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Icebreaker Activity: Share 3 Things From Your Bucket List!
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Create an Academic Goal for the Week!
If we want to take decisive action in life, we need clarity. We need to weed out distractions that steal our focus. For the following task, students need to make a goal for the week in five words or fewer. The purpose of this task is for students to declutter their minds and see things simply. Worksheet: If you want to support me in my quest to create THOUSANDS of FREE resources for teachers around
Choose Your Prompt (Writing Activities)
Here are mini-ebooks to motivate and encourage your students to write. The ebook format is “fresh” (at least that is why my students say). And students are given choice for each task – which they like. . Thanks again for the support and please share these with other teachers! Choose a Prompt #1: Choose a Prompt #2: Choose a Prompt #3: Choose a Prompt #4: Choose a Prompt #5: Choose a Prompt #6: Choose a
Video Response Worksheets (Sports)
I am constantly looking to find ideas and topics my students enjoy. The goal is to leverage their interests to develop them as writers. For the following worksheets, students need to scan the QR code, watch the video given, then complete the response questions. The objective is for students to gather three facts or ideas that intrigue them, then elaborate on one of those ideas. I want my students to learn how to “stretch” their