- writing process
- writing to inform
- writing to persuade
- from the perspective of...
- stories, myths and narratives
- poetry
- folktales
- native literature
- publishing magazines, newspapers
KIDLINK students have an audience and a purpose for their writing and
are motivated to spend time on writing tasks. Spelling and grammar take
on new importance when global friends are interpreting the text.
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KIDLINK in the Classroom:
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Present Projects
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Draw
a Story For Me
aims to help younger children as they begin the big game of global
communication. Participating students will share drawings and images
that tell the stories of their own every day life. As they interact
with other students using art they will begin to recognize and celebrate
their cultural diversity.
- Grandmother
And Me - Students from around the world are encouraged to tell
everyone the name they call their grandmother, ways they spend time
(or did spend time) with their grandmother and why she is very special.
- Diamond
Poem Project - Draw a picture of you and write 5 sentences describing
you, and a diamond poem about you.
- Building
Bridges - The "Building Language Bridges" project is
designed to help us bridge language barriers that keep us from understanding
each other. We use Art, photographs, sound and video as special ways
to communicate about our everyday life.
- Who
Am I ? This program consisting of 6 different modules, helps the
students write the answers to their 4 questions, while discussing
topics such as Who amd I?, Where Do I Live?, What are My Rights?,
My Friends and Family, What are My Roots?, and Virtual Vacation.
- Hooked
on Books - To encourage children to identify what makes a book
appeal to them and be able to share this enthusiasm with members of
their own classes and students worldwide using e-mail and the World
Wide Web. To promote feedback and exchange of opinion by e-mail and
encourage the children to extend their reading and experiment with
new authors and genres.
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I
Have a Dream aims at helping kids and youth realize their
dreams about their future and a better world. Students are challenged
to plan, design, and implement an Internet based project to realize
their favored dreams in collaboration with peers in other countries.
- Kidwriters
Share your writing on all types of topics. (Archive
of Kidwriters)
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