Online Activities for Literacy
Turn it on & go:
OSSLT, ENG 1P, 2P, 3C & ESL development courses
****http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/
The Best one I’ve seen for the courses above is literacynet.org from CBS. Its totally free, totally organized, high interest and current. Go to current stories. The links on the left provide vocabulary teaching (by Quiz), cloze passage (word selection), multiple choice comprehension quiz, a sequencing exercise and a writing response activity. An outline view is included with the story.
This site is spectacular! It is targeted at high school kids and models literacy remediation strategies (like those used in “Stepping Out”). Teachers can use these in the classroom as paper lessons (you’d have to do a little cutting and pasting) or online to reinforce reading process. You can have students research information to use in conjunction with other projects while giving them the reading reinforcement they need. Use it as a model for subject specific reading assignments.
Check the archives. All the stories still work, and its really fun for kids to see their responses added. Most links in the archives still include streams of the original broadcast.
Because of the way they’re set up all of the stories meet the expectations for these courses. You can also see the instructor page for support http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/instructor.html
http://www.pitara.com/activities/quiz.asp
Pitara’s Quizomania links teach while requiring kids to read and interact with the computer. Appears to be based out of India, or have an Indian interest but its content has universal relevance.
“Browsing the Net”, “Film Making”, “Film Jargon” “Proverbally Your” , “Holi’s Here”, “Meaningful Flowers”, “Whose Who”, “StageoMania” and “Cinema, Cinema” can all help you meet expectations in the curricula listed above. Students can test their knowledge and get feedback.
Downside: The initial content delivery is not given as text. There is no mechanism for feedback to teachers. You would have to ask students to report if it mattered to you.
Turn it on & go:
OSSLT, ENG 1P, 2P, 3C & ESL development courses
****http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/
The Best one I’ve seen for the courses above is literacynet.org from CBS. Its totally free, totally organized, high interest and current. Go to current stories. The links on the left provide vocabulary teaching (by Quiz), cloze passage (word selection), multiple choice comprehension quiz, a sequencing exercise and a writing response activity. An outline view is included with the story.
This site is spectacular! It is targeted at high school kids and models literacy remediation strategies (like those used in “Stepping Out”). Teachers can use these in the classroom as paper lessons (you’d have to do a little cutting and pasting) or online to reinforce reading process. You can have students research information to use in conjunction with other projects while giving them the reading reinforcement they need. Use it as a model for subject specific reading assignments.
Check the archives. All the stories still work, and its really fun for kids to see their responses added. Most links in the archives still include streams of the original broadcast.
Because of the way they’re set up all of the stories meet the expectations for these courses. You can also see the instructor page for support http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/instructor.html
http://www.pitara.com/activities/quiz.asp
Pitara’s Quizomania links teach while requiring kids to read and interact with the computer. Appears to be based out of India, or have an Indian interest but its content has universal relevance.
“Browsing the Net”, “Film Making”, “Film Jargon” “Proverbally Your” , “Holi’s Here”, “Meaningful Flowers”, “Whose Who”, “StageoMania” and “Cinema, Cinema” can all help you meet expectations in the curricula listed above. Students can test their knowledge and get feedback.
Downside: The initial content delivery is not given as text. There is no mechanism for feedback to teachers. You would have to ask students to report if it mattered to you.
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