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How is a fifth-grade teacher with no administrative experience planning to transform a low socioeconomic school as its principal or "lead learner" using project-based learning?
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POW! A Peanuts Collection
Make a study of Charles M. Scultz's famous comic strip Peanuts in your language arts class. Class members read and discuss the baseball-themed book POW! A Peanuts Collection. After talking about themes and vocabulary, they complete...
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Learn Zillion: Simplify Research Notes
In this lesson, you will learn how to simplify your notes by deleting repeated information. [5:00]
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Learn Zillion: Generate Topic Ideas for Argumentative Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to generate ideas for an argumentative essay by making a list of topics. [4:28]
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Learn Zillion: Brainstorm Topics for an Argumentative Opinion Essay
In this lesson, you will learn how to brainstorm opinion topics by considering issues in the world that you think about a lot. [4:55]
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Learn Zillion: Develop a Thesis and Supporting Reasons
In this lesson, you will learn how to develop essay points by writing your thesis statement and listing reasons in order of importance. [3:46]
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Learn Zillion: Connect Examples, Body Paragraphs, and Reasons With the Thesis
In this lesson, you will learn how to make your essay flow by connecting your examples, facts, and reasons to your thesis. [3:14]
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Learn Zillion: Organize Ideas and Evidence for Responding to Constructed Response
In this lesson, you will learn how to organize your evidence by writing supporting paragraphs. [5:31]
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Learn Zillion: Revise and Explain Evidence in Argumentative Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to revise your argumentative essay by telling the reader how the evidence proves your point. [4:51]
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Learn Zillion: Organize Research Notes Using an Information Web
In this lesson, you will learn how to organize your research notes by using an information web. [4:43]
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Learn Zillion: Draft an Introductory Paragraph for an Argumentative Essay
In this lesson, you will learn how to write an introductory paragraph by hooking your reader and stating your thesis. [4:18]
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Learn Zillion: Introduce a Topic Clearly
Writers introduce a topic clearly. Let's practice introducing a topic by describing it using background information. [11:51]
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Learn Zillion: Develop and Organize Supporting Ideas in Argumentative Writing
In this lesson, you will learn how to organize and develop supporting reasons by using boxes and bullets. [4:32]
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Learn Zillion: Determine a Research Question
In this lesson, you will learn how to determine your research question by reviewing your notes and asking, "What do I want to teach others?" [4:04]
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Learn Zillion: Develop Supporting Evidence for a Persuasive Letter
In this lesson, you will learn how to develop strong supporting evidence by including cause and effect. [3:58]
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Learn Zillion: Generate Research Questions
In this lesson, you will learn how to generate burning questions to guide your research by asking, What do I want to know more about? [4:31]
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Learn Zillion: Grow Research by Reading Informational Text Resources
In this lesson, you will learn how to add to your current research by reading new texts with your burning questions in mind. [5:08]
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Learn Zillion: Generate Research Questions
In this lesson, you will learn how to generate burning questions to guide your research by asking, "What do I want to know more about?" [5:02]
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Learn Zillion: Write a Research Thesis Statement
In this lesson, you will learn how to write a research thesis statement by restating your big research question in a complete sentence. [4:43]
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Learn Zillion: Write the First Draft of an Informational Text
In this lesson, you will learn how to write the first draft of your essay by using the boxes and bullets outline as your guide. [4:52]