Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Save time grading papers
Here's a strategy worth trying for those of you willing to do a little frontloaded work and use MS Word's Review function for student papers: http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/grammar_mechanics/how-to-save-time-grading-essays/
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Online Resources for Vocabulary Instruction
from Educational Leadership/October 2010: "The Words Students Need"
To identify high-frequency cross-content words:
The Academic Word List: www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist
Word Count: www.wordcount.org/main/php
To create student-friendly word definitions:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: www.ldoceonline.com
To support students' morphological skills and word learning strategies:
Visuword Online Graphical Dictionary: www.visuwords.com/search
WordSift: www.wordsift.com
To identify high-frequency cross-content words:
The Academic Word List: www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/resources/academicwordlist
Word Count: www.wordcount.org/main/php
To create student-friendly word definitions:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English: www.ldoceonline.com
To support students' morphological skills and word learning strategies:
Visuword Online Graphical Dictionary: www.visuwords.com/search
WordSift: www.wordsift.com
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