ÿþ<html> <Title>Teachers' Corner</title> <table> <table border="1" cellpadding="5"> <!Top control area..> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"> <Test starts here> </CENTER> <HR> <CENTER> [<A HREF="index.html">Home</A>]<BR> [[<A HREF="http://forums.epsb.net/forums/index.cfm?cfapp=2 ">Message Board For Students</A>| |<A HREF="criteria.html">Criteria for Writers</A>| |<A HREF="teacher.html"> Teacher's corner</A>| |<A HREF="narrative.html">Narrative Writing</A>| |<A HREF="functional.html">Functional & Misc.</A>| |<A HREF="prompt.html">Writing Prompts</A>]]<Br> [[<A HREF="rubric.html">Writing Assessment Rubric</A>| |<A HREF="open.html">Opening Sentences</A>| |<A HREF="close.html">Closing Sentences</A>| |<A HREF="keyboard.html">Keyboarding and Writing</A>]]<BR> [[<A HREF="letter.html">Letters</A>| |<A HREF="persuasive.html">Persuasive Writing</A>| |<A HREF="sequence.html">Sequence Writing</A>| |<A HREF="poem.html">Poems</A>| |<A HREF="social.html">Social Studies</A>| |<A HREF="science.html">Science</A>| |<A HREF="joke.html">Jokes</A>| |<A HREF="Journal.html"></A>| |<A HREF="Response.html">Response to Literature</A>| <A HREF="summary_teacher.html">Summary of Submissions</A>]] </CENTER> <HR> <CENTER> <P> </P> </CENTER> <CENTER> </P> </CENTER> <CENTER> </CENTER> <CENTER> </P> </CENTER> <CENTER> <TR> <TD> <DIV align="center"> <TR><TD align=center><H1><I><IMG SRC="teacher1.jpg"></DIV> <FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><B><FONT color="#7F7F7" size="20"> Welcome to Teachers' Corner of "Tools for Writing" </Center> <H2>The goal of this Project is to build a community of writers via the Internet collaboratively. </H2> </Div> <BODY BACKGROUND = tlcbgwhitesprinkle.jpg BGCOLOR="#0099CC" TEXT="#6600CC" LINK="#FF0000" ALINK="#FF0033" VLINK="#663399"> <!Within Table> <table> <table width=100" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <TR> <td><Table width="150" cellpadding="3"> <Tr> <td></td> </tr> <table> </td> <td> <table cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td></td> <tr> </table> <tr> <td><B><FONT SIZE=6 COLOR="#ff00ff">Time Line<br><br>&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp</B></Font></td> <td><b><FONT SIZE=6 COLOR="#ff00ff">Project Implementation</B><br><br></td> </tr> <tr> <td><B><H2><p></B></H2><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <td><H2><b></b><h2> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4"> <br> <br><A HREF="index.html">"Tools for Writing" Home Page</A><br> <br> <A HREF= "http://sherwood.epsb.ca/index.html">Student Web page Sample</A><br><br> <FONT SIZE=2 COLOR="#800000">To Create Web Page:<br><br> Type in following URL <br><br> <A HREF="http://www.2learn.ca/webauthoringtool/CREATEYOURPAGE.HTML"> http://www.2learn.ca/webauthoringtool/CREATEYOURPAGE.HTML</A><br><br><br> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4"> <A HREF= "http://forums.epsb.net/forums/index.cfm?cfapp=2">Message Board and Registration</A><br><br> <a href= "Rubric.html">Assessment</a><br><br><br> <br><br> </font><hr><br> </td> </tr> <!> <tr> <td><h2>October, 2003</h2><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <td><H2>Personal details for project:</<h2><br><br> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4"><b> <li>Teacher's full name_____________________<br><br> <li> School name _______________<br><br> <li>Address (including postal code, fax number, phone number) ________________________________________________________<br><br> <li>Principal's first name: ____________________________<br><br> <li>Principal's last name: _________________________________<br><br> <li>Number of clooaborating (participating) students: ______<br><br></font> <H2>For registration with Message Board</H2> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4"><b> <li> User names and passwords of all students:___________________________________________</li></b><br><br><br></font> <hr> </font></td> </tr> <!> <tr> <td><h2>October 17, 2003</H2><br><br><Font COLOR="#ff00ff" size=17>#1</font> <td><h2><I>Each student create, type and save on floppy or harddrive: <li> One Opening Sentence, <li>and One Closing Sentence <li>and One Writing Prompt</li><br><br> </h2> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4"><b>1. Have students create, on their own, one spectacular <Font COLOR="#ff00ff">opening </Font COLOR="#ff00ff">sentence one <Font COLOR="#ff00ff">closing </Font COLOR="#ff00ff">sentence and one <Font COLOR="#ff00ff"> writing prompt</Font COLOR="#ff00ff"> for any kind of writing they choose.<br><br> 2. Have students save the work on to one floppy or one folder in the harddrive (e.g. F drive). <br><br> 3. Make sure students indicate whether the sentences are opening or closing sentences, or writing prompts in the <Font COLOR="#ff00ff">title</Font COLOR="#ff00ff">. <br><br> 4. Show students how to make a web page using the Telus Web Page Tool.<br><br> 5. Divide students into three groups.<br> <li>One group would make a <Font COLOR="#ff00ff">web page </Font COLOR="#ff00ff">using all the opening sentences.<br> <li>Another group would make a <Font COLOR="#ff00ff">web page </Font COLOR="#ff00ff">using all the closing sentences.<br> <li>The third group would make a <Font COLOR="#ff00ff">web page </Font COLOR="#ff00ff"> using all the writing prompts.<br><br> <tr> <td><h2>October 20, 2003</H2><br><br><Font COLOR="#ff00ff" size=17>#2</font><br><br><br><br><br><br> <td><H3><FONT color="#7F7F7F">6. When students are done making the web pages. Email them to<br><br> <Font COLOR="#ff00ff">catherine Suen (Project Coordinator)</Font COLOR="#ff00ff"><br> <br>There should only be <Font COLOR="#ff00ff">three</Font COLOR="#ff00ff">web pages emailed to Catherine from each class.</H3> <hr></font><br><br> </td> </tr> <!> <tr> <td><H2><B>October 31, 2003</B></H2><br><br><Font COLOR="#ff00ff" size=17>#3</font> <td><b><H2><I>Post 3 <b><I><U>short</b></I></u> samples of Writing to the Message Board</I></H2> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4">Each piece of writing should be a <Font COLOR="#ff00ff">minimum</Font COLOR="#ff00ff"> of six full sentences. The maximum should be about 500 words. Teachers, use your discretion.<br><br> <li>Students are asked to post 3 sampless of writing to the Message Board under the categories:<br> A. Settings (location)<br> B. Settings (time)<br> C. Characters<br> D. Problems/conflicts<br><br> vð Students are asked to write short paragraphs for the above categories, <br> e.g. they may write a short description of a <font color="#ff00ff">jungle scene </font>and post it on the message Board.<br> vð Or they may submit a short description of a <font color="#ff00ff">character's personal traits. </font><br> vð Or they may submit a short description of a <font color="#ff00ff">problem or conflict in a narrative,</font><br> vð Or they may submit a short description of <font color="#ff00ff">a topic </font>for persuasion<br><br> </font><font size=4>Important note:Make sure students save their work on a floppy disc or on the hard drive before posting to the message board.</font><br><br> <li><FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4">Help student evaluate components of their writing using the <A HREf="rubric.html">Writing Assessment Rubric </A>as guide.</font><br><br> <HR><br> </td> </tr> <!> <tr> <td><H2><B>November 28, 2003 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp</B></H2><br><br><Font COLOR="#ff00ff" size=17>#4</font><br> <td><B><h2><I>Respond to two samples of writing</B></I></h2> <H3> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4">Have studnets respond to two samples of writing on the message board by changing them in any way they wish.<BR><BR> <li>Have studnets post each piece of writing <i>they changed</i> on the message board, together with the oringinal writing.<br><br> <li>Have studnets evaluate one piece of writing they respond to, using the <A HREf="rubric.html">Writing Assessment Rubric </A> as their guide.<br><br> <li>Have studnets show their evaluation to you.</li></font><br><br><br><br><br> <HR> </td> </tr> <!> <tr> <td><h2>December 4, 2003</H2><br><br><Font COLOR="#ff00ff" size=17>#5</font><br><br><br><br> <td><H2> <li> One Web Page from Teachers for all narrative stories.<br><br> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4"><b> Teachers, please <li> Show students how to copy and paste their stories on message board and <Font COLOR="#ff00ff">save </Font COLOR="#ff00ff">on floppy disc provided by you.<br><br> <li>Keep the discs so you can have a copy of <Font COLOR="#ff00ff"> all </Font COLOR="#ff00ff">students' writing submitted.<br><br> <li> Show your students how to make a <Font COLOR="#ff00ff">web page</Font COLOR="#ff00ff"> using the Telus Web Page Tool.<br><br> <li>Have the students make their web pages by copy and pasting the <Font COLOR="#ff00ff"> original and changed stories /writing </Font COLOR="#ff00ff">on their web pages (with a note to let their e-pal know how they react to the changes).<br><br><br> <HR><br> </TD></TR> </font></td> </tr> <!> <tr> <td><H2><B>December 12, 2003 &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp</B></H2><br><br><<Font COLOR="#ff00ff" size=17>#6 </font><br><br><br> <td><H2>Students to work on two pieces of <a href="functional.html">functional or miscellaneous writing </A></B></I><br><br></h2> <H3> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4"><li>Have each student create two pieces of functional writing or miscellaneous writing of their choice.<br><br> <li>Note: When you are ready to submit them on January 12 (submission deadline), please submit them in webpages according to their categories.<br><br>For example, all poems should be on one web page; all persuasive writings should be on another webpage, etc.<br><br><br><br> <HR> </td> </tr> <!> <tr> <td><h2>January 12, 2004</h2><br><br><Font COLOR="#ff00ff" size=17>#7</font><br> <br> <td><H2> Teachers please submit for all functional/miscellaneous writing from students <br><H2><br><br> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp Note: Web pages should be grouped according to categories;<br><br> e.g. persuasive writing on one web page; poems on another page; jokes on another page.<br><br> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4">Teachers, please: <li> and different categories of functional/miscellaneous writing on <Font size="5" COLOR="#ff00ff">only One Web Page</Font size="5" COLOR="#ff00ff">.<br><br> <li> Students' Notes to their e-pals from the message board should be sent on a separate web page. <br><br> <li> Teachers, please send all web pages to <br><br>Catherine Suen<br><br><hr>. </font></td> </tr> <!> <tr> <td><h2>January 16, 2004</h2><br><br><Font COLOR="#ff00ff" size=17>#8</font><br><br><br> <td><H2> Messages from Students posted on Message Board<br></h2><FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4"> <b>Have studnets post messages you to let you know <br> <li>how they react to the project<br> <li>what they learned about writing and or computer technology<br><br> <li>Send the messages to catherine by January 16, 2004 on a web page.</b><br><br><br><hr> </font></td> </tr> <!> <tr> <td><h2>On-Going<h2><br><br><br><br> <td><H2> Chat for Students </h2> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4"><b>Encourage students to use the Message Board to chat to eachother about writing.</b></H3><hr><br> </font></td> </tr> <!> <tr> <td><h2>January 31, 2004</h2><br><br><Font COLOR="#ff00ff" size=17>Final Deadline<br><br>#9</font><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> <td><H2> Deadline for everything<br></h2> <FONT color="#7F7F7F" size="4"><b>In order to qualify for funding, please send a paragraph detailing:<br><br> 1. How the project went.<br><br> 2. The impact of this project on your student's learning, include comments on the impact of using the Internet and Information and communications Technologies.<br><br> (i.e.) what the students learned about computer technology<br><br> 3. Describe what curriculum outcomes/expectations were achieved and/or not achieved and why.<br><br> (i.e.) what the students learned about using the web through Tools For Writing<br><br> 4. What the students learned about writing,<br><br> 5. In what ways did students work together both during the project and in creating the website?<br><br> 6. your contribution to the project.<br><br> 7. Please share some of your student's thoughts on this project.<br><br> (i.e.)specific examples/highlights of reactions from students.<br><br> <h2>Reminder:<h2> <li> Send in all messages from students to you.<br><br><br> You should also have sent in all writings done by your students in one Web page, emailed to catherine Suen<br><br> </font></td> </tr> <!> </table> </table> </div> <TR> <TD> <H1><br> Reminder for students:</H1> <H3>When you post your writing, remember to sign your writing with your first name only. Last names should <u>not</u> appear with your writing.<br><br> Check the <l>Writing Assessment Rubric</i>before posting your message. This will help to make sure you have tried your best in writing.<br> <H2><i>Here are some suggestions as to how you can use the " Tools for Writing" on this website :</H2></Center></i> <H2><Center><B>A</B></H2></Center> <TR><TD align=left> <li><H3>You may use the writing samples (samples) as tools to <b>give you ideas </B>for your writing. <TR><TD align=left><li>You may <b>copy and paste the samples </b>and include them as part of your writing. <TR><TD align=left><li>You may combine the different elements of the samples and <b>change</b> them to make it your own writing. <TR><TD align=left><li>You can add to any of part of the sample and change it to make it your own writing. <TR><TD align=left><li>You may decide to do your own writing without using any of the samples from "Tools for Writing". <TR><TD align=left><li> You are also allowed to write on a topic of your own choice. <TR><TD align=left><li> You may use the writing prompts on this website to help you in your writing.</h3> <Center><H2><B> B </B></H2></Center> <H3>You are encouraged to help others in writing by <li>Sending in spectacular opening and closing sentences through the message board.<H3> <Center><H2><B> C </B></H2></Center> <H3>When you finish your writing, please <li>Submit your writing to the message board and ask someone to respond to you by changing your story/writing. <br> <li>Ask The person who responds to (i) edit or change the original story/writing and (ii) post the changed writing as well as your oringinal writing on the message board. <li> Your teacher will show you how to post the writing on the message board.<h3><br> <Center><H2><B> D </B></H2></Center> <h3>When you get the changed or edited story/writing, <li>Post the original and changed stories/writing on your web page with your original story (with a note to let your e-pal know how you react to the changes). <li>Your teacher will show you how to make a web page using the Telus Web Page Tool.<h3> <Center><H2><B> E </B></H2></Center> <h3><li>E-mail your teacher and let her know how you like this project. <li> Use the Chat Room to talk to your e-pals or your class mates about writing.</H3> <br><br> </TD></Tr> <Tr><Td> <Test starts here> </CENTER> <HR> <CENTER> [<A HREF="index.html">Home</A>]<BR> [[<A HREF="http://forums.epsb.net/forums/index.cfm?cfapp=2 ">Message Board For Students</A>| |<A HREF="criteria.html">Criteria for Writers</A>| |<A HREF="teacher.html"> Teacher's corner</A>| |<A HREF="narrative.html">Narrative Writing</A>| |<A HREF="functional.html">Functional & Misc.</A>| |<A HREF="prompt.html">Writing Prompts</A>]]<Br> [[<A HREF="rubric.html">Writing Assessment Rubric</A>| |<A HREF="open.html">Opening Sentences</A>| |<A HREF="close.html">Closing Sentences</A>| |<A HREF="keyboard.html">Keyboarding and Writing</A>]]<BR> [[<A HREF="letter.html">Letters</A>| |<A HREF="persuasive.html">Persuasive Writing</A>| |<A HREF="sequence.html">Sequence Writing</A>| |<A HREF="poem.html">Poems</A>| |<A HREF="social.html">Social Studies</A>| |<A HREF="science.html">Science</A>| |<A HREF="joke.html">Jokes</A>| |<A HREF="Journal.html"></A>| |<A HREF="Response.html">Response to Literature</A>| <A HREF="summary_teacher.html">Summary of Submissions</A>]] </CENTER> <HR> <CENTER> <P> <End of Test> <DIV align="center"> <FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><B><FONT color="#6600CC" size="-2">This web page was created by Catherine Suen, updated March 2004. 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