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Write On! for NEO provides hundreds of writing exercises that teachers can
use to help students develop their writing skills. You can easily send these
exercises to students' NEOs using AlphaSmart Manager (see page 24).
Students work on the exercises on their NEOs, typing their responses
between angle bracket prompts < >. Once the exercises are complete, you
retrieve the exercises from the devices using AlphaSmart Manager.
Using thoughtful themes and appealing content, Write On! for NEO exercises
promote writing and foster a love of language. Write On! exercises help you
avoid the blank screens that can be so intimidating to students at the
beginning of writing projects. Instead, the exercises provide screen after
screen of entertaining writing activities that engage students' minds and
inspire creative responses.
Write On! files are organized by school level and by process and theme. For a
list of the school levels, themes, and exercise files, see page 74. For an
overview of the categories and themes, see page 81.
This section provides an overview of how to use Write On! exercises with
NEOs.
1. Make sure you have installed AlphaSmart Manager 2 on your computer.
2. Use the supplements summary (page 81) to find a theme that you want
your students to work with.
3. Read the individual file information in the PDF supplement and decide
which text file to work with.
4. Use AlphaSmart Manager to send the Write On! text file to file 1 on
connected NEOs (see page 24). (If any supporting files are mentioned in
the supplement, send the supporting file to file 2.) You can modify any of
the text exercises if you'd like once you select them using AlphaSmart
Manager.
5. Have students complete the work in the file. Students should type their
answers to questions within the angle brackets (< >).
6. To view student work, see the next section.
NEO
AlphaSmart Manager 2 User Manual
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