Text2Reader Resources February 2012
External Links
Exercise 1A: Making Meaning
Learn more about writing good dialogue on the following websites:
- Writing Character's Dialogue from Screenplay.Lifetips
- Dialogue: Just the Way We Talk from Blood Red Pencil
- Seven Keys to Writing Good Dialogue from Nathan Bransford's blog
- Dialogue and Detail from Peder Hill
Exercise 1B: Write It Down—Creating Believable Dialogue
Want to see amazing dialogue in action? Check out these YouTube clips. Don't just listen; watch the characters. Think about the words you would use to describe their actions and facial expressions as the conversation progresses.
Exercise 2C: Extending the Learning
Watch these short movies on climate change. Grab a few friends and talk about what you watch, using the following questions to guide your discussion.
- Green For All (2 min)
- Neglected Sky (2 min)
Exercise 2D: Using Your Intelligence
Five Ways Climate Change Affects Health from the Natural Resources Defense Council
Teaching Approaches for Addressing Multiple Intelligences
- Teaching Methods from Teacher Vision
Exercise 3B: The Graphic Tutorial
Create your own illustrated how-to with help from the following sources.
- Make your own comic at the Media Meltdown website
- Free comic creation for students (for schools too!) at Pixton.com
Exercise 4B: Extending the Learning
Team up with a partner to take an existing Wikipedia entry from a mere stub to a well-researched, fully-fleshed article.
POSSIBLE TOPICS
FIND YOUR REGION
Click on your state, province or city on the geography stubs page, and you'll find a number of links to choose from.
RESEARCH YOUR STUB PROJECT
Refresh your research skills with these tips on research skills from InfoPlease.
GO LIVE!
If you decide to "go live" with your edits, use Wikipedia's editing help page to guide you.
Exercise 5: Readers Theater
Aaron Shepherd's Tips on Staging a Readers Theater
More About the Topics Covered in Text2Reader
Bullying
www.StopBullying.gov
Climate Change
Climate Change Kids on www.EPA.gov
Climate.Nasa.gov/kids/