http://christo.edublogs.org Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:58:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en About the Genre of horror stories, the typical elements that they have is suspense,  and  entertainment (keeps you reading it until the climax and then boom, you’re hit with so much emotion and you feel like you are inside the book) and most horror stories can be quite scary and ... http://christo.edublogs.org/2009/09/25/the-horror-genre/ The Active Voices page will contain a variety of written pieces in which students have very specific purposes and audiences in mind. These will range from writing to inform, to describe, to explain through to expressing a grievance. Read and enjoy as more pieces are added and see how young ... http://christo.edublogs.org/2009/09/24/active-voices/ My students were introduced to the concept of writing in various genres which involved a lot of reading of various genre types, workshopping by writing short pieces in different genres and finally writing a sustained piece of writing in a particular genre. I have a couple of examples on the ... http://christo.edublogs.org/2009/08/23/genre-writing/ Angelo's piece of writing comes from a young person who is part of a group of students who best respresent what it means to be Australian: a diverse group comprising different cultural bacgkrounds and experiences, but who are united in the most important ways possible. (Christo) http://christo.edublogs.org/2009/07/15/what-it-means-to-be-australian/ This story (Senior Voices Page) is centred on two young teenagers who make the foolish mistake of playing with fire, their fleeing and their capture. The story was written with the hope that it may shine light on the consequences of one’s actions including the devastating damage they can have on ... http://christo.edublogs.org/2009/04/20/australian-identity-the-bushfire-starters/ If a student ever approaches you with a desire to write a novel, to publish their writing or to find out how to go about doing so, then take the time to encourage them and try to put them on the right path. This was the case with the writer of ... http://christo.edublogs.org/2009/03/22/creative-writing/ Please take time out to visit the "Free Writing" page to the read one student's tribute to the community of Marysville which was devastated by the recent bushfires here in the state of Victoria (Australia). She wrote this as part of a free writing task prior to the bushfires but nevertheless ... http://christo.edublogs.org/2009/02/23/a-tribute/ Some of the best writing from students can occur when so many of the restrictions we teachers are apt to impose are removed. Often it is enough just to let students put pen to paper and write on topics which suit them.  On the free writing page on this blog you'll ... http://christo.edublogs.org/2009/02/22/free-writing/ STORIES POEMS ESSAYS REVIEWS POSTERS BIOGRAPHIES AUTOBIOGRAPHIES REFLECTIONS SATIRE HOW TO INSTRUCTIONS INFORMATIVE AND MUCH, MUCH MORE !!!!!! ALL PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY STUDENTS WITH THEIR KIND PERMISSION http://christo.edublogs.org/2009/01/30/welcome-to-student-voices/