Wednesday, July 25, 2012

The END

It was a great summer with all of my classmates. You've all helped me get a better picture of the college scene. You're knowledge passed down helped me to be a better writer and I thank you for that. I hoped you enjoyed my page. Here is us, together! :)

Literacy Assessment

How good are you at in-class literacy? You may not be the best at everything but you can be at your true potential. This site can give you some exercises that help you in class with understanding the material the teacher presents also your individual skills.
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/nationalstrategy/literacy/index.php?category_id=151

Techniques For The Whole Mix

This website is not only limited to the use of English but all other subjects too! This interactive website has tutorials that can help you with a variety of subjects by you talking with the computer. 

Books For The Young Ones

Books for kids? Well this site below has everything you need! Recently, this organization opened up an online community of ebooks as well as hard copy books that are for kids. Considering they growing population of English literacy rates, the essential for kids to read is emphatic. Take a journey through the online library.
http://www.booksforkids.org/

Early Literacy Programs

DO  you have young kids that are having trouble learning English? Well literacy programs are for you and them! Early programs are important are during growth because their knowledge excels exponentially through comprehension. This link tells why.

Poets Here Poets There?

Once in our lives, we all write poems. Whether we are stressed, happy, mad, or even in love, we all have the poetic side within. Here is one right from my head:
"I wake up today
Knowing that I am alive
Thanking from heaven"
Below is the link to a site that has simple poem forms that may guide us to become recognized writers. Do  you have potential?
http://www.creative-writing-now.com/how-to-write-poetry.html

 
 

Family Literacy

The first thing that comes to mind is, what is family literacy? The link below has a simple definition  and discussion of what what is family literacy!

Your Basic Flow

The Writing Process Worksheet

Before we get started, below is the link to the writing process worksheet. With this format and stages, it is essential to the breakdown for your great piece of writing to be.


Stage One: Exploring/Experimenting/Gathering Information

Stage one offers four different approaches in order to make you come up with an idea of what to write with.
1. Free writing
2. Brainstorming
3. Clustering
4. Gathering information

You can explore the four of these methods to start off an idea you'd like to write about. Never let your thoughts seize.

Stage Two: Writing the Controlling Idea/ Organizing and Developing Support

As you write to you to make sure that you are getting out there to your audience. If you write a topic sentence for a paragraph and a thesis for an essay, I'm positive that you can make them interested in what you are trying to put on paper. Topic sentences and a thesis are essential and one of the most important face in writing. If you don't have either or, you're piece of writing could not be understood.  In addition to that, you will need an outline to organize your thoughts and this is a basic form of that:

  1. Major Support
    1. Minor Support
      1. Explanation, detail, example
      2. Explanation, detail, example
    2. Minor support
      1. Explanation, detail, example
  2. Major Support
    1. Minor Support
      1. Explanation,detail example

Stage Three: Writing/Revising/Editing

After you have your outline gathered, now it is the time to put it onto paper. An essay is considered the expansion of your outline. Remember that drafts are meant to be redone in order to not make it perfect, but as good as it's potential. You always want to have someone else review your work to give thoughts and opinions on it. Peer reviews are a key role in writing and helpful for creating a complete piece. Ensure that you follow: (CLUESS) and (COPS). With these revision skills in hand, I'm positive that you can turn a frown upside down when reading a funny narrative.