Communications & media
Building a Speech: Hook, Preview, Body and Close
Students put a scrambled speech back in order, label its parts, and write their own hook, thesis and conclusion on paper.
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Social studies
Civic Duties vs. Civic Responsibilities: Case Studies
Students sort legal duties from voluntary responsibilities, work through three short civic case studies, and outline a plan for a community improvement project.
Communications & media
Impromptu Planning and Calming Speaking Nerves
Students learn two quick frameworks for impromptu speaking, plan timed outlines for everyday prompts, and match general nerve-calming strategies to their effects.
Study skills & advisory
Outlining Practice: The Rush Hour Puzzle
Students read an original passage about traffic, complete a Roman-numeral outline, and then write an outline of their own from a short paragraph.
English language arts
Plot Structure: Sorting the Story of the Missing Cash Box
Students read an original short story, sort its events into the parts of a plot, and plan a plot of their own.
Arts
Storyboard It: Plan a Six-Panel Comic Page
Students learn comic and storyboard vocabulary, then plan and sketch a six-panel page from a short story outline.