Here is your task. For one minute you are going to write and draw pictures on any topic you choose, as long as you use your opposite hand. That’s right, your opposite hand. If you are right handed, you will write with your left hand. If you are left handed, you will write with your right hand. After writing and drawing for one minute, you will exchange your piece of art with a classmate. At […]
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Hello and welcome to Catch a Liar There are two kinds of people in this game: liars and truth tellers. The liars must write a story from their life that is a lie. And the truth tellers must write a story from their life that is true. The trick is for the liars to make their stories sound true, and for the truth tellers to make their stories sound like lies. The twist in this […]
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Hello and welcome to Emoji Story. Your mission is to tell a story using the emojis given in this video. For each emoji you will have two minutes to write. You will be given one emoji at a time and you will have a total of five emojis. Use the first emoji to write the beginning of your story, or the exposition. Use the second emoji to introduce a conflict to your story. Use the […]
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A biography is an account of someone’s life, written by someone else. For this activity, you will be a biographer. You will write the story of someone’s life. In this case, you will write the life story of three emojis. That’s right, you will write the life story of three emojis. Your writing will clearly be a piece of fiction since–well–these emojis are not real people. And if you didn’t know that already, I’m sorry. […]
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At Tolentino Teaching, our mission is to create writers. We believe humans are driven by ideas. And the best way to find oneself and create oneself is to take action on our ideas. You see, at Tolentino Teaching we believe in the individual. We believe the quirks, desires, dreams, and ponderings of each person–that inner voice that is unique to you–well–that, we believe, is your calling. And everytime you refuse to take action on your […]
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