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Projects(s): Writing 6-12
Grade(s): 6, 7, 8
Resource Type(s): Instructional Resource
Writing 6-12 Instructional Topic(s): Writing for Publication
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Local Retreats: Exploring Potential Tourist Attractions in Your Community
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ORC# 1173
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Resource URL: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/local-retreats/
Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice
Discipline: English Language Arts
Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12
Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students consider how some of their favorite local places might be interesting spots for visitors to their community to see. Students begin the lesson by reading an article from the New York Times about unlikely tourist attractions in the boroughs of New York....
Career Fields: Business & Administrative Services, Government & Public Administration, Hospitality & Tourism, Marketing, General Career Skills
Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First
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News Writing with Scholastic Editors
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ORC# 219
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Resource URL: http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/news/index.htm
Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice
Discipline: English Language Arts
Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–7
Professional Commentary: This promising practice, part of Scholastic's Writing With Writers series, provides strategies for teaching students to write expository pieces. Designed for implementation within writing workshop, this resource features writing tips and techniques to help students determine a topic and develop their own news stories....
Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Business & Administrative Services
Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First
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Extra! Extra!
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ORC# 229
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Resource URL: http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Teacher-needs/Tea...
Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice
Discipline: English Language Arts
Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–7
Professional Commentary: This instructional unit provides opportunities to study the features and purposes of newspapers through the creation of a classroom newspaper. This writing project encourages creative thinking and allows students to practice a variety of writing applications as they create pieces for their class newspaper....
Projects: Writing 6-12
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Angling for a Story: Exploring Multiple Ways to Cover a Single News Event
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ORC# 1407
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Resource URL: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2002/10/24/angling-for-a-story...
Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice
Discipline: English Language Arts
Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 8–10
Professional Commentary: In this lesson, students explore various writing angles as they report on a specific local event. They begin by examining the angle of a New York Times sports article....
Career Fields: Arts & Communication, Information Technology
Projects: Writing 6-12, Standards First
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