Graphic organizers provide an interesting way for a writer to outline their thoughts before they put their pen to paper (or fingers to computer keys!). There are many forms that can be used -- based on the purpose of the writing. http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm describes the different types of graphic organizers and how they could be used with students.
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ has a variety of forms in pdf format to print off and use. This site is maintained by the company, Houghton Mifflin.
Here are some examples from the site:
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/sandwich.pdf Sandwich: uses different parts of a sandwich to outline details for a story
Friday, November 4, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Voce of America for ELL ...and maybe basic English readers
Who knew that Voice of American has a wide variety of topics, news, practice session, vocabulary building activities??? The site is well done with podcasts, audio articles sentence by sentence that is read to those interested in learning English.. It has a dictionary, matching activities that could be used by adult basic new readers. The topics are of adult interest. Check it out and let us know what you think.
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