Featured Articles

Volume 4, Number 1:
Politics & Elections

These featured articles appeared in Volume 4, Number 1 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.

Quarterly newsletter featured articles in this edition included:

Learning to Write by Reading the News

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What's filled with current events and overflowing with writing craft? What's fairly inexpensive and easy to obtain? What's black and white and read all over? Using newspapers as a teaching resource is not new news. But teaching the craft of writing using newspapers may offer a classroom teacher surprising benefits. Learn how students can become better writers by studying the news.

Journalism and Baseball: America's Grand Pastimes

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If Who is on first and What's on second, then Where in the world is How, When and Why? Turns out that this famous, old Bud Abbott and Lou Costello comedy routine is a terrific marriage of two of my favorite things in the world, the relaxing rhythms of the sport of baseball and the inquisitive nature of the practice of journalism. Read more about Grant's approach to journalism.

Media Literacy & the Everyday Classroom

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What is media literacy? How can you incorporate media literacy into what you are already doing? The upcoming elections are a perfect opportunity to address media literacy in your classroom. Read this article to learn more about media literacy and discover ways to encourage critical media awareness.

"Hello, Primary Sources Speaking."

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Do you remember playing the telephone game as a kid? This article compares what happens to a message as it passes from one person to the next with what happens to so-called factual information as it makes its way across generations and various mediums. Check out this article for a review of primary and secondary sources, as well as links to related teaching resources.

Select an archived edition:

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