[Replicable Practices] As you see it because you are the storyteller! Storify

Storify - All the stories happening on social media

Guided Tour

How to write a newspaper article is a skill that I guide my students through in a series of lessons. The reason why I really enjoy these lessons is because I only initially share with my students some guidelines. The rest is up to them. Through student exploration, research, polling and a culminating whole class example the lesson and curiculum expectations get processed through.

I am excited to try this new tool and incorporate it into my next series of newspaper writing lessons. English teachers and media teachers might also want to explore this site.

Read the Frequently Asked Questions page and view the videos below to become familiar with Storify.


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[Replicable Practices] Please Sir, Honestly ... I know how to write a paragraph! OSSLT Preparations

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Prep

This is a the second in a series of posts that examines some of the resources I had bookmarked when I was preparing replicable practice resources for my GLE2O1 class. The primary way that I used and modified this resource was to help prepared the students for the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test.

1. Improve your English with WritingDEN! (Tips-O-Matic for Sentences / Paragraphs / Essays)
2. Writing Fun by Jenny Eather (Using text organizers to assist students with the writing process)
3. Persuasive Writing Websites for Teachers and Secondary Students
4. District School Board of Niagara and Westlane Secondary School present Summer Literacy Project
5. Digital Literacies - Persuasive Writing by Kevin Cummins (Slideshare Presentation)

[Replicable Practices] Please Sir, Honestly ... no more OSSLT Preparations!

Ontario Secondary School Literacy Prep

This is a the first in a series of posts that examines some of the resources I had bookmarked when I was preparing replicable practice resources for my GLE2O1 class. The primary way that I used and modified this resource was to help prepared the students for the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test.

University of Manitoba Virtual Learning Commons

The University of Manitoba Virtual Learning Commons hosts a series of resources designed to help their students to improve their writing.

The resource can be adapted and modified to match the level of learning for any student.Make sure to click the Plagiarism and Academic Integrity link for the main resources I used.

Plagiarism and Academic Integrity