Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 In a message dated 9/10/2004 10:08:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, eileenev2003@... writes: The question that I did have was what are " webs " ??? How do they work and where can I get them??? Eileen, You don't have to go anywhere to get them. You can draw them yourself. they're so-o-o-o easy to draw. Or I could send you a PDF file to print out. (I'm an illustrator and I do quite a bit of work for educational publishers. I've created so many webs over the years that I couldn't count 'em.) The idea is to create a visual way to set up and organize thoughts. A simple web is a circle in the middle with lines radiating out to other circles. You use it by writing the main idea in the middle circle. And the ideas that relate to it go into the outer circles. A simple example would be using it write about your favorite sport and things you like about it (a typical essay). Let's use baseball as the center idea -- the favorite sport. Around it, in the other circles, you'd add your reasons: play with my friends, get to wear a uniform, using my dad's mitt, love being outdoors, love stopping for ice cream on the way home, love/hate to be at bat, love sliding into base ... whatever the child thinks. Then he/she would start the essay by using the center section to make the first (introductory) sentence. " My favorite sport is baseball. Here are the reasons I like it. " Then start someplace and work your way around the circle making at least one new sentence for each circle. " I love to slide in to base because it's fun. " Or " I love to slide into base but my mother hates it because my uniform gets really dirty. " When Ian would start to write his essay/paragraph, he'd use very basic sentences. " I love to slide into bases. " When I would see that on his first draft I would write: Why? or Tell me why! with an arrow to that sentence. And Ian would go back to the computer and add in all the " becauses. " We actually say to " add the becauses " because that wod causes the child to add the details that are needed to make a better essay. They have to support their opinions and include details. They need the " becauses " but kids like mine tend to get only the basic idea onto the paper and that alone is a chore. He had to go back and add. Getting all that info onto paper in the first try was more than he could handle and when he was forced to try, he would shut down. He could tell it to me verbally, but when it arrived on the paper, there were no " becauses. " After a while Ian started to add those details on his own. When he got older the " why? " questions referred to the motivation behind a statement. For instance, in his elementary years it was why did the boy take and hide his grandfather's slippers? Ian told the story, what happened and that Grandpa got mad. He needed to the " why " in order to move forward in his analytical skills. In junior high it was: " why " is the choice of the title (Farenheit 451) so significant and " how " does it reflect the author's opinion on our society? The web is the starting point for the child to get the basic ideas out where they can look at them. Our kids, since they are D/HOH, have to have visual learning abilities. As Ian's hearing deteriorated he has needed to rely more on visual cues. The web layout was perfect. After a while the kids will make their our own webs with more big inner circles and interconnecting circles. For instance, take two characters from a book that you need to comapre for an essay. and Becky. (I'm making this up) You'd have two big circles with their names. In between them would be circles with lines going to both of those big ones. In those you'd put the things they have in common (10 years old, same 5th grade class, like chocolate). Out around the other sides you'd have cirlces that relate only to one character. might have lines to things like: good student, hates ice cream, loves wearing dresses. For Becky: has trouble in math, loves ice cream, loves wearing jeans. Often the teachers want to see parallel items (loves/hates chocolate, likes/dislikes Bobby). Or you could compare their reasons for doing things. Whatever addresses the issues they are suppose to be writing about. From that web the essay would start with the intro paragraph about the main circles. " In the book I just read there were two main characters. Thir names are Becky and . The girls have many things in comon but there are also things that are different. " Then there'd be a paragraph about each girl. And finally a paragraph (only a sentence or two) tying up the discussion. " I felt that Becky is more like me because I love chocolate but I hate ice cream. But I think I would like to be friends with because she has a dog and I've always wanted to have a dog " The webs get more complex as the projects get more complex. Last year Ian laid them out on 11x17 paper using not terribly big circles, just to get himself organized. He used one that big to write his report on Farenheit 451. He had to explain the character motivations as well as explain the author's social commetary. He needed to see it before he could outline it. And then he'd cross out each circle as he included it into the actual writing, so he'd know that he'd gotten it all. Okay ... I've rambled on for far too long. Anyone who is still reading, give yourself a pat on the back! Best -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 In a message dated 9/10/2004 10:08:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, eileenev2003@... writes: The question that I did have was what are " webs " ??? How do they work and where can I get them??? Eileen, You don't have to go anywhere to get them. You can draw them yourself. they're so-o-o-o easy to draw. Or I could send you a PDF file to print out. (I'm an illustrator and I do quite a bit of work for educational publishers. I've created so many webs over the years that I couldn't count 'em.) The idea is to create a visual way to set up and organize thoughts. A simple web is a circle in the middle with lines radiating out to other circles. You use it by writing the main idea in the middle circle. And the ideas that relate to it go into the outer circles. A simple example would be using it write about your favorite sport and things you like about it (a typical essay). Let's use baseball as the center idea -- the favorite sport. Around it, in the other circles, you'd add your reasons: play with my friends, get to wear a uniform, using my dad's mitt, love being outdoors, love stopping for ice cream on the way home, love/hate to be at bat, love sliding into base ... whatever the child thinks. Then he/she would start the essay by using the center section to make the first (introductory) sentence. " My favorite sport is baseball. Here are the reasons I like it. " Then start someplace and work your way around the circle making at least one new sentence for each circle. " I love to slide in to base because it's fun. " Or " I love to slide into base but my mother hates it because my uniform gets really dirty. " When Ian would start to write his essay/paragraph, he'd use very basic sentences. " I love to slide into bases. " When I would see that on his first draft I would write: Why? or Tell me why! with an arrow to that sentence. And Ian would go back to the computer and add in all the " becauses. " We actually say to " add the becauses " because that wod causes the child to add the details that are needed to make a better essay. They have to support their opinions and include details. They need the " becauses " but kids like mine tend to get only the basic idea onto the paper and that alone is a chore. He had to go back and add. Getting all that info onto paper in the first try was more than he could handle and when he was forced to try, he would shut down. He could tell it to me verbally, but when it arrived on the paper, there were no " becauses. " After a while Ian started to add those details on his own. When he got older the " why? " questions referred to the motivation behind a statement. For instance, in his elementary years it was why did the boy take and hide his grandfather's slippers? Ian told the story, what happened and that Grandpa got mad. He needed to the " why " in order to move forward in his analytical skills. In junior high it was: " why " is the choice of the title (Farenheit 451) so significant and " how " does it reflect the author's opinion on our society? The web is the starting point for the child to get the basic ideas out where they can look at them. Our kids, since they are D/HOH, have to have visual learning abilities. As Ian's hearing deteriorated he has needed to rely more on visual cues. The web layout was perfect. After a while the kids will make their our own webs with more big inner circles and interconnecting circles. For instance, take two characters from a book that you need to comapre for an essay. and Becky. (I'm making this up) You'd have two big circles with their names. In between them would be circles with lines going to both of those big ones. In those you'd put the things they have in common (10 years old, same 5th grade class, like chocolate). Out around the other sides you'd have cirlces that relate only to one character. might have lines to things like: good student, hates ice cream, loves wearing dresses. For Becky: has trouble in math, loves ice cream, loves wearing jeans. Often the teachers want to see parallel items (loves/hates chocolate, likes/dislikes Bobby). Or you could compare their reasons for doing things. Whatever addresses the issues they are suppose to be writing about. From that web the essay would start with the intro paragraph about the main circles. " In the book I just read there were two main characters. Thir names are Becky and . The girls have many things in comon but there are also things that are different. " Then there'd be a paragraph about each girl. And finally a paragraph (only a sentence or two) tying up the discussion. " I felt that Becky is more like me because I love chocolate but I hate ice cream. But I think I would like to be friends with because she has a dog and I've always wanted to have a dog " The webs get more complex as the projects get more complex. Last year Ian laid them out on 11x17 paper using not terribly big circles, just to get himself organized. He used one that big to write his report on Farenheit 451. He had to explain the character motivations as well as explain the author's social commetary. He needed to see it before he could outline it. And then he'd cross out each circle as he included it into the actual writing, so he'd know that he'd gotten it all. Okay ... I've rambled on for far too long. Anyone who is still reading, give yourself a pat on the back! Best -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 In a message dated 9/10/2004 10:08:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, eileenev2003@... writes: The question that I did have was what are " webs " ??? How do they work and where can I get them??? Eileen, You don't have to go anywhere to get them. You can draw them yourself. they're so-o-o-o easy to draw. Or I could send you a PDF file to print out. (I'm an illustrator and I do quite a bit of work for educational publishers. I've created so many webs over the years that I couldn't count 'em.) The idea is to create a visual way to set up and organize thoughts. A simple web is a circle in the middle with lines radiating out to other circles. You use it by writing the main idea in the middle circle. And the ideas that relate to it go into the outer circles. A simple example would be using it write about your favorite sport and things you like about it (a typical essay). Let's use baseball as the center idea -- the favorite sport. Around it, in the other circles, you'd add your reasons: play with my friends, get to wear a uniform, using my dad's mitt, love being outdoors, love stopping for ice cream on the way home, love/hate to be at bat, love sliding into base ... whatever the child thinks. Then he/she would start the essay by using the center section to make the first (introductory) sentence. " My favorite sport is baseball. Here are the reasons I like it. " Then start someplace and work your way around the circle making at least one new sentence for each circle. " I love to slide in to base because it's fun. " Or " I love to slide into base but my mother hates it because my uniform gets really dirty. " When Ian would start to write his essay/paragraph, he'd use very basic sentences. " I love to slide into bases. " When I would see that on his first draft I would write: Why? or Tell me why! with an arrow to that sentence. And Ian would go back to the computer and add in all the " becauses. " We actually say to " add the becauses " because that wod causes the child to add the details that are needed to make a better essay. They have to support their opinions and include details. They need the " becauses " but kids like mine tend to get only the basic idea onto the paper and that alone is a chore. He had to go back and add. Getting all that info onto paper in the first try was more than he could handle and when he was forced to try, he would shut down. He could tell it to me verbally, but when it arrived on the paper, there were no " becauses. " After a while Ian started to add those details on his own. When he got older the " why? " questions referred to the motivation behind a statement. For instance, in his elementary years it was why did the boy take and hide his grandfather's slippers? Ian told the story, what happened and that Grandpa got mad. He needed to the " why " in order to move forward in his analytical skills. In junior high it was: " why " is the choice of the title (Farenheit 451) so significant and " how " does it reflect the author's opinion on our society? The web is the starting point for the child to get the basic ideas out where they can look at them. Our kids, since they are D/HOH, have to have visual learning abilities. As Ian's hearing deteriorated he has needed to rely more on visual cues. The web layout was perfect. After a while the kids will make their our own webs with more big inner circles and interconnecting circles. For instance, take two characters from a book that you need to comapre for an essay. and Becky. (I'm making this up) You'd have two big circles with their names. In between them would be circles with lines going to both of those big ones. In those you'd put the things they have in common (10 years old, same 5th grade class, like chocolate). Out around the other sides you'd have cirlces that relate only to one character. might have lines to things like: good student, hates ice cream, loves wearing dresses. For Becky: has trouble in math, loves ice cream, loves wearing jeans. Often the teachers want to see parallel items (loves/hates chocolate, likes/dislikes Bobby). Or you could compare their reasons for doing things. Whatever addresses the issues they are suppose to be writing about. From that web the essay would start with the intro paragraph about the main circles. " In the book I just read there were two main characters. Thir names are Becky and . The girls have many things in comon but there are also things that are different. " Then there'd be a paragraph about each girl. And finally a paragraph (only a sentence or two) tying up the discussion. " I felt that Becky is more like me because I love chocolate but I hate ice cream. But I think I would like to be friends with because she has a dog and I've always wanted to have a dog " The webs get more complex as the projects get more complex. Last year Ian laid them out on 11x17 paper using not terribly big circles, just to get himself organized. He used one that big to write his report on Farenheit 451. He had to explain the character motivations as well as explain the author's social commetary. He needed to see it before he could outline it. And then he'd cross out each circle as he included it into the actual writing, so he'd know that he'd gotten it all. Okay ... I've rambled on for far too long. Anyone who is still reading, give yourself a pat on the back! Best -- Jill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Jill: Thank you soooooo much for that explanation (yes I did make it to the end) of webs. I hope my son CJ is as excited as I am about using them. Eileen in Florida, mom to son CJ (6 3/4 with bilateral moderate/severe loss - aided with FM) daughter ( 3yo hearing) -- In Listen-Up , JillcWood@a... wrote: > > In a message dated 9/10/2004 10:08:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > eileenev2003@y... writes: > > The question that I did have was what are " webs " ??? How do they > work and where can I get them??? > > > > > > Eileen, > > You don't have to go anywhere to get them. You can draw them yourself. > they're so-o-o-o easy to draw. Or I could send you a PDF file to print out. (I'm > an illustrator and I do quite a bit of work for educational publishers. I've > created so many webs over the years that I couldn't count 'em.) > > The idea is to create a visual way to set up and organize thoughts. A simple > web is a circle in the middle with lines radiating out to other circles. You > use it by writing the main idea in the middle circle. And the ideas that > relate to it go into the outer circles. > > A simple example would be using it write about your favorite sport and > things you like about it (a typical essay). Let's use baseball as the center idea > -- the favorite sport. Around it, in the other circles, you'd add your > reasons: play with my friends, get to wear a uniform, using my dad's mitt, love > being outdoors, love stopping for ice cream on the way home, love/hate to be at > bat, love sliding into base ... whatever the child thinks. > > Then he/she would start the essay by using the center section to make the > first (introductory) sentence. " My favorite sport is baseball. Here are the > reasons I like it. " Then start someplace and work your way around the circle > making at least one new sentence for each circle. " I love to slide in to base > because it's fun. " Or " I love to slide into base but my mother hates it because > my uniform gets really dirty. " > > When Ian would start to write his essay/paragraph, he'd use very basic > sentences. " I love to slide into bases. " When I would see that on his first draft > I would write: Why? or Tell me why! with an arrow to that sentence. And Ian > would go back to the computer and add in all the " becauses. " We actually say > to " add the becauses " because that wod causes the child to add the details > that are needed to make a better essay. > > They have to support their opinions and include details. They need the > " becauses " but kids like mine tend to get only the basic idea onto the paper and > that alone is a chore. He had to go back and add. Getting all that info onto > paper in the first try was more than he could handle and when he was forced to > try, he would shut down. He could tell it to me verbally, but when it arrived > on the paper, there were no " becauses. " > > After a while Ian started to add those details on his own. When he got older > the " why? " questions referred to the motivation behind a statement. For > instance, in his elementary years it was why did the boy take and hide his > grandfather's slippers? Ian told the story, what happened and that Grandpa got mad. > He needed to the " why " in order to move forward in his analytical skills. In > junior high it was: " why " is the choice of the title (Farenheit 451) so > significant and " how " does it reflect the author's opinion on our society? > > The web is the starting point for the child to get the basic ideas out where > they can look at them. Our kids, since they are D/HOH, have to have visual > learning abilities. As Ian's hearing deteriorated he has needed to rely more on > visual cues. The web layout was perfect. > > After a while the kids will make their our own webs with more big inner > circles and interconnecting circles. For instance, take two characters from a > book that you need to comapre for an essay. and Becky. (I'm making this > up) You'd have two big circles with their names. In between them would be > circles with lines going to both of those big ones. In those you'd put the things > they have in common (10 years old, same 5th grade class, like chocolate). Out > around the other sides you'd have cirlces that relate only to one character. > might have lines to things like: good student, hates ice cream, loves > wearing dresses. For Becky: has trouble in math, loves ice cream, loves > wearing jeans. > > Often the teachers want to see parallel items (loves/hates chocolate, > likes/dislikes Bobby). Or you could compare their reasons for doing things. > Whatever addresses the issues they are suppose to be writing about. > > From that web the essay would start with the intro paragraph about the main > circles. " In the book I just read there were two main characters. Thir names > are Becky and . The girls have many things in comon but there are also > things that are different. " Then there'd be a paragraph about each girl. And > finally a paragraph (only a sentence or two) tying up the discussion. " I felt > that Becky is more like me because I love chocolate but I hate ice cream. But > I think I would like to be friends with because she has a dog and I've > always wanted to have a dog " > > The webs get more complex as the projects get more complex. Last year Ian > laid them out on 11x17 paper using not terribly big circles, just to get himself > organized. He used one that big to write his report on Farenheit 451. He > had to explain the character motivations as well as explain the author's social > commetary. He needed to see it before he could outline it. And then he'd > cross out each circle as he included it into the actual writing, so he'd know > that he'd gotten it all. > > Okay ... I've rambled on for far too long. Anyone who is still reading, give > yourself a pat on the back! > > Best -- Jill > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Inspiration turns a web into an outline, and can transfer that to a word processing program. You can download a 30 day trial of the software from their website: http://www.inspiration.com/home.cfm The best price I've seen for Inspiration, including regular ebay postings and teacher catalogs, is from Scholastic, with no taxes or shipping charges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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