WritingFix: Community for Writing Teachers http://writingfix2.edublogs.org Teachers Sharing Writing Lessons. Teachers Adapting Writing Lessons. Teachers Sharing Adaptations. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:09:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Using the “Is Perception Reality?” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/06/12/using-the-is-perception-reality-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/06/12/using-the-is-perception-reality-lesson/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:09:48 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/?p=333 jack_johnson3 Using the Is Perception Reality? Lesson

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by Jack Johnson’s song, Inaudible Memories. 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 make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.


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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards.  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 make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.


Authored by writingfix2. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/29/using-the-alliterative-insects-lesson/feed/ Using the “How Can We Say ‘Never Again’?” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/16/using-the-how-can-we-say-never-again-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/16/using-the-how-can-we-say-never-again-lesson/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 18:07:20 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/16/using-the-how-can-we-say-never-again-lesson/ darfour.jpg

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by on-line video clips of the genocide crisis in Darfur. 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 make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.


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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book My Tour of Europe, by Teddy Roosevelt, Age 10 by Ellen Jackson.  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 make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.


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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Theodore by Frank Keating.  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 make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.


Authored by writingfix2. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/16/321/feed/ “Noun-Inspired Animal Reports” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/noun-inspired-animal-reports-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/noun-inspired-animal-reports-lesson/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 16:17:39 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/noun-inspired-animal-reports-lesson/ we_are_bears.jpg

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book We Are Bears by Molly Grooms.  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 make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.


Authored by writingfix2. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/noun-inspired-animal-reports-lesson/feed/ “Listen to the Word Choice of Authors” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/listen-to-the-word-choice-of-authors-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/listen-to-the-word-choice-of-authors-lesson/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 15:35:57 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/12/listen-to-the-word-choice-of-authors-lesson/ listen_to_the_rain.jpg

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr.  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 make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.


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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the Science Times podcasts from the New York Times. 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 make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.


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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by classic blues songs. 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 make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.


Authored by writingfix2. Hosted by Edublogs.]]> http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/08/using-the-singing-the-blues-lesson/feed/ Using the “Itsy Bitsy Math Songs” Lesson http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/07/using-the-itsy-bitsy-math-songs-lesson/ http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/07/using-the-itsy-bitsy-math-songs-lesson/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 14:28:50 +0000 writingfix2 http://writingfix2.edublogs.org/2008/05/07/using-the-itsy-bitsy-math-songs-lesson/ itsy_bitsy_spider.jpg

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the familiar tunes that everyone can hum. 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 make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.


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