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10-Sentence Emoji Story Challenge!
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Ad Populum Fallacy (Appeal to Popularity): Lesson and Activity
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10-Word Stories (Flash Fiction Fun)
Creative muscles need to be built. The more we exercise our creativity with words, the more persuasive and precise our ideas will become. For the following activity, you need to write a ten-word story for each picture. And by ten, I mean exactly ten words. Not nine. Not eleven. ten. Writing ten-word stories–you see–is an intensely creative task. To capture the complexity of a story in such few words seems impossible. It forces you to […]
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What Message Does This Visual Convey?
When it comes to generating ideas, I have my students first stretch their thinking—then refine and condense it. Video Worksheet: Donate here:
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What Comes to Mind…?
Students need space to generate ideas. In fact, it’s only when they learn to uncover their unique, personal perspectives that I can truly begin to develop them as writers. The following task is one I plan to use randomly (yes, you heard that right). Not all of my lessons glide perfectly into each other. Sometimes, my students walk in, and I simply say, “Today, we’re working on ideas—so bring me fresh, innovative, and interesting ones.” […]
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