[LIT] news writing

Sat Feb 23 08:10:12 EST 2008

We are in a very rural area and the writing in the weekly paper is of very
poor quality.  We stick with the dailies from cities throughout the state.

On 2/22/08 1:08 PM, "Bollman, Mary Ellen" <BollmanM at citrus.k12.fl.us> wrote:

> I was surprised that no one suggested a really valuable resource
> available to everyone - your local newspaper's Newspapers in Education
> (NIE)program. Most daily papers (and even some weeklies) have a
> department dedicated to encouraging the use of the newspaper in the
> classroom. These programs have ready made lessons for almost all subject
> areas, themed projects, and often have someone who will visit your
> classroom. You might want to call to see if your paper has a program.
> 
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> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:33:43 -0800
> From: "Keith Mack" <kmack at literacyworkshop.org>
> Subject: [LIT] Poetry Slam Classroom Oppotunity
> To: "'A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades.'"
> <lit at literacyworkshop.org>,  "'Mosaic: A Reading
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> We are in the process of finalizing the details for our annual Online
> Poetry Slam project. The Online Poetry Slam is sponsored by The Literacy
> Workshop and is a fantastic opportunity for students to post poetry
> online in a classroom blog and then get feedback from students in remote
> classrooms. 
> 
> Classroom teachers will control all aspects of their poetry blog and
> must approve all posts to the blog as well as all comments made to
> poems. This project is a wonderful way to get introduced to blogs and
> will provide you with an outlet for publishing student poetry that
> generates authentic peer feedback.
> 
> The Online Poetry Slam will run from March through June and is flexible
> so that classrooms with various spring breaks and testing schedules can
> participate. In past projects we averaged about 500 student poems with
> over 2400 comments from participating classrooms. The registration
> process for the online Poetry Slam will begin on March 1.
> 
> The project has an emphasis on middle level classrooms, but we've had
> participating classrooms from grades 5-10. You can view more details on
> the project by visiting
> http://www.literacyworkshop.org/poetryslam/poetryslam.htm.
> 
> We encourage everyone interested to take a look at how the project works
> so that you'll be ready to submit your application in early March. An
> announcement about open registration along with the URL to apply will be
> posted to this list on March 1st.
> 
> Please contact me if you require additional information.
> 
> Keith Mack
> Web Administrator
> http://www.literacyworkshop.org
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:40:47 -0500
> From: TLP <tlinsb71 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [LIT] Poetry Slam Classroom Oppotunity
> To: kmack at literacyworkshop.org,  "A list for improving literacy
> with
> focus on middle grades." <lit at literacyworkshop.org>
> Message-ID:
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> I have participated in this venue since its inception. I remember in the
> past some students would enter the room dragging along and sighing about
> "doing poetry." Since I began this project the kids love sharing their
> words  as well as getting and giving feedback and enter the room with
> excitement in their voices asking" Are we doing the slam today?"
> 
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Keith Mack <kmack at literacyworkshop.org>
> wrote:
>> We are in the process of finalizing the details for our annual Online
>> Poetry Slam project. The Online Poetry Slam is sponsored by The
>> Literacy Workshop and is a fantastic opportunity for students to post
>> poetry online in a classroom blog and then get feedback from students
> in remote classrooms.
>> 
>> Classroom teachers will control all aspects of their poetry blog and
>> must approve all posts to the blog as well as all comments made to
>> poems. This project is a wonderful way to get introduced to blogs and
>> will provide you with an outlet for publishing student poetry that
>> generates authentic peer feedback.
>> 
>> The Online Poetry Slam will run from March through June and is
>> flexible so that classrooms with various spring breaks and testing
>> schedules can participate. In past projects we averaged about 500
>> student poems with over 2400 comments from participating classrooms.
>> The registration process for the online Poetry Slam will begin on
> March 1.
>> 
>> The project has an emphasis on middle level classrooms, but we've had
>> participating classrooms from grades 5-10. You can view more details
>> on the project by visiting
>> http://www.literacyworkshop.org/poetryslam/poetryslam.htm.
>> 
>> We encourage everyone interested to take a look at how the project
>> works so that you'll be ready to submit your application in early
>> March. An announcement about open registration along with the URL to
>> apply will be posted to this list on March 1st.
>> 
>> Please contact me if you require additional information.
>> 
>> Keith Mack
>> Web Administrator
>> http://www.literacyworkshop.org
>> 
>> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:53:32 -0500
> From: TLP <tlinsb71 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [LIT] Martian Child
> To: MT <MiddleTalk1 at LISTS.NMSA.ORG>, "Lit Site"
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> Has anyone seen the movie, "Martian Child"? One school it portrayed
> "kicked" the unusual child out of the school rather than dealing with
> his strange behavior and tendency to steal stuff from other kids. I
> can only assume it was a private school but that was not clear. I
> beleive it woulld be unlikely to happen in most public schools.
> How many times have you seen a school or teacher portrayed as "the bad
> guy" or inappropraitely in a movie or TV show.
> On a side note, the awesome little actor in the movie played the role
> well. His portrayal reminded me of a child with Aspergers. ( second
> reference this week! ) What did you think?

-- 
Lori Jackson
District Literacy Coach & Mentor
Todd County School District
Box 87
Mission SD  57555

http:www.tcsdk12.org
ph. 605.856.2211

Literacies for All Summer Institute
July 17-20. 2008
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