Curated OER
Creating Letter-shape Patterns #2
Before learners become writers they need to feel comfortable moving a pencil from left to right in various patterns. Use these exercises to give budding printers some fine motor practice. They complete three patterns by tracing a dotted...
Curated OER
Creating Letter-shape Patterns
Help your budding writers become familiar with letter shapes using a pattern worksheet. They examine three patterns, tracing a dotted line to continue them to the end of the page. For each, they also draw the pattern freehand below. This...
Curated OER
Mardi Gras Quilt
Students investigate the concept of Mardi Gras and how it is celebrated in Louisiana. They use technology in order to create interest in the form of a video. Students create a quilt template using the internet to copy and paste images.
Curated OER
What's Wrong With This Tale?
Students go to web page to copy and paste "What's Wrong With This Tale?" student resource page to a word processing document. They then cut and paste the story into the correct order. Finally, students take a story they created in a...
Curated OER
Internet: Introducing Email
Students discuss the use and misuse of email and identify six new technology terms. After opening a word document, they experiment with fonts and sentence writing before pasting it into their email. The lesson concludes with students...
Curated OER
Searching for Information
Students explore the use of technology to search for information. They search for information using the internet. Students select information to include in a newsletter. They copy and paste the information to a word document.
Other
Rewriting Copy
Find out the differences between print and radio broadcasts, as well as finding tips on writing news for radio.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Five Ways to Practice Spelling: Trace, Copy, and Recall
This Daily Teaching Tools resource relates to word study. Students will learn the spellings of new words by tracing and copying so that they can recall them.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Cheating
Have you ever noticed a classmate's eyes wandering to another students paper during a test? Have you ever been tempted to peek at the answers on another person's test? This article tells you how to handle cheating, inside and outside the...
Grammar Check
Grammar Check: Review: 10 Sites That Check for Plagiarism
This article provides a list of online sites that will scan for plagiarism in documents.
Poynter Institute
Poynter Institute: Ten Copy Editor Traits That Guarantee Your Success
Sooner or later you may function as a copy editor for yourself or for another. Follow these tips to enrich your writing.
Other
Smalltown Marketing: How to Make a Super Brochure or Mailing Piece
Presents information on the purpose of brochures, mistakes to avoid, how to write brochure copy, and how to structure brochure.
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Creating Brochures That Sell
Quick review of purposes of company brochures, includes styles, copyediting, and other considerations in their production.
Other
Bitlaw: Rights Granted Under Copyright Law
An article on the exclusive rights granted under the Copyright Act.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 3.18 Cloning
Understand the science and ethics behind human or animal cloning.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 3.17 Recombinant Dna
Understand that recombinant DNA is the combination of DNA from two different sources.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 13.5 Dna Structure and Replication
Learn about DNA structure and replication.