English language arts
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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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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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.
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Dialogue That Sounds Real: Punctuation, Tags and Action Beats
Students fix punctuation errors in sample dialogue, learn action beats, and write a short conversation in which one character wants something.
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Informative Paragraph: From Fact Cards to Finished Writing
Students sort eight fact cards about honeybee colonies into useful and off-topic, then turn the useful facts into a well-organized informative paragraph.
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Opinion Paragraph: Make Your Reasons Count
Students label the parts of a model opinion paragraph, then plan and write their own on a school-life question with two reasons and examples.
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PEEL It Apart: Writing an Analytical Paragraph
Students read a short original story passage, learn the PEEL paragraph structure, and build an analytical paragraph about a character.
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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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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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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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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.