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Writing Openers and Fluency Toolkit
Writing Openers and Fluency Toolkit
Writing Openers and Fluency Toolkit provides two essential resources for upper elementary, middle school, and high school teachers. The first serie...
By Mark Pennington
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Subject: Expository Writing, Grammar, Writing Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Adult Education, Homeschooler Duration: 1 Year
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Grammar Openers Toolkit
Grammar Openers Toolkit
Grammar Openers Toolkit provides 64 “openers” to teach students all the grammar, mechanics, and spelling that they need to become effective wri...
By Mark Pennington
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Subject: ELA Test Prep, Grammar, Spelling Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Adult Education, Homeschooler Duration: 1 Year
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Into The Wild Openers
Into The Wild Openers
I use openers to start the class, allowing me to take roll, etc. These ten-minute short writings show me what students understand about the previo...
By Connie
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Subject: Expository Writing, Grammar, Literature Level(s): 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: 1 Month
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The Book of ELA Openers
The Book of ELA Openers
English-language arts (ELA) teachers all face the same problems: too much to teach and too little time for students to learn. The traditional Big ...
By Mark Pennington
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Subject: ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Grammar Level(s): 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: N/A
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Critical Thinking Openers Toolkit
Critical Thinking Openers Toolkit
Critical Thinking Openers helps 7th—12th grade students learn metacognitive (thinking about thinking) strategies and problem-solving skills. This...
By Mark Pennington
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Subject: For All Subject Areas Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A
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Rhetorical Stance Openers Toolkit
Rhetorical Stance Openers Toolkit
Rhetorical Stance Openers Toolkit helps upper elementary, middle school, and high school students learn and practice the elements of rhetorical sta...
By Mark Pennington
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Subject: Creative Writing, English Language Arts, Expository Writing Level(s): 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A
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Writing Tips, Samples and Prompts by Angela Gall
Writing Tips, Samples and Prompts by Angela Gall
Angela Gall, an English teacher for 13 years, has created forty writing tips for students to develop as stronger writers. Each of the forty reprod...
By Angela Gall
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Subject: Writing Level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A
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25 Exciting Writing Activities
25 Exciting Writing Activities
This is a collection of 25 writing activities that can stand alone as assignments or be used as part of a larger unit. Several activities include s...
By Belinda Bair
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Subject: Creative Writing, Expository Writing, Writing Level(s): 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: N/A
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Writing Interest Arousers/Openers
Writing Interest Arousers/Openers
This is a document with 5 techniques students can use to begin a paper. Each technique includes an example (followed by a topic sentence) and an ad...
By Marc Stern
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Subject: English Language Arts Level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Duration: 1 hour
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40 Great 10-Minute Writing Topics
40 Great 10-Minute Writing Topics
These 40 10-minute topics are GREAT for pre-writing exercises or journaling....
By Constance Bleam-swift
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Subject: English Language Arts Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, Homeschooler Duration: Other
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Men the Majors Missed – Writing Biographies of Negro Baseball
Men the Majors Missed – Writing Biographies of Negro Baseball
Overview: A biography is the story of a person’s life written by someone else. A biographer deals with facts instead of creating the stories an...
By Jeanne Guthrie
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Subject: English Language Arts Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, Homeschooler Duration: 2 Weeks
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Unit Writing Activities About Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
Unit Writing Activities About Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
This is a multi-task unit using the Navajo Code Talkers of WWII as the source of information. Students learn the history of these brave, but slowl...
By Jeanne Guthrie
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Subject: English Language Arts Level(s): 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th Duration: 2 Weeks
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Letter Writing: The Lost Art
Letter Writing: The Lost Art
Abstract: So much history has been learned from the letters and diaries that were so carefully and thoughtfully written in the past. Today, letter...
By Jeanne Guthrie
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Subject: English Language Arts Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Homeschooler Duration: 1 Week
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Imagining to Music - writing exercise
Imagining to Music - writing exercise
This creative writing activity uses music as the prompt for writing - great group activity for critical thinking skills....
By Ginna Wilkerson
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Subject: English Language Arts, Music Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th Duration: 1 hour
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Creative Writing - Walk a Mile in My Shoes
Creative Writing - Walk a Mile in My Shoes
creative writing lesson for classroom use...
By Ginna Wilkerson
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Subject: Creative Writing Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: 1 hour
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Essay Architect Writing System: 104-Page Teaching Guide
Essay Architect Writing System: 104-Page Teaching Guide
This Essay Architect Writing System contains over 100 pages of handouts, worksheets and activites to teach the skill of essay writing with ease. Pl...
By Secondary Solutions
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Subject: English Language Arts, Expository Writing, Writing Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A
Type: Lesson Plans (Bundled), Unit Plans, Whole Courses

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Writing Prompts and Activities for Eric Carle Stories
Writing Prompts and Activities for Eric Carle Stories
What child doesn't enjoy stories by Eric Carle? Here you will find five writing activities / prompts for students in grades two through four. Inc...
By Lisa Bates
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Expository/Explanatory Writing Using Human Rights
Expository/Explanatory Writing Using Human Rights
This unit was designed (and taught) for a grade 5-7 mixed ability group. If you want to get your students to think about the world around them ...
By Nascar_girl_24
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Subject: Expository Writing, Writing, Other (Social Studies - History) Level(s): 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Duration: 3 Weeks
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Spanish Pronoun (direct and indirect) Writing Activity -Powerpoint
Spanish Pronoun (direct and indirect) Writing Activity -Powerpoint
Students enjoy practicing pronouns forms with this powerpoint activity. It is called "Contra el Reloj." On each screen there are 4 sentences with u...
By Jos76
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Subject: Foreign Language, Spanish Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: 45 Minutes
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Business Letter lessons, letter writing, Block letter lesson
Business Letter lessons, letter writing, Block letter lesson
Here are some very useful handouts to use while teaching the business letter. Once the students have these handouts, there are many ways for them t...
By Adam Erickson
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Subject: ELA Test Prep Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: 2 hours
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ELD, ESL writing Prompts, alternative writing assignments
ELD, ESL writing Prompts, alternative writing assignments
Here are a number of ready-to-go ELD (English Language DevelopmentA.K.A., ESL, EL) prompts that you can use for your ELD students if they are main...
By Adam Erickson
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Subject: EFL - ESL - ELD Level(s): 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: 1 Semester
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Essay, essay writing lessons and handouts, composition instruction
Essay, essay writing lessons and handouts, composition instruction
Here is a set (updated in 2011)of fifteen, or so, handouts and project-able documents that will be very useful in teaching essay writing. The packa...
By Adam Erickson
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Subject: English Language Arts, Expository Writing Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: 1 Year
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Prompts for journal or analytical writing , universal writing prompts
Prompts for journal or analytical writing , universal writing prompts
Here are some very useful writing handouts to use while teaching a series of booksin other words here are some great universal writing assignments...
By Adam Erickson
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Subject: Expository Writing Level(s): 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: 1 Year
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Writing News Leads
Writing News Leads
This unit is designed for one class, 1 - 3 hours, for beginning students in communication or journalism. Included are a set of activities and exerc...
By Joy Holster
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Subject: Journalism Level(s): Higher Education Duration: 2 hours
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June: Purposeful activites for Math. Writing, and Reading for Kinderg
June: Purposeful activites for Math. Writing, and Reading for Kinderg
This set inlcudes resources for watermellons, ants, insects, and picnics. It includes predictable books, math activites, and writing resources....
By Kristen Walsky
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Personal Narrative Writing Assignment with Rubric
Personal Narrative Writing Assignment with Rubric
With the personal narrative writing assignment, you will receive a project sheet, two detailed brainstorming assignments for students to engage in ...
By Kathryn Craig
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Subject: English Language Arts Level(s): 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: N/A
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Generating Ideas for Writing Stories
Generating Ideas for Writing Stories
This lesson provides activities and instruction for students to generate ideas for writing stories using their own personal experiences triggered b...
By Emily Ray
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Subject: Creative Writing Level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: 45 Minutes
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Macbeth Act III Writing Assignment
Macbeth Act III Writing Assignment
Macbeth Act III Writing Assignment Choose one of the six questions at the end of Act III on page 155 and answer it paragraph form. Your parag...
By Lonnie Jones Taylor
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Volcano writing activity
Volcano writing activity
This is a writing activity that can be used after learning about volcanoes....
By Kristen Tyson
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Subject: Earth Sciences Level(s): 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Duration: 30 Minutes
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Writing Ideas for November
Writing Ideas for November
November Project can be completed as a whole writing project which includes research, expository, narrative, etc. or use as individual writing idea...
By Edward Kemp
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Subject: Creative Writing, Expository Writing Level(s): 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Duration: 3 Weeks
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Great First Writing Assignment of the year!
Great First Writing Assignment of the year!
This is a great writing assignment that's quick and perfect for the start of school or the semester before you launch into a themed unit or work of...
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Subject: Expository Writing Level(s): 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: N/A
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Great Memoir reading and writing unit resources
Great Memoir reading and writing unit resources
A lot here to talk about. So say you wanted your students to write a narrative or reflective essay focusing in on one particular moment... Well....
By Http://www.learning-centered.c
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Subject: Expository Writing Level(s): 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: 2 Weeks
Type: Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson Plans (Bundled)

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Awesome Editorial Persuasive Writing Assignment
Awesome Editorial Persuasive Writing Assignment
Whether you're teaching journalism, a persuasion unit or helping your students with expository composition, this assignment is an excellent way of ...
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Subject: Expository Writing, Writing, Balanced Literacy Level(s): 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Adult Education, Homeschooler Duration: 2 Weeks
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Technical Writing Assignments: Survivor Challenge, Diagrams Roadmap,
Technical Writing Assignments: Survivor Challenge, Diagrams Roadmap,
Three technical writing assingments include writing "how to" directions, presenting the information to the class, and/or writing a short story show...
By Toni Erro
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Haiku Writing Assignment
Haiku Writing Assignment
This is a writing assignment that has students write a haiku after studying haiku. It includes a rubric to grade the poem. The rubric is totally ...
By Renee Bogacz
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Subject: Creative Writing Level(s): 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Duration: 3 Days
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Descriptive Writing- Show, Don't Tell
Descriptive Writing- Show, Don't Tell
This worksheet follows a mini-lesson (also included) to help students see the difference between telling (Miss Shannon was angry) and showing (Miss...
By Dyan Branstetter
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Subject: Creative Writing Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th, Homeschooler Duration: 45 Minutes
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Searching for Style in Writing
Searching for Style in Writing
While about how authors use style to enhance their writing, students can search for examples using books from the classroom library. The preview is...
By Dyan Branstetter
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Writing Ideas Generator
Writing Ideas Generator
This worksheet is a list of questions to help students generate ideas for creative writing. It can be used at the beginning of the year, or as need...
By Dyan Branstetter
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Subject: Creative Writing Level(s): 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschooler Duration: N/A
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Real World Persuasive Writing Assignment
Real World Persuasive Writing Assignment
This is a great and motivating real-world persuasive writing assignment where students get to pick their topics and write on real-world issues to r...
By Marc Stern
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Subject: English Language Arts Level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, Homeschooler Duration: 4 Days
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Writing Prompts - Part of the
Writing Prompts - Part of the "Now or Later" Series of Activities
This resource forms part of a pack of “Now or Later” resources, designed for supply teachers and subs to use as stand-alone activities when no ...
By Sos Supply
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Subject: Creative Writing, Short Stories, Writing Level(s): Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A
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"Beowulf" Writing Activity
This standards-based writing activity for "Beowulf" engages students to showcase their deep understanding of the story by writing a creative story ...
By The English Guy
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Subject: English Language Arts, Literature, Reading Level(s): 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A
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Dystopian Creative Writing Assignment
Dystopian Creative Writing Assignment
This standards-based creative writing assignment asks students to write their own dystopian short story. You can use this assignment as a way to t...
By The English Guy
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Subject: English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Literature Level(s): 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Homeschooler Duration: N/A
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Expository Writing Conference Form
Expository Writing Conference Form
This is a form that will work with any expository writing topic. It can be used for peer revision or by the teacher to provide feedback on a stude...
By Renee Bogacz
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Subject: English Language Arts Level(s): 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Duration: 30 Minutes
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT-Thesis Writing Exercise
ADVANCED PLACEMENT-Thesis Writing Exercise
This is a thesis writing activity designed for the Advanced Placement U.S. History exam to introduce students to a thesis statement....
By Joseph Tusing
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Subject: U.S. History Level(s): 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Homeschooler Duration: 30 Minutes
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"Survivor" Writing Sample
The is a great introductory writing topic to open up the school year related to the television program "Survivor". The essay can also be used to en...
By Marc Stern
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Writing Sample: Graduation Speech
Writing Sample: Graduation Speech
This is a great beginning or end of the year writing sample topic where students are asked to write his/her own graduation speech about their accom...
By Marc Stern
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Subject: English Language Arts Level(s): 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Duration: 1 hour
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How Stuff Works Expository Writing
How Stuff Works Expository Writing
This is a great writing and PowerPoint project to help students develop a how-to writing. How-to writing is also a great way to teach transitional ...
By Marc Stern
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Subject: Expository Writing Level(s): 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Duration: 3 Weeks
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Kinder2010 Sight Word Writing and Reading - Part 1
Kinder2010 Sight Word Writing and Reading - Part 1
See a sample of the writing, before and after, at http://Writing.HighAchievement.org You can hear the actual audio of Part1 on our phone record...
By Listen And Achieve
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Current Events: Writing Non-Fiction
Current Events: Writing Non-Fiction
This unit is designed to be in addition to a regular English curriculum and achieves two purposes. Students rewrite current events and in doing so...
By Constance Bleam-swift
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Escaping the Spanish Inquisition Writing and Performing a Skit
Escaping the Spanish Inquisition Writing and Performing a Skit
This lesson focuses on the concept of survival in a society which is intolerant of ones religion. In groups students will write and perform a skit...
By Michael Schepps
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Subject: Middle Ages Level(s): 7th Duration: N/A
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