Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Bookmark decorating contest
There will be small gifts for all entants and prizes for the winners.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/printable_bookmarks.htm
due 3rd week of October
http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/printable_bookmarks.htm
due 3rd week of October
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Louisiana Pass
Leap practice @ its best.
Go to
http://louisianapass.org/
Use
screen name: student
password: tiger
Login.
Now create your own account.
Step 1: Select grade 6.
Step 2: Screen name is first name 134 no spaces.
Write it down neatly in your folder.
Zipcode 70065
Step 3: Pick a pet; one word only.
Click register.
You will be given your screen name and a password; write it down.
Scroll to PASS Practice Test; begin.
We will complete all tests with 80% or better. If at first...try, try again.
Remember to log out.
Go to
http://louisianapass.org/
Use
screen name: student
password: tiger
Login.
Now create your own account.
Step 1: Select grade 6.
Step 2: Screen name is first name 134 no spaces.
Write it down neatly in your folder.
Zipcode 70065
Step 3: Pick a pet; one word only.
Click register.
You will be given your screen name and a password; write it down.
Scroll to PASS Practice Test; begin.
We will complete all tests with 80% or better. If at first...try, try again.
Remember to log out.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Avi's Five Secrets
Five Secrets to Good Writing!
One: Write! It's not writing until it's on the paper. Story telling is a great art, but it is not story writing.
Two: Rewrite! No one-ever--writes anything well the first time. The first draft can not be the last draft. (I rewrite my work fifty-sixty times--or more). Here's a tip: read your first draft, and if you think it's good, you are in trouble. But, if you read it and you see it's not that good, you are in great shape--to get going. The more you rewrite the better your writing will be.
Three: Write for a reader: Maybe you understand what you have written, but the writer's job is to have the reader understand it. Keep in mind: writers don't write writing, they write reading.
Four: Listen. Read your work out loud (pencil in hand) and it will let you hear your own writing. It will almost improve itself.
Five: Read, read, read. Reading is the key to good writing. The more you read, the better the writer you can be. You can NEVER read too much.
http://www.avi-writer.com/five_secrets_to_good_writing
One: Write! It's not writing until it's on the paper. Story telling is a great art, but it is not story writing.
Two: Rewrite! No one-ever--writes anything well the first time. The first draft can not be the last draft. (I rewrite my work fifty-sixty times--or more). Here's a tip: read your first draft, and if you think it's good, you are in trouble. But, if you read it and you see it's not that good, you are in great shape--to get going. The more you rewrite the better your writing will be.
Three: Write for a reader: Maybe you understand what you have written, but the writer's job is to have the reader understand it. Keep in mind: writers don't write writing, they write reading.
Four: Listen. Read your work out loud (pencil in hand) and it will let you hear your own writing. It will almost improve itself.
Five: Read, read, read. Reading is the key to good writing. The more you read, the better the writer you can be. You can NEVER read too much.
http://www.avi-writer.com/five_secrets_to_good_writing
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Ba-da-bing sentences
Ba-da-bing for the time when a writer's moment just isn't enough.
How to ba-da-bing a sentence
Ba-Where are yor feet?
da-What do you see?
bing-What do you think or hear or smell or touch?
Ba Da Bing is a Writer’s Notebook activity created by Gretchen Bernabei.
http://wc2008.wikispaces.com/BaDaBing
How to ba-da-bing a sentence
Ba-Where are yor feet?
da-What do you see?
bing-What do you think or hear or smell or touch?
Ba Da Bing is a Writer’s Notebook activity created by Gretchen Bernabei.
http://wc2008.wikispaces.com/BaDaBing
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