Written+Expression

=Production=

“Hurry. Open the box!” screamed __ Tony __. To their amazement, __ The Hulk __ leaped out of the box and started singing “__ Mary Had a Little Lamb __.” There was nothing else to do but sing along. || Go to Talk-it-out "My Story" and "Student Work", where students type in their story, then it's animated.
 * ===Idea=== || ===Technology or activity=== || ===Use=== || ===Example=== ||
 * ====Listen to text==== || Voki || Animated figures read text (keyed or pasted in). Students hear misspellings, lack of punctuation, fluency, etc. || Choose a topic. The teacher starts writing the first sentence. Students add to the previous sentence until all students have written. Students listen to the story then each student edits and changes what is written to produce a better story. Students evaluated each other’s results. ||
 * Fun || @http://www.eduplace.com/tales/ || Enter in words for categories or parts of speech etc. and end up with a wacky tale. || **The Box** The doorbell rang. __ Tony __ and __ Mary __ raced to the door. There on the doorstep was an enormous, __ strange __ box. What could be inside? They __ quickly sprinted __ the box into the __ kitchen __. __ Mary slowly __ put her __ arm __ close to the box. She thought she heard a voice whisper, “__ oh no __!”
 * Writing aids || [[file:Transition words.docx]] || When writing, start with a green (puzzle piece) word, use yellow (puzzle piece) words, end with a red (puzzle piece) word. || In the beginning............, Next.......... After that.......... Furthermore........... Finally........ That's why......... ||
 * || Reading with Expression.docx || Use for the student to hear why punctuation is needed ||  ||
 * || Basic writing skills bbc || From the basics of a sentence to paragraph writing || Word Grammar, Sentence Grammar, Adding Words to Make a Sentence, Building up Paragraphs, Descriptive Paragraphs. ||
 * || Masterpiece sentences || Change simple noun and verb sentence into something amazing. || "The bird flew." becomes "At sunset, with wings outstretched, a thousand giant white seagulls that emerged from the clouds soared above the thundering tide." ||
 * || Narrative Organizer || To organize a plot to help write a story. || Ex. The boy, wanted a new bike, he didn't have any money, he got the idea to sell his old toys, he got the money to buy the bike and did. ||