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Six traits of writing metaphors

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

The J. H. House bloggers have done it again but this time they have absolutely knocked my socks off! They blogged about metaphors that could be used to help them remember the Six Traits of Writing. The creativity is outstanding and you can tell they had a lot of fun with this. Here are links to the authors and their metaphors:

Zachary - an office

Diana - a bedroom

Jadae - beds

Marisela - malls

Derrick - people

Angel - mall

Jason - cars

And you have just got to read Jason’s “The Traits that teach the Traits of Writing.”

It is absolutely incredible! And just think, I haven’t even read the rest of the posts by this fantastic little group. So I’m off to read, blogging can wait!

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Having a little “Flickr” fun with blogging!

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

I’ve been having a little fun with Flickr tools and blogging. Now this was done late one evening when my brain was a little tired but I’m going to get back to this and create some more. I am rested and the creativty genes are alive and buzzing! I’m going to incorporate this into the activities with my students and their blogging. There’s nothing like visuals to get the point across. They will love it! The ways we can use these to reinforce concepts and have fun while learning are limitless! Lots of ideas are swimming in my head! This helps them absorb and internalize their learning- yet another way to give them ownership of their ideas and enjoy the blogging!
Students recreate, in their own words, what they’ve learned. This helps them absorb and internalize new information, giving them ownership of their ideas.

Motivational poster

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Conversation Blurbs
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So join in on the fun and let’s all start creating some blog “visuals”! It could go a long way in getting other educators to see the possiblilities!