Children enjoy constructing the projects. What they really love is reading to their fellow classmates what they and their Internet partners have created. Purpose To encourage students to write by making it a part of their Internet experience. Procedure Following are three ideas that will help you integrate the Internet and your language arts curriculum. Try these after students have become e-mail partners, exchanged information and have started to get to know each other.
Many teachers use some sort of story starter to encourage children to write.
Here a story beginning is given to the class and each student composes a unique ending. The concept lends itself to collaborative teaching. Discuss with your teaching partner a general theme for the starter. Throw in a twist by having your students set the story in your local area. Keep the story manageable by limiting the length.