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Writing Compound Sentences
Students work with subjects, predicates, and conjunctions to write compound sentences.
Robot Writing: Acropolis
One painting of ruins. Three robots. Three pieces of writing. Who wrote it best?
Concept Attainment: Hornet vs Tiger
Can your class spot the vertebrates vs invertebrates?
Writing in Pilish
Pi can go beyond circles! What if you wrote using the digits of pi as your guide?
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.
The Pros and Cons of Producers and Consumers
Sure, students might know the difference between a producer and a consumer… but have they considered how they feel about each other? What, in a producer’s opinion, are the pros and cons of a consumer?
Writing Seuss Style Poetry
Sure, Dr. Seuss wrote for young students, but can older students analyze his writing and learn to mimic his style? THEN, they can produce Seuss-style poetry about any topic: Ancient China, the electromagnetic spectrum, Pride and Prejudice, and (yes) fraction division!
What Do Mean and Median Mean?
When will mean and median give us different results?