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Persuasive Writing

Objective: Identify persuasive writing techniques using effective outlines.
Activities:
1) Students will decide if they are pro or con on the following issue: Changing the drinking age to 24. They will decide ahead of time is they are pro: “Change the drinking age to 24″ or con “Keep the drinking age at 21″
2) They should do some

Writing Italics

Exercises for fine writing. (warm up)
Pupils are asked to do exercises with fingers, for example, pretending to play the piano, typing, climbing along a rope. (5/10 minutes)
They copy on a ruled paper for first grade specially created for them, the letters of the alphabet, uppercase and lowercase letters, in italics.
They should not be in a

Virtual Rock Lab

TSW – Categorize rocks into the Three Main Classes
Arizona State Standards: Strand 6 – Concept 2; PO 1 and 2
Activities:
1. After the students have been introduced, and have learned about the rock cycle and the three main classes of rocks, the students will be given an opportunity to categorize 15 different rocks into Igneous, Sedimentary,

Political Cartoons

Objective: Students will be able to
• identify a political cartoon
• explain what they are used for
• how the illustrator goes about getting across his/her message
Model:
1. Begin by explaining to the class what a political cartoon is and remind them of some of the political cartoons you may have already shown them
2. Next, place a current

Conflict in the Middle East

Objectives:
• The students will formulate questions that can be answered by historical study and research and be able to determine the credibility and bias of primary and secondary sources.
• The students will describe current (Middle East) events using information from various sources including the internet, books, magazines, maps, etc.
• The students will analyze how these