Articles by Brian Tolentino

Writing Prompts!

If you want students to write more—celebrate their ideas. When students see their lives, perspectives, and ideas as unique—they become open to the idea of writing. Writing ”structured paragraphs” becomes a tool to harness THEIR ideas. I give my students an assortment of writing prompts with one goal in mind: Show off your ideas. I want students to experiment with ideas via writing. Here are some writing prompts I use. Students need to write 150 […]

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Edit and Rewrite the Quotes (Additional Worksheets!)

Here are some warm-up EDIT THE QUOTES activities I have uploaded to my TPT store. My goal is to provide worksheets that feature a variety of people (baseball players, football players, scientists, pop stars, writers, and more). I will be adding MANY more resources to this package. My goal on my TPT store is to OVERDELIVER. I am not there yet. TPT is new to me. I assure you, however, that if you purchase ANYTHING […]

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Taylor Swift: Edit and Rewrite the Quotes!

I just uploaded a new worksheet to my EDITING PACKAGE! You can get access to it by purchasing by EDIT THE QUOTE package below: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Edit-and-Restore-the-Quotes-Includes-Additional-Worksheets-10581695 I am slowly adding resources to this package. When you buy it, you get access to the resources I have uploaded already, and the resources will be uploading in the future. This is important to know because I have a few ideas up my sleeve. The more I experiment with […]

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Reading Tasks for RELUCTANT READERS!

I love pairing a text with a video. In fact, these activities have worked great with my students who HATE reading. These are the steps I follow for these tasks. Step 1: Play the video and have students watch. Step 2: Play the video and have students follow along on their worksheet. Step 3: Have students read the text with a partner. Step 4: have students answer the comprehension questions. I hope it helps! Reading […]

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Edit and Rewrite the Quotes by Albert Einstein!

Can your students edit and rewrite the quotes by Albert Einstein? You can get access to this worksheet by purchasing my EDIT THE QUOTE package. Link here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Edit-and-Restore-the-Quotes-Includes-Additional-Worksheets-10581695 I will consistently be adding activities to this package. Once you purchase it, you get access to everything I have uploaded in the past, and everything I will upload in the future! If you want access to my FREE Editing resources, click here:

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