continue reading Literacy Skills – An Introduction
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