Archive for December, 2007

Using WritingFix’s “Intriguing Story Titles” Prompt

Friday, December 14th, 2007

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line writing prompt called the Story-Starters…Intriguing Titles. Click here to access the prompt and use all of its resources. If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear: 1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or… 2)  What adaptations did you make to have success [...]

Using WritingFix’s “Serendipitous Plot Creator” Prompt

Friday, December 14th, 2007

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line writing prompt called the Serendipitous Plot Creator. Click here to access the prompt and use all of its resources. If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear: 1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or… 2)  What adaptations did you make to have [...]

Using “The Important Thing about Good Writing” Lesson

Friday, December 14th, 2007

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Margaret Wise Brown’s picture book, The Important Book. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources. If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear: 1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or… 2)  [...]

Using the “Sibling Report” Lesson

Friday, December 14th, 2007

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Margie Palatini’s picture book, Tub-boo-boo. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources. If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear: 1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or… 2)  What adaptations did [...]

Using the “Pros, Cons, and Hooks” Lesson

Friday, December 14th, 2007

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Melinda Long’s picture book, How I Became a Pirate. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources. If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear: 1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or… [...]

Using the “Three-Meal Weather” Lesson

Friday, December 14th, 2007

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Judi and Ron Barrett’s picture book, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources. If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear: 1)  What worked well for you with [...]

Using the “Scientific Mishap” Lesson

Friday, December 14th, 2007

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Dav Pilkey’s picture book, Dogzilla. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources. If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear: 1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or… 2)  What adaptations did [...]

Using the “Powerful First Paragraph” Lesson

Friday, December 14th, 2007

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Robert De San Souci’s picture book, Brave Margaret. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources. If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear: 1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or… 2)  [...]

Using the “Silly Animal Problems” Lesson

Friday, December 14th, 2007

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Dav Pilkey’s picture book, Dog Breath. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources. If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear: 1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or… 2)  What adaptations [...]

Using the “90th Street’s Advice” Lesson

Friday, December 14th, 2007

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Roni Schotter’s picture book, Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources. If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear: 1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; [...]

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