Articles by Brian Tolentino

Writing Prompt: Do Aliens Exist

I love ideas.  I love theories. I love it when students have unique viewpoints that they must write down and attempt to explain. Here is a fun prompt that will get students theorizing, arguing, and writing. I hope it helps! Worksheet More Prompts Here: If you like what you see, feel free to donate to Tolentino Teaching here:

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Punctuation Practice Activities

Many of my students rarely use periods and commas in their writing, which makes their ideas sound unclear and sloppy. The goal of the following tasks is for students to insert proper punctuation into the given paragraphs. I have found that the more we practice this, the more students will naturally insert punctuation into their own writing. The first set of videos includes a narration of the text. Students are expected to identify where the […]

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