Featured Articles

Volume 3, Number 3: Project Based Learning

These featured articles appeared in Volume 3, Number 3 issue of the Write Connections quarterly newsletter. View or download other archived newsletters, a topical organization of all newsletters, or sign-up to receive notification when the next newsletters are ready to download.

This quarterly newsletter featured articles includes:

A Project-Based Learning Primer

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This is a brief description of what Project Based Learning is and the difference between it and a traditional application project.

Multi-genre Writing Projects

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Discover another method to move away from the traditional abridged-style reports that mark the end of a literature unit to a Literature-Based Multi-genre Project (LBMP), which allows the student to demonstrate "what sticks" in a piece of literature covered in class through multiple writing genres.

The Discovery Project

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Here is a way to transform boring rote memorization and bland map activities into a project that allows students to become familiar with other students in the class, discover more about their learning style, and master many aspects of understanding physical landforms.

Project Based Learning: A Trip to the Zoo

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This is a brief description of a Project Based Learning example for a trip to the zoo which can be adapted to any primary grade level.

Writing Solutions: Dialogue Instead of Description

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There are many challenges when teaching students how to write well and one issue commonly raised is teaching students to insert detail into a running dialogue. Read these practical tips!

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Volume 4, Number 4

Diversified Instruction

Volume 4, Number 3

Going Green

Volume 4, Number 2

Memoirs

Volume 4, Number 1

Politics and Elections

Volume 3, Number 4

English Language Learner

Volume 3, Number 3

Project Based Learning

Volume 3, Number 2

Research

Volume 3, Number 1

Writing Across the Curriculum: The Arts

Volume 2, Number 4

Writing Across the Curriculum: Social Studies

Volume 2, Number 3

Writing Across the Curriculum: Science

Volume 2, Number 2

Writing Across the Curriculum: Mathematics

Volume 2, Number 1

Writing Across the Curriculum: Language Arts/Reading

Volume 1, Number 3

Poetry in the Classroom

Volume 1, Number 2

Writing Across the Curriculum: general theme

Volume 1, Number 1

Effective Writing Prompts: general theme