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Help SAVE AMERICA!!!   ….and maybe even THE WORLD by teaching your students how to disagree productively! (for the price of a couple lattes) “The beginning of thought is in disagreement, not only with others but also with ourselves.” -Eric Hoffer This engaging, research-backed debate packet equips students with the tools they need to navigate controversial or fun debate topics using a safe, four-step strategy based on modern psychology, neuroscience, and modern negotiation techniques. Instead

Ready to CHANGE THE WORLD? ***for the price of a couple lattes! : ) This is not just another packet of busy work. I swear, this persuasive Digital Wellness Booklet has the power to change minds about screen use. Built on advanced practical persuasive strategies grounded in modern psychological research and neuroscience, these activities are intentionally designed to shift students’ mindset from being an addicted phone user to wanting to change their digital

This packet is designed for struggling writers to write paragraphs, which require students to cite evidence. Two templates are provided, one for a paragraph integrating two pieces of evidence, and the other template for integrating one piece of evidence. Sentences starters (e.g. sentence stems) are provided that can be used in virtually any evidence based literary writing task. A sample paragraph is provided, along with a holistic scoring rubric and a self assessment checklist.

This is for reluctant writers to research and write about a belief that they hold. There are good and bad writing samples included, a step by step guide, and a holistic scoring rubric. This works well!

This is a fun activity for students draw a scene from a story that they are reading. Detailed directions require students to include several attributes to high light key components from the given text.

This persuasive writing task is for reluctant writers. There is a high degree of topic choice. An step by step outline, writing samples, and a scoring rubric is provided.

This easy to use paragraph template is designed to help any learner struggling write paragraphs that require students to cite evidence. A clearly defined paragraph structure is outlined with sentence starters (sentence stems) that can be used in virtually all evidence based writing tasks.