Comments on: Teaching Parts of Speech http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=381 Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Rebecca Sobczak http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=381&cpage=1#comment-684 Rebecca Sobczak Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:05:42 +0000 http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=381#comment-684 Finally, an idea that is fun, easy, and reality-based!! I have tried to find ways to get the grammar across to my kids, but it hasn't been easy at all!! this is so easy, my adms may freak out! Finally, an idea that is fun, easy, and reality-based!! I have tried to find ways to get the grammar across to my kids, but it hasn’t been easy at all!!
this is so easy, my adms may freak out!

]]> By: Bob Heiny http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=381&cpage=1#comment-682 Bob Heiny Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:21:07 +0000 http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=381#comment-682 Great idea. I've heard of professional writers using similar lists to warm up or refocus after a distraction, such as a nights sleep! When faced with a blank sheet of paper/screen and a deadline, I use a version of it for the same reasons learned from Ray Bradbury's book about writing. Just start writing a word list until I see a pattern of words I can form into a phrase, then sentence, then paragraph, then report, proposal, or story. Works great. Kids have fun with this approach also. Great idea. I’ve heard of professional writers using similar lists to warm up or refocus after a distraction, such as a nights sleep!

When faced with a blank sheet of paper/screen and a deadline, I use a version of it for the same reasons learned from Ray Bradbury’s book about writing. Just start writing a word list until I see a pattern of words I can form into a phrase, then sentence, then paragraph, then report, proposal, or story. Works great. Kids have fun with this approach also.

]]> By: CityTeacher http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?p=381&cpage=1#comment-683 CityTeacher Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:57:31 +0000 http://www.needleworkspictures.com/ocr/blog/?p=381#comment-683 That is a ridiculously simple, yet fun and effective idea! I will try this with my students. I have 20 ELD 1s and 2s this year, so this will be excellent for them! That is a ridiculously simple, yet fun and effective idea! I will try this with my students. I have 20 ELD 1s and 2s this year, so this will be excellent for them!

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