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Grade 5, Writing Benchmark I: Use available technology and information resources to reinforce and support writing in all content areas (COS 21, 32, 34)

Lesson Plans: Audience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Messages This lesson explores the language of electronic messages and how it affects other writing. It also explores the freedom and creativity for using Internet abbreviations for specific purposes. Descriptive Writing with Virginia Hamilton Students can participate in this online workshop about descriptive writing. At the end they will be given an opportunity to practice descriptive writing and publish their work online. Book Report Alternative: Comic Strips and Cartoon Squares Students tire of responding to novels in the same ways. By creating comic strips or cartoon squares featuring characters in books, they're encouraged to think analytically about the characters, events, and themes they've explored. Online comic strip generator is used in this lesson. On the Track With NASCAR Students learn about stock car racing while developing skills in language and math. Reader's Theater WebQuest Help improve your students' technology skills while learning about Reader's Theater Marvelous Mysteries Students will read and solve print and Internet mystery stories. They will complete a Planning Guide for an original mystery. After planning the mystery, they will use the writing process to create the story.

Resources: Interactive Writing: Welcome to Grammar Practice Park. Explore the park and play the games to practice your grammar skills. Grammar Glossary: Choose a grade level, then click on a word for a definition and a link to more examples (includes audio). English Words and Their Usage: Online movies for words and their usage ( 2 free movies a day form BrainPop) Language Arts Games: Online language arts games for all grade levels Poetry Playground: Funny poems, games, contests, streaming audio and more Game Station: Writer's Block: Here kids join together to build a story block by block! Teaching With Technology: Teacher's guide to making student movies I Spy: Online word play games for all grades Excellent Electronic Language Games: Online games for grammar, figurative language and more Rubistar: Rubistar is a free tool to help a teacher make quality rubrics.
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