Archive for February, 2008

Using the “Imaginative Home Movies” Lesson

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Christopher Paul Curtis’s chapter book, The Watsons go to Birmingham…1963. 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 “Fox” Theme Lesson

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Magaret Wild’s  picture book, Fox. 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 you [...]

Using the “Six Dinner Sid” Theme Lesson

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Inga Moore’s picture book, Six-Dinner Sid. 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 “What’s your Fifth Element?” lesson

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Farley Mowatt’s chapter book, The Snow Walker. 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 [...]

Using the “Show What Your Mind Sees” lesson

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Roald Dahl’s chapter book, The Twits. 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 “Episodic Writing” lesson

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Patricia Reilly Giff’s chapter book, Pictures of Hollis Woods. 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 “Writing Like an Artist Paints” lesson

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Blue Balliett’s chapter book, Chasing Vermeer. 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 “Counting Up/Down Stories” lesson

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Jerry Spinelli’s chapter book, Wringer. 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 “Inventing a New Word” lesson

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Andrew Clements’ chapter book, Frindle. 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 “Puns and Punctuation” lesson

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Victor Appleton’s Tom Swift adventure series. 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 [...]

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