Ick. Homework. As a sixth grade language arts teacher I try to get writing into my classroom whenever I can. I have a weekly writing assignment due each Friday that is completely done at home. The final draft does not have to be printed from a computer- it can be hand written - but most students have access to a computer somewhere and do bring it in printed. I am going to spend time going through the options available through Microsoft Word that I was not aware of before reading this book. Word research tool? What? All of these things have been available- and I had no clue! We will definitely discuss the thesaurus available right there for word choice improvement. The Flesh-Kincaid grade level rating I think will be very interesting to them. They will enjoy seeing what rating their writing receives and I will help them learn some tips for raising that level. Also, autosummarizing? I didn't know that existed! We will use that tool in many different ways this year I hope.
The Flashacrd Exchange website also looks like a good site for reviewing vocab words.
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