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75 8th Grade Writing Prompts Students Can’t Resist Responding to

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All you need is designated time in your class, the right writing materials, and a prompt that really inspires them. This list of 8th grade writing prompts is sure to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards!) ” You’ll also find tips for getting middle schoolers to write in every class. Yes, even math!

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94 Intriguing Writing Prompts for High School

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High schoolers write a lot every school day. How can you help them improve their writing skills and have fun at the same time? Thats where daily writing prompts come in! Write a thank-you note to someone in your life. Have students write to the prompt before class begins. Do you like watching sports live or on TV?

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Creative Approaches for Developing Essay Writing Skills

Ask a Tech Teacher

The Ask a Tech Teacher team came up with fresh rules we think are less threatening and more geared to enabling students to enjoy this important writing style. Start small. Mastering these basics is akin to acquiring the essential building blocks that will enable you to construct a sturdy and aesthetically pleasing literary edifice.

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What All High Schools Can Draw From Career and Technical Education Programs

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Students started to have rich discussions about what the purpose of school should be and tapped into their creativity to find unique ways to represent their ideas through writing, images, audio or video. CTE programs are uniquely positioned to build interdisciplinary connections because of the focus on real-world application.

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How to Weave Advisory into Academics — Plus 10 Resources for Teaching SEL

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In my third year, I decided to write my own advisory curriculum, grounded in debate and civil discourse. Life is interdisciplinary, and while our education system has finally started to acknowledge this (e.g. I can say with confidence my students didn’t learn anything in advisory in my first two years teaching it.

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Inspiring… or not

Dangerously Irrelevant

Writing for and advocating to authentic audiences around societal issues that we’re passionate about is inspiring. Writing 5-paragraph essays about books that we don’t care about is not. Interdisciplinary learning that is seen by students as meaningful, authentic, and connected to the real world is inspiring.

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Transforming Adult Students into Scholars

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It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. They’re all adults enrolled in the university’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program. They want to read and write and think. Should their essays have a thesis statement? She promises to share an example essay soon.

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