TIPS Volume 3, No.9
May, 2003

     Grade Level Key 
     Suitable for elementary school= Elem, Suitable for middle school= Middle
     Suitable for high school= High, General interest= Teachers

Editor: Jeffrey L. Jones,
District Tech Resource Teacher
jjones@fayette.k12.ky.us
This website is intended for the instructional use of students and staff of Fayette County Public Schools.

TIPS Literacy on the Web
Suitable for elementary schoolSuitable for middle schoolSuitable for high school TALK
Suitable for elementary schoolSuitable for middle schoolSuitable for high school Literary Book Club
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Nutrition


http://itech.fcps.net/talk/lesson_display.asp?lessonID=96

This multiple day activity focuses on nutrition and the health individuals. Students are put in the role of a writer for a newsletter for the Nutrition for Children Association. Students complete a Webquest to learn about nutrients, the food pyramid, and dietary guidelines. Students are then directed to create a newsletter that will be sent to the homes of American adolescents to inform them of good health practices. One can choose to do parts of this lesson or complete it in its entirety.

Nutrition webquest: http://itech.fcps.net/trt10/webquests/nutrition.htm

  • Submitted to TALK by: Kim Overstreet
  • Grade Levels: Middle
  • Technology Tools: Microsoft Publisher, Internet
  • Content Area(s): Science,
  • Keyword: Nutrition

We would love to include your technology based literacy activities on this site as well! If you would like to submit your own lessons, use our submission page, or you can contact Adam Brewer by email for assistance with any part of the site.


Submitted by Mike JohnsonMike Johnson
Literary Book Club

Attention, Teachers! Below is an example review from the Literary Book Club. Have your students submit their own book reviews! All grade levels welcome! Instructions are on the site.

Attention, kids! Students with featured reviews get free books!

Title: Single Mom Reviewer: Ragine
Author: Tyree, Omar Teacher: Schlich, Phyllis
Illustrator:   School: Tates Creek High

Review: 
Most single mothers don’t get a lot of credit. People think they are going to fail, not accomplish anything, and they also make it seem harder than it really is. Well Single Mom, by Omar Tyree tells you how a mother of two growing boys succeeds at things she wants to do and more, with the words and comments from friends and family.

Living in Chicago, Illinois, and raising two young men for Denise Stewart isn’t too bad.

Jimmie, the father of her first and oldest son, suddenly wants to play a major role in her sons life. Walter the father of her second child is trying to gain custody of her son. Dennis is a truck driver that is falling in love with Denise and her two boys, and all the while she runs her own business, co-chairs a single mothers program with her best friend Camilia,

and struggles to keep the faith of her family. When she finally thinks that things are at there best, her success takes an all-new meaning in her increasingly complex life.

A little after ten years of raising her boys, she finds herself involved with both of her babies fathers along with a new man.

Omar Tyree offers a provocative look at the emotional lives of three black men as they grapple with their lives and changing views as fathers and lovers. “I had became something else, some different kind of women,” Denise says as she tries to hold the family together. But when worse comes to worse, Tyree creates a single mother of striking character and independence. When you think of single mothers, don’t think of negative things-just think of amazing people.

Submitted by Adam Brewer
Adam Brewer