English language arts
Research Planning on Paper: Topic, Question, Keywords, Sources
Students narrow broad topics into research questions, match source types to their uses, and build a one-page research plan without using the internet.
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Resume Bullet Points: Action Verbs, Details and Results
Students learn what makes a strong resume bullet, then rewrite four weak bullets and write one about their own activity.
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Revising with the Five Senses: Bring a Flat Paragraph to Life
Students identify the senses in sample phrases, plan sensory details for a flat paragraph, and revise it so a reader can see, hear, smell and feel the scene.
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Revision Workshop: Cut, Swap, Sharpen
Students diagnose problems in a weak draft, revise it under a word-count limit, write a paragraph under numeric constraints, and give partner feedback.
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Root Detectives: Greek and Latin Roots
Students use a chart of eight Greek and Latin roots to decode words, complete sentences with root words and reason about unfamiliar words.
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Same News, Five Tones: Diction and Connotation
Students compare five announcements of the same event, name each tone, point to the word choices that create it, and rewrite one in a new tone.
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Sentence Combining: From Choppy to Smooth
Students learn five ways to combine short sentences, practice with short sets, and revise a choppy paragraph.
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Setting and the Five Senses: The Laundromat at Closing Time
Students find sensory details in a model passage, rewrite bland sentences, and describe a school location using four or more senses.
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Small Moment Story: Zoom In on Ten Seconds
Students study a short model story, plan a single small moment, and write a narrative paragraph that shows feelings through actions.
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Socratic Seminar Prep Sheet for Any Text
Students prepare quotes and open questions about their current class text, then hold a respectful circle discussion and reflect on it.
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Speaker, Audience, Purpose: Reading Five Short Texts
Students analyze five very different original short texts for speaker, audience, purpose and clues, then rewrite one for a new audience.
English language arts
Spot That Fallacy: Nine Faulty Arguments
Students match nine original examples to the logical fallacy each one commits, pick the sound argument, and repair a flawed one.