English language arts
Ad Techniques: Analyzing Two Invented Advertisements
Students analyze the techniques in two original ad texts, match lines to rhetorical devices, compare audience and appeals, and write an ad of their own.
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Anatomy of an Editorial: Claim, Counterargument and Rebuttal
Students take apart an original editorial about a graduation requirement, label its claim, reasons, counterargument and rebuttal, and evaluate how convincing it is.
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Any Novel: Character Map and Evidence Chart
Students build a character profile and relationship chart for a main character in any novel they are reading, with evidence from the text.
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Any Novel: Plot Diagram and Prediction Log
Students map the plot of any novel they are reading, log predictions with text clues, and analyze conflict and cause and effect.
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Be the Peer Editor: Checklists, Kind Feedback and Fixes
Students use an editing checklist on a sample student paragraph, judge feedback comments, give two stars and a wish, and fix the errors.
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Career Spotlight: Wildlife Rehabilitator (Summarizing)
Students read an original career article, take notes paragraph by paragraph, and practice writing a short summary.
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Character Creation: Build Someone Worth Reading About
Students fill in a character profile, match traits to showing details, and write the opening of a story about their new character.
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Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: A Timed Argument Paragraph
Students read made-up survey results, identify claims, evidence and reasoning, then write a timed argument paragraph about a school break.
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Claim, Evidence, Reasoning: Should the First Bell Ring Later?
Students read an original argument text about school start times, sort statements into claim, evidence and reasoning, and write their own CER paragraph.
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Comma Clinic: Lists, Introductions and Compound Sentences
Students learn three comma rules, add commas to eight sentences, answer two multiple-choice questions and judge three sentences in an error-detective table.
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Context Clue Detectives: The Lighthouse Keeper
Students read an original story, use context clues to work out eight vocabulary words, and use the words in sentences.
English language arts
Cover Letter Paragraph: Match Your Skills to the Job
Students study a made-up job posting and applicant, fix a weak cover-letter paragraph and write the opening, body and closing of a short cover letter.