Monday, February 25, 2013

Diamante Poems

Surprisingly good activity within a literature or other content-specific unit, great for vocabulary building

Diamante Poem by readwritethink


Middle School Writing

Which Writing is Right?

sorting expository and other kinds of writing

a lot of reading, but useful training in understanding the characteristics of expository writing


creative writing games

the Everybody Writes collection

Although designed for use in the classroom or a workshop setting, they will be of interest to anyone looking for fun and stimulating creative writing exercises.

http://www.booktrust.org.uk/resources/search/?skip=0&search=games&resource_type=&activity_type_2=&activity_type=12&professional_type=&misc_list_1=&misc_list_2=&audience_type=&sort=title



BBC games: Lang Arts

State of Debate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/games/english/

interesting video based game in which the player has to navigate social situations