Archive for April, 2008

Using the “Creative Convincing” Lesson

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin.  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; [...]

Using the “Emotional Monologues” Lesson

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book My Brother Dan’s Delicious by Stephen L. Layne.  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 “A Pet’s Adventure Story” Lesson

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Good Boy, Fergus! by David Shannon.  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 “Fracturing Tales through Titles” Lesson

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman.  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 “Put ‘Em on Oprah!” Lesson

Monday, April 28th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Cindy Ellen by Susan Lowell.  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 Vocabulary Fashion Show” Lesson

Monday, April 28th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Miss Alaineus by Debra Frasier.  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 “Between Repeated Catch Phrases” Lesson

Monday, April 28th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Dat  by Judith Viorst.  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 [...]

Using the “Giving Voice to Opposites” Lesson

Monday, April 28th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book I Am the Dog I Am the Cat by Donald Hall.  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 [...]

Using the “Who’s to Blame Stories” Lesson

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Because a Little Bug Went Ka-CHOO! by Rosetta Stone (Dr. Seuss).  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 [...]

Using the “Voicing an Original Fairy Tale Narrator” Lesson

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka. 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 [...]

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