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Writing Conventions

Sentence construction/syntax
 

 

Quick Guides:
Creating Picture-based Vocabulary/Word Banks
Creating Word Banks

While there is no technology that will construct sentences for students, there are several that will help them check their spelling, grammar, punctuation, and Language. Tool options include Read&Write's Check it feature, Grammarly (High school students only), and built-in spelling and grammar tools in Google Docs.

Spelling

 

Spell check is enough for many students.
Word prediction further assists students by predicting the correct spelling of words when just a few letters are typed or when the word is spelled phonetically.

Quick Quide: Word Prediction

Speech-to-text effectively eliminates the need to spell, but when used without direct instruction, can also create challenges with organization and other conventions of writing.
This is free and available to all students in Google Docs through Voice Typing, and can also be quickly accessed through a single-click on the  premium version of the Read&Write for Google toolbar (it is called Talk&Type on the Toolbar

Quick Guide: Speech to Text

Editing and revising

 

Students may benefit from using text to speech to listen to as well as read in order to “catch” errors.
Quick Guide: Text to Speech to support editing