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Writing Interactives to help you with your writing this Term.

Help with writing interactives

Letter writing

The Purpose of letter writing - Joana - beause it is a quicker way than going to their house and talking about it. Ella - So you can stay in touch, complain about something that isnt fair, write to someone and let them know you are writing about letters. CHloe - if you are telling a secret to your friend Georgie - if there was someone in Auckland that is sending you bill McKenzee - to keep in touch with freinds and family overseas, calling mght be too dear Shann - writing to a friend to let them know what is going on Thomas - keep in contact with people Alex - so you can talk to family that is overseas or in a different area tah you Bella - to persuade, sometimes too hard when you talk to them Eli - Finding out information from someone e.g what is happening in ALexandra Briar - keeping in contact, and touch to keep up to date on what they are doing Jack - to tell them what is happening Georgia - can send an email, but a letter is more personal, and meaning more Bryce - elderly people, cheaper than calling them Damien - telling people what is happening Krisha - if you are shy you can write a letter Georgie - if you are overseas, whats been going on and happening

Purpose of a postcard Bella - people might want a picture of where you are Shann - people dont know where you are living McKenzee - to see where you are and have been in teh country Georgie - to show them how much fun you are having Georgia - explain where you are, and photos of sightseeing Joana- send photo of where you are and what you are doing Briar - to tell them whats up and how much fun, or asking for help Krisha - to let them know what is happening Ella - you can tell your friends where you are and what you are doing in a holiday of another country CHloe - you can tell them about your holiday and where you are Thomas - its quite touching to get a postcard from someone you havent seen for a while Eli - They might not of seen a picture of the country before Alex - so you can show a photo of the place you are in, and the people can see it Jom - when you are off to holiday, so they can see your pictures Ethan - to keep in touch so they know what you have been into and not any mischief Jack - let people know where you are Damien - letting people know what you have done Bryce - for safety, to let parents or family know where you are quickly.

Postcards are for short messages from a distance, usually overseas.

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/postcard-creator-30061.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/mail-time-integrated-postcard-393.html

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/letter-generator-30005.html

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St Thomas Literacy - Writing Writing wikispace

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Nouns

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Online Interactives [|Kerpoof]

[|A heros Journey] The hero's journey is an ancient story pattern that can be found in texts from thousands of years ago or in newly released Hollywood blockbusters. This interactive tool will provide students with background on the hero's journey and give them a chance to explore several of the journey's key elements. Students can use the tool to record examples from a hero's journey they have read or viewed or to plan out a hero's journey of their own.

GRAPHIC ORGANISERS [|Venn Diagram] Students may generate clear, well-formatted Venn Diagrams by naming their project and labeling Circle 1 and Circle 2, then generating concepts that can be placed on the diagram by clicking and dragging them with the mouse. Students may place the concepts in either circle or in the overlapping area, allowing them to organize their information logically. A step-by-step animated demo shows students how to type concepts and their descriptions, and how to drag and place concepts on their diagrams. Students may view and edit their draft diagrams, then print the finished diagrams for reference. This is a handy tool for classroom use that guides students through the process of organizing information in Venn diagram form.

[|Planning template for a autobiography or a biograhy]

[|Character writing]

POETRY [|Acrostic poems] Provides a form where you pick your main word, then write words that start with the letters of the main word. After you brainstorm your acrostic words, you type in the ones that best describe your main word. The interactive will suggest other words when you point at a letter in the main word. You can then print your masterpiece or go back and make changes.

[|Diamante poem] Kids create a poem in the shape of a diamond. They select a central theme, then use adjectives, -ing verbs, and nouns to "paint" the theme. The interactive has examples to guide the poet. There are also pop-ups on the fill-in-the-blank diamante form to help guide the student through the parts of speech that make up their poem.

[|Shape poems] The **Shape Poems** interactive was designed to help elementary students create fun poems about a object in the shape of the object. This interactive tool provides 19 different shapes around such themes as sports, nature and school to spur creativity.

[|Letter Poems] Designed for students in grades 3-5. Using the example in the interactive, students learn to use poetic line breaks by turning a narrative into a poem. The model explains the process of breaking a letter into ideas, and stanzas.

[|Giggle poetry] by Meadowbrook Press offers several poetry activities. Take a poetry class and learn how to write different kinds of poems. Have a poetry tongue twister race. Answer a rhyme-time riddle, or fill-in-the-blank to complete a poem. Perform a poetry play. Read interviews with some well-known children's poets, and email them a question. And, of course, browse through the online library of hundreds of poems for kids.

[|Rhyming dictionary] helps kids in their struggle to find words that express their feelings and ideas. It goes well beyond helping kids to find rhyming words. Use it to find synonyms, antonyms, as well as words with similar sounds or consonants (alliteration). You can even see where Shakespeare has used your word in his works. RhymeZone also has dictionary definitions, homophones, and letter matching

Other resources on this site include the works of Shakespeare, Mother Goose poems, a poetry forum, and several vocabulary games - lots of goodies for young and old poetry lovers.

[|Help from writers themselves] Spend some time with writers of children's poetry at Scholastic's **Writing with Writers: Poetry**. Three well-known poets discuss samples of their work, and give kids advice on their own poetry writing. You'll also find lesson planning resources for teachers and homeschool parents.

There is a webcast of Jack Prelutsky, Children's Poet Laureate, as he amuses us with several of his well-loved poems.

Karla Kushin shares her poetry and offers advice on brainstorming and revising your poetry. **Kids in grades K-12 can publish their own poems to the website**, and read the poetry of other kids.

Jean Marzollo, the writer of the well-known //I Spy// riddles, offers advice and tips to kids on creating their own I Spy riddles.

Shel Silverstein

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[|Shel Silverstein writing for kids] All about the fun of Shel Silverstein poems. Every child I know has been captivated and amused by the off-kilter poetic sense of Silverstein and his equally oddball illustrations. His website is very much in the same vein. Be sure to turn on your speakers or headphones so you can fully appreciate and play along with his poetic hijinks. Ideas for parents and teachers. A fun and interactive site for all ages. Check it out! Games and puzzles, printables and downloads.

Publishing Work [|Book Cover] The Book Cover Creator is designed to allow users to type and illustrate front book covers, front and back covers, and full dust jackets. Students can use the tool to create new covers for books that they read as well as to create covers for books they write individually or as a class. Students can use text tools to add formatting to their titles and book notes, add shading to background areas of the cover, and draw original images to illustrate their covers and dust jackets.

[|Comicstrip Creator] The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on).

[|Postcards] The Postcard Creator helps students learn to identify all the typical parts of a postcard, and then generate their own postcard messages by typing information into letter templates. After printing their texts, students can illustrate the front of their postcards in a variety of ways, including drawing, collage, and stickers.

[|Fractured Fairytales] Whether it's //The Princess and the Rutabaga// or //Big Blue Riding Hood//, invite your students to turn familiar fairy tales upside down and inside out—and to have fun. This interactive tool gives students a choice of three fairy tales to read. They are then guided to choose a variety of changes, which they use to compose a fractured fairy tale to print off and illustrate