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Free Resource: Book Tasting! (by Matty Cline)

*Check out this resource from Matty Cline! If you would also like to share a resource of yours and have it featured on Tolentino Teaching’s website and social media–please email your resource at tolentinoteaching@gmail.com Last year, I hosted a book tasting for my students and transformed the classroom into a full-on fine-dining restaurant. Think tablecloths, (fake) candles, and carefully curated tables. Each table featured a small selection of books, along with a “menu” that gave a short

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FREE Resources From Teachers!

Here are some cool resources created by Stefania Benner! Click Here for the Presentation https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15NRIwu5dZgYTZIwbzuBmh18j1_rM8pLsYDENCMyuhgI/edit?usp=sharing 2. Lyrics Between the Lines: Using Song Lyrics in Writing (Created by Stefania Benner) Click Here for the Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lDzuMt5GBgrIla0E3QhhFmLqZFpdLK-4oRQ93VFAyKg/edit?slide=id.gf8898db865_0_63#slide=id.gf8898db865_0_63

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Think-Write-Pass (Sentence Structure Practice)

Hello and welcome to Think-Write-Pass. Your mission in this challenge is to work together with your classmates to create a unique and imaginative story—one sentence at a time. Here’s how it works: You’ll write the first sentence of a story, then pass your paper to the person next to you. They’ll read what you wrote and add the next sentence. Then you’ll receive a new story from someone else and continue their story. Each sentence

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