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TEACHERS.NET GAZETTE
JANUARY 2001
Volume 2 Number 1

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This month Harry Wong sings the praises of the intrepid, forever under-appreciated classroom teacher.
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Effective Teaching by Harry Wong
Promoting Learning by Marv Marshall
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Jan Fisher Column
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School Psychologist by Beth Bruno
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Handle with Care
Parents' Eyeview
30 Years After Man Stepped On the Moon
Advanced Educational Technology
Attention Deficit Disorder
Benefits of the Sight Impaired in Your Class
Musical Plays for Timid Teachers
NBPTS: Portfolio Thoughts
Sources for Cheap Books
Interview: Nancy Salsman
Cardboard Houses to Curricular Concepts
New Teacher Induction Workshop
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Lesson #2083. Travel Brochure

Posted by Lavonda Walker, Claiborne County High School, Tazewell, TN (US)
Language, level: Senior; Materials Required: Use of computer lab including Internet, wordprocessing and publishing software, high quality paper
Activity Time: 1-2 weeks; Concepts Taught: Students will produce a tri-fold brochure encouraging travel in a European country.

GOALS: To write effective paragraphs that include factual information presented in a creative and interesting manner. The student will develop the structural and creative skills necessary to produce written language that can be read and interpreted by various audiences.

CURRICULUM STANDARD: Language Arts Grade 10: Writing - Write to acquire knowledge, clarify thinking, synthesize information, improve study skills, gain confidence, and promote lifelong communication.

OBJECTIVE: Students will learn and understand how to use the Internet for research through hands-on activities. Through practice, students will use publishing software to produce a brochure.

PROCEDURES:
1. Students will search the Internet for relevant information, copy to wordprocessor, and find pictures of 5 vacation sites in Europe and save to a disk
2. Students will analyze the material and choose information to make 1 tri fold, double sided brochure.
3. Upon completion, students will print brochure.
4.
ASSESSMENT: Printed brochures will graded on proper use of grammar and punctuation. All text must be originally written and creatively organized. Pictures must be relative to the vacation site.


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