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March 20, 2008

Welcome to Classroom Tools & Tips, an EduHound newsletter! You'll find things you've enjoyed from EduHound Weekly -- plus exciting new offerings that provide valuable ed tech resources to incorporate into K-12 curriculum. Educational topics, preformatted templates, technology tutorials, and practical tips are featured. As always, I'm here to help, so please let me know what topics you'd like me to cover. -- judi

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Topic :: PERSUASIVE WRITING

In persuasive writing, a writer takes a position FOR or AGAINST an issue and writes to convince the reader to believe or do something.

Argument & Persuasive Writing @ Web English Teacher
Includes lesson plans and activities for teaching argument and persuasive writing -- helps develop Web research and persuasive writing skills as they create original works.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/argument.html
Unit Plan Persuasive Writing: Grades 6-12
Students will interpret their thoughts about various pictures, symbols, and slogans; create a visual representation of various feelings and emotions to infer what the advertiser could be selling the consumer; and create an advertisement using the various learned techniques.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/unit_persuasivewriting_lesson1.htm
ReadWriteThink Lesson Plan: Can You Convince Me?
Through a classroom game and handouts, students are introduced to the concepts of lobbying for something important to them (or that they want) and making persuasive arguments.
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=56
McREL Standards Activity: Persuade Me
As a result of this activity, students in grades 6-8 will be able to recognize and use persuasive techniques.
http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/activityDetail.asp?activityID=87
The Basic Principles of Persuasive Writing
This page features an article that outlines the basic principles of persuasive writing, including appealing to the reader's sense of reason, emotion, and good character.
http://www.writingcentre.ubc.ca/workshop/tools/argument.htm
Writing Opinion Pieces About Meaningful Issues to Kids
In this lesson, students identify controversial topics on which they have strong opinions. After examining a controversial issue, students then model their own persuasive opinion pieces after the featured article.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20000414friday.html

Tutorial :: INTERNET EXPLORER

How to make Favorite folders in Internet Explorer
Learn how to create folders for your bookmarked links on IE.
http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/tutorials/iebookmrks.pdf

Template :: GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

	Teacher Tools & Templates: Graphic Organizers Features venn diagrams, family tree chart, concept maps, comparison chart, event map, spider map, and KWL charts. http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml#graphicOrganizers
	Have you created a template you'd like to share? Email me and I'll feature it here!

Tech Tip :: WEB PAGE PRINTING

	To print only a few words or a single picture from a web page, highlight the information or graphic with your mouse, from your brower's menu click File > Print, and then click the Selection button under the Page Range options.
	Do you have a tech tip? Email me and I'll feature it here!

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