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The Art and Writing Connection:
Storybook Reviews

The Activity Center was an extension of the Workshop that offered participants an opportunity to work hands-on with the concepts discussed in the topic areas. During the Workshop, Activity participants designed an emergent writing unit based on a storybook of their choice.

Workshop Activities:

Books for Learning: Participants chose a book and evaluated it using the Books for Learning Checklist. They then used the format presented in Favorite Books for Learning to write a book review with goals.

The Art and Writing Connection: Using the book selected in Week 1, participants designed one light tech and one high-tech extension activity to promote independent creativity through art.

Making Writing Fit into Your Busy Schedule Using the book selected in Week 1, participants designed a simple light tech, device-based, or software-based story construction. Using the old story line, participants added new content (e.g., different characters, actions, descriptors used to fill in slots in the story line) in Weeks 3 &4.

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This material was developed by the National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP), located at Education Development Center, Inc. in Newton, Massachusetts.  NCIP was funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs from October 1, 1992 - September 30, 1998, Grant #H180N20013.  Permission is granted to copy and disseminate this information.  If you do so, please cite NCIP.   Contents do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Department of Education, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by NCIP, EDC, or the U.S. Government.  This site was last updated in September 1998.

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