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Learner Profile - 4th grader learning about the American Revolution and the Boston Tea Party - Prior knowledge gained through classroom instruction - inconsistent legibility in writing - mental fatigue or tiredness while writing - has been diagnosed with dyslexia

5 Target Areas - Difficulty starting, developing, organizing ideas - Poor vocabulary - Organizational problems and elaboration difficulties - Easy distractibility during writing tasks - Many misspelled words

To Assist In Starting, Developing, Organizing Ideas http://videoplaylist.org/SupportingLearners password: astech Videoplaylist.org will allow the student to safely view curriculum-based videos to inspire the writing process. The teacher can set-up a playlist of developmentally appropriate videos the learner can access.

To Boost Vocabulary In Writing http://www.wordsift.com/ The teacher can quickly copy and paste a developmentally appropriate text into the text box to create a vocabulary word bank that allows the students to find, utilize and gain a deeper understanding of content-based vocabulary.

To Increase Organization and Increase Productivity in the Writing Process mywebspiration.com Students are able to categorize and map main ideas from instructional level text and from the teacher-created Word Sift.

The website allows the student to export the map into an outline format with visual supports.

Tea Party (Boston Harbor) I. Protest a. Tax i. Representation ii. Tea Act of 1773 II. Colonies a. American i. Colonist b. British i. Parliament ii. British East India Company III. American Revolution a. Coercive Acts of 1774 i. First Continental Congress

To Increase Attention and Focus During the Writing Process Add auditory cues throughout a rough draft template in a Microsoft Word document to increase elaboration and sustain student's focus during writing activities To Assist in Proofreading for Spelling Errors www.ghotit.com Students are able to insert their text the ghotit website, which uses context to proofread for spelling errors. media type="youtube" key="aypu_zNdIZ8" height="340" width="560"