Create a Goal for the Week in 5 Words or Fewer
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20-Word Summaries
Providing examples of well-written summaries works well for my advanced students. However, my reluctant readers and writers often remain confused, even after seeing these models. For these students, I’ve found that writing 20-word summaries on topics connected to their prior knowledge is most effective. Here’s why: Students summarize things in their everyday lives. If I …
Who is on Your NBA Mount Rushmore?
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Choose Your Person of the Year for 2024!
Time magazine annually selects a “Person of the Year”—a person, group, idea, or object that has “for better or for worse… done the most to influence the events of the year.” Notable past honorees include Charles Lindbergh in 1927, Joseph Stalin in 1939 and 1942, American women in 1975, and Mark Zuckerberg in 2010. For …
You Get 10 Million Dollars If…!
So here is your situation. You are holding 10 million dollars right now. However, you only keep this money under certain conditions. A snail will chase you for the rest of your life, and if it touches you – you die. The snail can’t be killed. The snail knows your location at all times. The …
Declutter Your Writing
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