Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: This content resource details the life cycle of a star through interactive animations. The in-depth information is presented in a student friendly way with dramatic photos and interactive online labs.... 582 Stray from the Conventional Wisdom: Show Writers How to Shape Writing with Grammar and Mechanics Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: Jeff Anderson's "Stray from the Conventional Wisdom: Show Writers How to Shape Writing with Grammar and Mechanics" is the featured article in this issue (May/June 2007) of AdLIT's In Perspective. Anderson stresses that "before we can talk about what's unconventional in the teaching of grammar and mechanics, we have to settle on what's conventional." From here, Anderson details how he gets student writers to use correct grammar and mechanics.... Projects: Writing 6-12 583 Grammar, Games, and Good Guys: Unconventional Conventions for ADHD (and Other) Students Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: Celeste Garcia Madsen, a seventh and eighth grade teacher in Columbus, Ohio, lends her firsthand experience to teaching grammar, mechanics, and usage to students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In "Grammar, Games, and Good Guys: Unconventional Conventions for ADHD (and Other) Students," Madsen shows readers the strategies she uses for successful teaching in her classroom: acquisition, application, and articulation.... Projects: Writing 6-12 584 Teaching Grammar Can Be Fun: An Oxymoron? Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–12 Professional Commentary: Advocating that "learning grammar doesn't have to be a drudgery of filling in tedious worksheets," educator Lisa Patrick shares, in this article, her approach to teaching grammar and mechanics. "Teaching Grammar Can Be Fun: An Oxymoron?" overturns traditional notions that grammar instruction be dull.... Projects: Writing 6-12 Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: "Grammar Gimmicks" is an article that's chocked full of great ideas to get students engaged in classroom activities that promote grammar. Cathy Brooks Walker is a seventh- and eighth-grade teacher who knows how difficult it can be to engage young adolescent learners.... Projects: Writing 6-12 586 A Look at the OGT: Mechanics, Grammar, and Usage: How Much is Enough? Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: "A Look at the OGT" is a column featured in each issue of AdLIT's In Perspective. This month's focus (May/June 2007) is on mechanics, grammar, usage, and conventions (Writing Process Standard, benchmarks, 8-10).... Projects: Writing 6-12 587 Model Reading Strategies to Improve Comprehension for All Students Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: Laura Robb's "Model Reading Strategies to Improve Comprehension for All Students" is the featured article in this issue (April 2007) of AdLIT's In Perspective. Robb, a literacy coach for teachers, echoes the concern of many of the teachers with whom she works: "But I'm not a reading teacher.... 588 A Look at the OGT: Does Spelling Count? Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–Postsecondary Professional Commentary: "A Look at the OGT" is a column featured in each issue of AdLIT's In Perspective. This month's focus (March 2007) looks for answers to common questions about the spelling and writing components on the OGT.... Projects: Writing 6-12 589 A Strategy for Integrating Writing Skills and Science Content in a Differentiated Classroom Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: Science, English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–12 Professional Commentary: In this classroom vignette, Westerville High School teachers Melissa Tucker (intervention specialist) and Lyndsey Manzo (Science teacher) share their advice and insight about integrating writing skills and science content in a differentiated classroom. Journal prompts, Ohio science standards, and samples of student writing are included.... Projects: Writing 6-12 590 Decidedly Doable Differentiation Resource Type: Content Resource Discipline: English Language Arts Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 7–12 Professional Commentary: "Decidedly Doable Differentiation" is a practical article for teachers that can easily serve as a classroom menu of activities that support peer interaction. Teacher Lori Michalec shares enthusiastically what these activities consist of and how she implements them in her classroom.... Projects: Writing 6-12 |