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
Checks and Balances: Who Can Stop Whom?
Students match everyday-style scenarios to checks and balances, answer reasoning questions, and design a check of their own.
Career & technical ed.
Three Views of a Block Stack: Front, Right and Top
Students read number grids that show how many cubes are stacked in each spot, then work out the front view, the right-side view and the total cubes for three objects.
English language arts
Two Views of a Tide Pool: Comparing an Article and a Journal
Students compare an original science article and a personal journal entry about tide pools, analyzing purpose, tone and shared ideas.