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TEKS ELA Standard: 6.11.B
compose informational texts, including multi-paragraph essays that convey information about a topic, using a clear controlling idea or thesis statement and genre characteristics and craft
Depth and Complexity Frame Intro: Power
Where does your power come from? Students map the power in their own lives, the power they hold and the power others hold over them. Then they discover that power never sits still. It shifts over time, and much of what belongs to others now will move to them.
Summer Activity Pack
A worksheet pack featuring writing prompts, a summer essay project, a science-based escape room activity, and image analysis prompts.
What If… Long Life?
What would the consequences be if all people lived much, much longer?
Not Like The Others: Types of Volcanoes
Which of these types of volcanoes is not like the others?
Analyze Paragraphs: Baseball
Three paragraphs about baseball. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.
Analyze Paragraphs: Empire State Building
Three paragraphs about the Empire State Building. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.
Analyze Paragraphs: Wolverines
Three paragraphs about wolverines. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.
Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective)
Want something to do during the holiday season that is both fun and involves thinking? Get students writing about what a snowman would think about Halloween or what a ghost would think about Thanksgiving.
Create A Civilization: A Change In Government
It’s a great moment for your civilization! Power is moving from the hands of a few to a more democratic government.
What Would Poetry Think About Prose?
Poetry and Prose meet at a party. What would they say to each other? How would they feel about each other’s style?
Upgrading Compare and Contrast Writing
Upgrade compare and contrast writing with just a couple of key words.
Create A Creature
Create a new creature based on the adaptations of existing creatures from the same biome.