ALEX Learning Activity Resources

ALEX Learning Activities

Title: Steps in the writing process
Description: Werdsmith turns our iPad, iPhone, or iPod into a portable writing studio. Werdsmith helps you organize ideas and thoughts, write and share.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (5) 24:

24 ) Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. [W.5.3]

a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator, characters, or both; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. [W.5.3a]

b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. [W.5.3b]

c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. [W.5.3c]

d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. [W.5.3d]

e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. [W.5.3e]

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Subject: English Language Arts (5)
Title: Steps in the writing process
Description: Werdsmith turns our iPad, iPhone, or iPod into a portable writing studio. Werdsmith helps you organize ideas and thoughts, write and share.

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Title: Want to become a published Author?
Description: Create illustrated books with super easy tools. Publish your own hardcover or paperback books. Promote them to our worldwide audience.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (5) 24:

24 ) Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. [W.5.3]

a. Orient the reader by establishing a situation and introducing a narrator, characters, or both; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. [W.5.3a]

b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations. [W.5.3b]

c. Use a variety of transitional words, phrases, and clauses to manage the sequence of events. [W.5.3c]

d. Use concrete words and phrases and sensory details to convey experiences and events precisely. [W.5.3d]

e. Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. [W.5.3e]

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Subject: English Language Arts (5)
Title: Want to become a published Author?
Description: Create illustrated books with super easy tools. Publish your own hardcover or paperback books. Promote them to our worldwide audience.

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Title: Brainstorming Ideas for a Narrative Story
Description: Animation Chefs are 3 young men who demonstrate podcasting and animation. They are inspirational and motivational to students, plus they provide a model for how to successfully create a movie from start to finish. In this learning asset students will view one specific lesson on establishing character, setting and problem for a narrative story.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (5) 32:

32 ) Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on Grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. [SL.5.1]

a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or studied required material; explicitly draw on that preparation and other information known about the topic to explore ideas under discussion. [SL.5.1a]

b. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles. [SL.5.1b]

c. Pose and respond to specific questions by making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others. [SL.5.1c]

d. Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussions. [SL.5.1d]

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Subject: English Language Arts (5)
Title: Brainstorming Ideas for a Narrative Story
Description: Animation Chefs are 3 young men who demonstrate podcasting and animation. They are inspirational and motivational to students, plus they provide a model for how to successfully create a movie from start to finish. In this learning asset students will view one specific lesson on establishing character, setting and problem for a narrative story.

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Title: Create Your Own Animation with Drawing Cartoons!
Description: Drawing Cartoons is a story-telling tool and animation app for Android devices. This app is an animation editor that allows you to easily create your own movies. All you have to do is create the key frames and the app fills in the missing slides to create a smooth animation! Students can use this tool to re-tell or summarize a story, or to create their own story. The students will be engaged and motivated because the app is fun and easy to use and they can share their animations with their friends.
Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (5) 27:

27 ) With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting. [W.5.6]

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Subject: English Language Arts (5)
Title: Create Your Own Animation with Drawing Cartoons!
Description: Drawing Cartoons is a story-telling tool and animation app for Android devices. This app is an animation editor that allows you to easily create your own movies. All you have to do is create the key frames and the app fills in the missing slides to create a smooth animation! Students can use this tool to re-tell or summarize a story, or to create their own story. The students will be engaged and motivated because the app is fun and easy to use and they can share their animations with their friends.

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