ERIC Number: ED385749
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Aug
Pages: 3
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The Exchange--Best Teaching Practices from around Ohio. Teacher to Teacher.
Nixon-Ponder, Sarah, Comp.
This publication shares three "best teaching practices" as identified by the Ohio Literacy Resource Center from responses from Ohio's adult literacy programs. "Identifying Errors in Writing" (Mary Cupilary) is a writing improvement strategy/lesson that involves selecting one sentence from a paragraph written by each student, writing them verbatim on a large chart with no author identified, and using them to help students identify errors and correct usage in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. "Using Classroom Journals with ESL [English as a Second Language] Students" (Sandy Stewart) is designed around journal starters that are used to write one entry per class. The activity includes a teacher response to each entry, student creation of a spelling notebook from misspelled words, student creation of editing exercises, and compilation of journal entries into a book, generating text for the students to read. "Window on the World: Map Skills and Current Events" (Kathryn Jackson) involves the choice of four geographical sites each week from articles in the newspaper, social studies lessons, or students' requests; student location of specified information about the site and completion of exercises; and class discussion on Fridays of the sites and reason(s) why a site was in the news, of a theme for a social studies lesson, or something of particular interest. (YLB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Current Events, English (Second Language), Grammar, Journal Writing, Literacy Education, Locational Skills (Social Studies), Map Skills, Student Developed Materials, Student Journals, Teaching Methods, Writing Exercises, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Kent State Univ., OH. Ohio Literacy Resource Center.
Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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