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Using the Internet to Challenge Young Writers

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Designed as a professional development exercise to introduce teachers to the Internet, the activities in this resource ask novice web surfers to access a series of sites, bookmark them, and answer question about information found on the site.

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Research, the internet

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internet research, scavenger hunt, teacher education, english language arts
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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Research
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Year
1999
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