Workshop Resources

Writing: What do students need to do to be successful, and how can we help them?
February 16, 2018, 9:00 am-12:00 pm
CREC Van Dyke

Writing Resources

Digital-Write-ables
  •  A great way for students to practice composing on the computer. Simply click on one of the provided images, write directly on the screen then print or save.

GED® Test Extended Response and Short Answer guides
  • These guides provide information on how responses will be scored, annotated sample responses, and details on automated scoring. 

Media Library of Teaching Skills for Adult Learning & Literacy (MLoTS)
  • Provides quick links to "instructional videos designed to help adult learners understand how to respond to extended response items on the 2014 GED® test. The videos may also be useful to help teachers of adult secondary education writing understand how their students might respond."
NEWSELA
  • "Read closely. Think critically. Be worldly. Newsela is an innovative way for students to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news."  Includes articles and activities aligned to the Common Core, articles written at multiple levels of text complexity, and quizzes to test reading comprehension.
Procon.org
  • This site offers articles with the pros and cons of controversial issues. It " ...provides resources for critical thinking and to educate without bias. We research issues that are controversial and important, and we present them in a balanced, comprehensive, straightforward, transparent, and primarily pro-con format at no charge." 
readwritethink
  • Offers classroom resources such as lessons and student interactives;  various graphic organizers (compare & contrast map, essay map, resume generator, venn diagram and more) that can be completed on-line.
The Just Write! Guide
  • Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy's (T.E.A.L.) "...resource guide for ABE [and GED prep] teachers, intended to increase familiarity with evidence-based writing instruction and to facilitate translation of research findings into teaching practices and products that will enhance the quality of instruction delivered to adult learners."
The Learning Network : Teaching & Learning with the New York Times
  • Select articles from the New York Times with student blogs, word of the day, news quiz and teaching ideas/plans.
Vocabulary.com
  • Improve and build vocabulary with this on-line adaptive learning system.
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Read this "...overview of what is known about how literacy develops, the component skills of reading and writing, and the practices that are effective for developing them."

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Read the "Evidence for how Writing Can Improve Reading."
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