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Community Journals

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Students visit a multimedia online journal as a model for their research and journal about their own communities. They examine writing for themselves and writing for an audience as they study the community and present it in more than one media. They use cameras and recorders while creating a multimedia journal.

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observational skills, communication

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communications, communities, observational skills, english language arts
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Resource Details

Grade
7th - 11th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
14 days
Technology
Ed Software
Year
2004
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