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WEB SITE WORKSHOP IV!

At this point, we will begin to work on pages for the UDC Reading/Writing Connection.  By mutual agreement, we will each select topics that will form the heart of the web site.   Let's all agree that the pages we develop will conform to the following standards:
 

Relevant:  The activities and links will all be relevant to reading, writing, grammar, and particularly to the selected topic, relating reading and writing and keeping in mind the theme of connections.

Informative:  The page will contain interesting  information that will be new to the reader.

Clear:  The instructions and exercises will be written in clear, concise,  grammatical sentences.

Helpful:  The page will ultimately help students to become better and more appreciative readers and writers.
 

(In other words, we will try to get rich from the Internet, pardon the pun and acronym. :)

How will we do this?  First, open up your file from Workshop II where you created a list of your favorite sites.  Browse through your sites and try to analyze what you find appealing about them.


Exercise 1:  What five features characterize your favorite sites?  Write them here and be prepared to present them in a group discussion.
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Exercise 2:  What five features should characterize a reading and writing activity?  Write them here and be prepared to present them in a group discussion.
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Project for the afternoon:

Create a web page for your assigned topic.  Remember the  theme of reading/writing connections.  Keep it relatively uncomplicated, yet challenging. When you create an exercise, try it yourself.  Then give it to another person in the workshop to try. Give your web page the features that you wrote for Exercises 1 and 2.  If you are creating an exercise, make an answer key as well that links to the page.

Be sure to save your page with a file name that clearly identifies the topic, e.g. svagreement.


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