English_Language+Arts_Reading

=Exploring Famous Ohio Landmarks =
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Area || Curriculum Standard(s) || Technology || Description || Supporting Resource || Tried and True (TT) or New and Innovative (NI) ||
 * Content
 * Language Arts ||
 * Writing Processes**

1. Generate writing ideas through discussions with others and from printed material. 2. State and develop a clear main idea for writing.

7. Create paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting sentences that are marked by indentation and are linked by transitional words and phrases.

9. Use available technology to compose text.

16. Prepare for publication (e.g., for display or for sharing with others) writing that follows a format appropriate to the purpose using techniques such as electronic resources and graphics to enhance the final product.

|| Blog, Microsoft Word || Students will choose their favorite Ohio landmark and do look up information for research.

Use these websites to find Ohio Landmarks:

[|World Web] [|Buckeye Landmarks]

Students will then use the information they found to write about the landmark going through the steps of the writing process.

Student's composition should have a paragraph that includes: Why it is famous Where it is located When it was built

They will use Word to originally compose their writing piece and make changes as needed. After they have edited their writing, they will publish their information on their blog with pictures of the famous Ohio landmark.

Students will then read the blogs of their peers and comment on at least one other student telling something they learned about a famous Ohio landmark. ||

The article by David Huffaker states that blogs are a powerful tool for education. The reason he supposes this is because blogs are easy for students to use, they can be accessed anytime there is an internet connection, they are multi-disciplinary, and promote literacy and collaboration. Blogs are also engaging for students because they are able to read about people that are the same age as them. Blogs can also be used to make comments and provide feedback which can be effective for correcting and editing writing. Furthermore, in using blogs students have to be able to read, write and have a certain level of technological literacy to construct and maintain a blog. However, the technology is not so difficult that it would be beyond student's understanding. || Tried and True (TT) Blogs have been around for quite sometime now; therefore, I think that this would be a tried and true method of teaching. Blogs have been most commonly used in language arts, but they are useful and practical for most all subject areas. ||