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Holidays writing-expository simulations for Microsoft Word
Heart Transplant Debate - Argument, Persuasion, Line of Reasoning, Team Building
The Heart Transplant debate is a great entry to a unit on persuasion/argumentation. It's also a fantastic tool to teach Line of Reasoning through experiential learning. This activity provides an opportunity for students to apply knowledge of general debate skills as well as locating and citing appropriate evidence. Two articles are linked as sources and pre-reading to this debate. My students loved arguing for their "client" and this debate got them out of their seats. I used this as an opportun
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Debate Bundle - Debates, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics, Templates, Scaffolds
Math Role-Playing Game (Trip Planners): Travel Cards 1-20
Trip Planners is a role-playing game that integrates math, geography, and writing. Students begin with a folder that includes an expense ledger, spiral notebook for journal writing, laminated United States road map, and a United States road atlas. Using the laminated road map, students plan a cross-country road trip. Next, students begin with $5,000 in their expense ledger. Students randomly choose a travel card. Each travel card represents one day of traveling on the road and include food
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4th - 8th
Lincoln Assassination Trial of Mary Surratt: The Conspirator
This is a simulation of the trial of Mary Surratt. Your students will be assigned a key figure in the case. The students will research their character and their characters connection to the events and the trial. The students will simulate the trial and come to their own conclusion as to whether Mary Surratt was guilty.
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4th - 12th
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Ecological Footprint: What if Earth were an apple Lab activity with answer KEY
Use an apple to demonstrate the size of earth vs. the amount of useable space. Serves as a great introduction to the topics of sustainability, natural resources, population growth, ecological footprints, and tragedy of the commons.
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Not Grade Specific
Halloween Party - Math Problem Solving
In this activity, students will be planning a Halloween party for their class. They will need to "purchase" supplies for their party using a budget that you set. I set a budget that forces the students to make budget choices, i.e., I don't give them enough to buy everything they want. Students will work in partners to plan their party, making decisions based on their budget constraints. Students are also asked to perform some data analysis on the party choices. This is a good activity to do
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3rd - 7th
Sample College Application Essay
I wrote this sample college application essay as an example of how to be concrete and descriptive while also explicating key elements of personality. It is meant to model the necessary balance between establishing one's credentials as a skilled descriptive writer and as a thoughtful, reflective individual.
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11th - 12th, Adult Education
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Sample Introduction of Expository or Informative essay
Provided here is a model or sample introduction of an informative essay. Writing Whiz uses a sample introduction to outline, demonstrate, and explain how students should create the introduction to an informative essay; start with a catchy first line. This leads into an anecdote or examples, statements on the importance of the topic, and a final thesis statement or specific topic sentence. The introduction sets up the entire rest of the essay. Of note are the strong verbs, transitions (no repeati
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6th - 9th
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La chasse aux sorcières - jeu de rôles
Activité de pensée critique et créative où les élèves se mettent en équipes de sorcières accusés de différentes crimes par une équipe d'inquisiteurs. Se base dans le jeu d'Alibi. Excellent pour étudier l'extrêmisme religieux, le biais, l'évidence valide et la pensée flexible. Le "guide pratique pour identifier une sorcière" et l'explication du plan de leçon sont en anglais, mais avec titres en français, et la simulation elle-même est en français. Très amusant, et adaptable pour les sciences
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8th - 12th
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Rhetoric - SOAPS, RAFTS chart for writing
This chart can help students write in different modes as they consider the "SOAPS" elements of writing: Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, and Subject.
Use this to guide students as far as "Role/Speaker" and "Format/Purpose" when coming up with writing prompts.
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8th - 12th
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Expository Essay Prompts - 4th Grade
Three expository essay prompts intended for 4th Grade Writing composition practice and assessment. These prompts meet the criteria set forth by the Grade 4 Writing STAAR.
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4th
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Expository Writing Prompts, Visualizations: Easy Step-By-Step Instructions
When it comes to writing, many students are given a prompt and told to begin writing. No time is given to preparing to write, resulting in substandard written responses. I have developed a prewriting step-by-step process, designed to enable students to write far more detailed, well thought out responses to assigned prompts. Steps include:1. Relaxation2. Visualization3. Questioning (serves as a plan)4. WritingWith these steps, students can form a clear vision about the topic or prompt that is gi
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3rd - 5th
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The Admissions Game, 1840
Your US history class (grades 7 and up) becomes the Admissions Committee for the fictitious United States University, inducting its first Freshman class in 1840. Which movers and shakers of the day will be accepted? Your students will write Recommendation Letters for their candidates and then your whole class becomes the admissions committee. Rebels and radicals, businessmen, literary figures, soldiers and diplomats, inventors will all be present. There are only nine slots! Who will be admitted?
Grades:
7th - 12th
The Creature Feature
A fun group activity for students to practice using Punnett Square, Genotypes and Phenotypes, and dominant and recessive traits.
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6th - 12th
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EDITABLE STAAR Writing Template!
Tired of using the same five writing prompts from the TEA website to practice for STAAR? Then download this template, designed to look exactly* like the page on the STAAR test (down to the page number), and start writing your own!
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6th - 7th
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Timed or Speed Writing: Informative or Expository
Writing Whiz has created a complete guide to administering a timed or speed writing exercise focusing on informative writing. Included are instructions on how to administer timed writing in your classroom, a model of what you want your student to accomplish, a rubric that the students and teachers will use to grade the timed writing, and three prompts that can be used. The rubric asks students to increase their word count, vary their transitional words and phrases, improve their weak verbs, and
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6th - 9th
Game of Concrete Nouns
The students play with the differences between abstractions and concrete nouns. Writing concretely is an important step toward writing vividly. See my Atlantic article on the subject. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/the-secret-to-good-writing-its-about-objects-not-ideas/263113/
This game helps train students to be vivid and specific and keeps them from floating away on a tide of abstract ideas.It requires a white board and an actively listening instructor.
You do it after
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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VALENTINE'S SPEED DATING
THIS IS A BRILLIANT GAME FOR VALENTINE'S DAY! Tried by many teachers in several countries and students simply love it :) I have played it a lot of times with students of different age categories and it was always great fun. The product includes 10 identity cards for five male and five female players. Each student is given one identity card with information. A teacher can also give students name badges with their new names. Students are given a couple of minutes for identifying with their new ide
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Not Grade Specific
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4th grade Writing Process
This document is to be use as a teacher guide on how to teach the Writing Process for 4th grade STAAR. I have used this process as a teacher and coach, and all my students have benefited from it.
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3rd - 7th
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