Arts
Write an Original Monologue: Plan, Draft, Revise
Students study an original monologue, learn the steps of playwriting, plan a character and write their own short monologue on paper.
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Career & technical ed.
Write It Professionally: Emails, Messages, and Voicemails
Students learn the parts of a professional message, rewrite a casual text, and draft a polite email and a short voicemail script.
English language arts
Write the Quiz: Question Levels for Any Reading
Students classify question types on a short passage, then write and swap their own reading quiz for their class text.
Science
Writing Formulas and Names for Ionic and Covalent Compounds
Students use a table of ion charges to write formulas from names and names from formulas, then practice prefixes for covalent compounds.
Communications & media
Yearbook Theme and Spread Planner
Students learn yearbook vocabulary, do a page-count budget for an invented 160-page book, and plan a theme and sketch a spread on paper.
Technology & computer science
Your Digital Footprint: Active, Passive and Permanent
Students sort online actions into active and passive footprints, judge sample posts, and write a personal pause test for sharing online.
Career & technical ed.
Your First Paycheck: Gross, Net, and a Simple Budget
Students calculate gross pay, a made-up tax withholding, and net pay for a part-time job, then build a weekly savings and spending plan.
English language arts
Zoom In on One Moment: Personal Narrative Workshop
Students practice showing instead of telling, collect sensory details for one small moment, and write the opening of a personal narrative.