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Classroom community resources for Easel and for GATE

Analyzing Wise Sayings

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20 printable or digital pages to help students think critically about the wisdom or wise sayings that we hear so often. Students explain what the phrases mean and why they are so powerful, analyzing wise sayings like:A goal without a plan is just a wish.Actions speak louder than words.Rudeness is the weak person’s imitation of strength.Just be yourself.Everything happens for a reason.Be a voice, not an echo.Live life to the fullest.Think before you speak.The tongue has no bones, but is strong e

Subjects:

Character Education, Classroom Community, Critical Thinking

Grades:

5th - 10th

Types:

GATE, Homework, Printables

CCSS:

W.5.1

, W.6.1

, W.7.1

, W.8.1

, W.9-10.1

Freedom, Death, Love, Loneliness, Boredom, and Happiness (Writing Prompts)

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The Gifted Writer

10 printable or digital writing prompts to help students write about love, loneliness, boredom, death, and happiness:FREEDOM: I watch them wander by, free to roam, free to stay, free to fly. And here I am, stuck, miserable, angry. I am not happy. Why me? Why this torture, this isolation, this pain? Why can’t I be free?DEATH: The millipede only thought of escape, as the brightness exposed her to danger and death. Get away! Flee! I must not be taken alive.LOVE: The yellow-bellied slider

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Creative Writing, School Counseling

Grades:

5th - 12th

Types:

GATE, Printables, Independent Work Packet

CCSS:

W.5.2

, W.6.2

, W.7.2

, W.8.2

, W.9-10.2