Playlist: Bookmarks
Halloween Problems and Solutions
When we try to solve a problem, sometimes we end up creating new problems. Which lead to new solutions. Which lead to new problems.
Super Specific Similes: Quick Baby
Let’s make this simile about a quick baby even more specific.
Robot Writing: Acropolis
One painting of ruins. Three robots. Three pieces of writing. Who wrote it best?
Words Within Words: Intro (SOLDIER)
How many words can you find within SOLDIER? 20? 35? 50? Even more!?
Looking Closely at Holiday Photos
Let’s write from multiple perspectives using an old timey holiday photo!
Not Like The Others: Penguins
Four penguins. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.
Racetrack – Race Around A Graph
How fast do you get your mathematical car going without crashing?
New Uses for a Paperclip
So what are some new ways to use a paperclip?
Notice, Wonder: Green Circles
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Writing Technique: 3 Dependent Clauses
A specific technique to help students add some spice to their writing. We’ll be writing sentences with three dependent clauses.
Story Starter: Out To Eat
Students pick from 12 random phrases to create a story about an incident in a restaurant.
Not Like The Others: States of Matter
How is each of the states of matter not like the others?
Writing A Thanksgiving Letter
What if an inanimate object could express thanks for a special person in your life? What would it write?
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.
Paragraphs: Systems of Sentences
Blow up a paragraph into individual sentences. Now reassemble it. The clues hiding in each sentence will surprise you.
Academic Love Letters
What if Kylo Ren wrote a love letter to Abe Lincoln or the Sahara Desert wrote one to the Moon?
Ways to Start a Sentence – Part 3
Your students’ sentences all start the same way. Here are three techniques that fix that overnight.
Ways to Start a Sentence – Level 1
‘Add more variety!’ teachers say. But how? This lesson gives students actual techniques instead of vague advice.