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Where can I get appropriate teaching materials (suitable for high school) inexpensively?
http://www.ebstc.org/TechLit/TL_Front.html
While there are several very good commercially published technical writing textbooks for high school, if your budget is limited or if you want to experiment without investing heavily first, try the free instruction-writing and description-writing exercises publicly shared on the Technical Literacy Project branch of the East Bay Chapter Society for Technical Information web site
This site offers a classroom-ready student version and an annotated, explanatory teacher version of 20 technical writing exercises (plus supporting guidelines and suggested extensions). All have been refined over several years of use in California public schools, and both sets have earned the "Best" (five-star) rating from previous users at the University of Washington's tc.eserver.org digital library.
http://www.maxteaching.com/ (click on Anticipation Guides and other materials)
At the beginning of class, most teachers use some form of an "anticipatory set" to get students thinking about the subject matter. The new information is often then "presented" in some format such as lecture, video, teacher-led discussion, etc. The presentation of new information is usually followed by some form of check such as a worksheet or quiz. The Anticipation Guides provided by MAX Teaching include statements about the topic to be discussed in class. These guides are designed to engage students in predicting and discussing about what they will read, providing focus during reading, and giving students concrete statements about which they can debate after the reading.
(For more information about anticipation guides: click here)
Recent research has demonstrated that students can improve their reading levels by two or more years over a six month time period when exposed to learning through these strategies.
Technical Mathematics I & II (Curricular elements)
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/mathematics/05_techmath_1.html
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/mathematics/06_techmath_2.html
More web resources
http://englishplus.com/grammar
http://www.writerswrite.com/technical/techlink.htm
http://www.copyright.gov/
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