High School Exercises - Alphasmart NEO 2 User Manual

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Write On! Lesson Categories and Teaching Supplements

High School Exercises

1 Writing
Skills
2 The
Process of
Writing
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This table gives you an overview of the categories and themes available at the
high school level. For detailed information about each writing exercise,
consult the HighSchoolSupplements.pdf teaching supplement file.
Persuasive Students are taken through the steps needed to write a
Essay persuasive essay. They receive guidance at each stage—
from selecting a topic through polishing and
proofreading.
Polishing These files address basic mechanics, grammar, usage,
Prose and stylistic issues that will guide students as they polish
their prose. Jack London's story "To Build a Fire"
provides models and examples.
Sentence Students read passages from several American writers of
Combining the mid-nineteenth century to focus on the passages'
with sentence styles. Students try their hand at a number of
American different interactions with the text—from rewriting and
Classics combining underlying skinny sentences to imitating the
author's style—all the while practicing the art of
sentence construction. Learning to write a variety of
sentence types is what sentence combining is all about,
and writing with a word processor (such as an
AlphaSmart device) is a natural fit with this editing
approach to learning. Word processing features allow
students to manipulate sentences freely and to see all
the changes they make as they make them.
Character Activities in Character Sketch II give students practice in
Sketch II six strategies used in writing to develop a character:
description, setting, dialogue, interaction, action, and
narrative. Files are arranged to give students practice in
recognizing and imitating techniques in the order shown
above. One or more techniques for study and imitation
can appear in any one lesson. Students are encouraged
to use a variety of techniques in their own writing. All
files can be used by students working individually, in
pairs, or in cooperative groups.
Character What is basic to writing a character sketch? Students are
Sketch III shown through modeling what these basic elements are,
and how to bring them together to reveal a character of
their own making, using appropriate evidence and
specific language.
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