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Writing well under time pressure — Take-Home — 9th Grade Plans in three minutes, writes for thirty, and leaves time to check. This one-page 9th Grade take-home carries the two-minute check that tells you whether the skill is wobbly, then "Rehearse the Clock" — 40 minutes with a past question, a timer, paper — plus what to say when it gets hard and how to…
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Writing well under time pressure LITERACY · 9TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Writing · 9th Grade 40 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Plans in three minutes, writes for thirty, and leaves time to check. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Set a 35-minute timed essay and watch what happens in the first five minutes. A SOLID ANSWER Three to five minutes of planning before any prose. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 REHEARSE THE CLOCK You need: A past question, A timer, Paper Split the time explicitly: 5 plan, 27 write, 3 check. Write the split at the top of the page. Plan as a bare skeleton — thesis, three points, evidence for each. Write to the plan, and deliberately stop when the writing time is up, even mid-sentence. Spend the last three minutes only on checking: question answered, sentences complete. Review afterwards: was the plan good, and was the timing right? SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Five minutes planning saves fifteen minutes of writing yourself into a corner." 20-minute single paragraph with a 2-minute plan. Two essays back to back, as an exam would demand. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-9 www.littleactivity.com 9th Grade · Literacy
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Writing well under time pressure LITERACY · 9TH GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Writing · 9th Grade 40 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Plans in three minutes, writes for thirty, and leaves time to check. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Set a 35-minute timed essay and watch what happens in the first five minutes. A SOLID ANSWER Three to five minutes of planning before any prose. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 REHEARSE THE CLOCK You need: A past question, A timer, Paper Split the time explicitly: 5 plan, 27 write, 3 check. Write the split at the top of the page. Plan as a bare skeleton — thesis, three points, evidence for each. Write to the plan, and deliberately stop when the writing time is up, even mid-sentence. Spend the last three minutes only on checking: question answered, sentences complete. Review afterwards: was the plan good, and was the timing right? SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Five minutes planning saves fifteen minutes of writing yourself into a corner." 20-minute single paragraph with a 2-minute plan. Two essays back to back, as an exam would demand. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-9 www.littleactivity.com 9th Grade · Literacy
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Classifying Emotions LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Read the passage, then answer the questions below. Emotions are the feelings inside you, and giving them a name makes them easier to handle. Some feel good, like happy, proud, and excited. Some feel hard, like angry, worried, or disappointed. Hard feelings are not bad; everyone has them, and they usually pass. Being disappointed is different from being angry, and saying which one you feel helps other people help you. Questions: 1 Name two feelings that feel good and two that feel hard. 2 Are hard feelings bad? 3 Why does naming a feeling help? www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
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