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Lightning Bug - Your Writing Partner for Success

Lightning Bug is a versatile writing partner designed to guide students through the writing process from start to finish. With exercises suitable for writers of all levels, it offers quick links to mind maps, storyboarding, writing resources, and more. Visit the website for a wealth of tips and tricks, including printable worksheets and lesson plans to enhance classroom writing activities. Explore different writing styles and submit your work for potential publication or contests.

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Lightning Bug - Your Writing Partner for Success

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  1. Lightning Bug By: Julie Higgins

  2. What is Lightning Bug? • Lightning Bug is designed to be a writing partner to help students through the writing process from beginning to end • Writing exercises are designed for writers of any ability • Quick Links connect to mind maps, storyboarding, writing exercises, writing resources, the Digital Narrative, story voice and flow

  3. Visiting the Website • http://lightningbug.com.au/

  4. Tips and Tricks • Scroll to bottom of home page to access a variety of resources and navigate the website • Visit Quick Links to explore more options • Facebook page available for quick and easy access • Printable worksheets available for use while teaching about the various stages of the writing process

  5. Tips and Tricks Continued • Resources contain blogs about writing, articles, grammar lessons, creativity exercises, and writing software • Lesson plans take you to The Teaching Portal to help you plan for multiple lessons while teaching about the writing process

  6. Possible Classroom Applications • Use this website to teach about various stages of the writing process • Use writing exercises as a warm-up to other writing activities and get rid of writer’s block • Have students explore what type of writer they are to assist them with what type of story they want to tell • Students can submit various types of written work to publishers/contests

  7. Pitfalls to avoid • Be sure to examine links that are not kid-friendly • Some links lead to other outside websites that require fees to further access their resources • Avoid covering too much content in one day

  8. Similar Tools and Sites • http://www.thewritingteacher.org/ • http://writingfix.com/ • http://writingfun.com/writingfun2010.html • http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/index.htm • http://ttms.org/

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