Six Trait Writing: Past, Present and Future / Week Three: Editing, Easiteach, and the Document Came

Technology Tools for Editing

Using the Easiteach Resources/Interactive Wall Charts

How to use Big Edit in Easiteach

The RM Easiteach Language Arts Toolbar

Take a picture of a student's story or book as an example. How to make a .jpg file using your Samsung Document Presenter.

How to open a .jpg within Easiteach so that you can annotate. RM Easiteach with student work, books, or other materials you want to capture using the document camera.

Written directions for capturing with the document camera.

Writing Resource Websites:

http://www.wordle.net/

·         Generates “word clouds” from text that you provide.

·         Clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.

·         Clouds can be tweaked with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes

http://www.storylineonline.net/

Site sponsored by Screen Actor’s Guild
An online video screening program features actors reading children’s books aloud

Lesson plan and activities accompany the book

Many of the titles are from the recommended list of trait books

Editing versus Revising Student Sort

Editing Poster

Revising Poster