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Students will become familiar with the purpose and process of Advisory.

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Week 1/Day 2: Transition to Middle School

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Week 1/Day 2: Transition to Middle School

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Students will establish new relationships as they develop positive interactions with others. Students will become familiar with the rules, personnel and expectations of their school.

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Week 1/Day 4 and 5: Pep Talk for Students and Teachers

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Week 1/Day 4 and 5: Pep Talk for Students and Teachers

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Students will apply listening, collaborative work, and presentations skills

Students will create a presentation for peers and teachers.

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Week 2/Day 1: Mindset Monday- The Importance of Relaxation

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Week 2/Day 1: Mindset Monday- The Importance of Relaxation

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Students will begin to understand the importance of the mind body connection

Students will begin to explore positive mind/body states

Students will engage in personal reflection and class dialogue

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Worksheet for Week2/Day 1

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Students will learn the difference between conflict and bullying.

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Building students' capacity to tackle the increasing challenges they are facing

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Edutopia is a free source of information, inspiration, and practical strategies for learning and teaching in preK-12 education. We are published by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization.

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Students will learn basic organizational and agenda skills.

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Week 2/Day 4: Big, medium, small rocks 2nd worksheet

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Week 2/Day 4: Big, medium, small rocks 2nd worksheet

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Week 2/Day 4: Put First Things First Worksheet

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Week 2/Day 4: Put First Things First Worksheet

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Week 2/Day 5: Fitness Friday - Radioactive River

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Week 2/Day 5: Fitness Friday - Radioactive River

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To work together as a team, show positive sports-personship and figure out solutions to the problems presented

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Week 3/Day 1: Mindset Monday - Problem Solving

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Week 3/Day 1: Mindset Monday - Problem Solving

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Students will learn about the power of team work.

Students will think about how to solve problems together

Students will practice solving problems together

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Week 3/Day 1: Fixed Vs. Growth Mindset Visual

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Week 3/Day 1: Fixed Vs. Growth Mindset Visual

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Week 3/ Day 1: Problem Solving Powerpoint

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Week 3/ Day 1: Problem Solving Powerpoint

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Week 3/Day 2: Updating your bullying vocabulary

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Week 3/Day 2: Updating your bullying vocabulary

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FINAL 6.5 Updating Our Bullying Vocabulary

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Sorry about the quality, Let me know if you need a hard copy of this one.

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FINAL 6.6 Goal Setting Vocabulary Worksheet

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Preparing for RACE/ACE Writing

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Reading: The Pyramids

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Planning the Essay Organizer

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Peer Editing Organizer

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Breaking Down A Writing Prompt

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When a teacher gives you a writing assignment they usually provide specific directions called a writing prompt. A writing prompt tells you what you need to write about (the topic) and how you will write about it (your purpose).

It is very important that you read the prompt carefully and identify everything your teacher is asking you to do. Otherwise, you may miss part of the assignment and lose points as a result.

Identifying the Purpose

The first step to breaking down a writing prompt is to identify the purpose. Here are a few examples of common purposes for writing:

To explain - inform, or tell, your reader about a topic

To identify - determine an answer to a question

To argue or persuade - convince your reader of something

To evaluate - make a judgement about a topic

When you get a writing prompt, circle the keywords that tell you what your purpose is. This will help you figure out what kind of information you need to include.

Determining the Topic

The topic is the subject the writing prompt asks you to focus on. Your teacher could ask you to write about almost any topic. As you break down the prompt, underline words or sentences that tell you what topic your teacher would like you to discuss. There may be more than one part of the topic that your teacher would like you to touch on. Read carefully and underline each thing the prompt is asking you to address.

Example Prompts

Take a look at the sample writing prompts below. Hover your mouse over the icons on the text to see what the student identified as topics and purposes.

Extra Information

Your writing prompt may include additional instructions, including how much you need to write, specific sources you need to reference and more. List each of these things under your prompt, so you can check them off as you include them in your essay!

With these steps, you'll be able to break down your next writing prompt with ease and determine exactly what to do for your assignment. Happy writing!
Now that you know what to write, be sure to track your sources as you research. Easily create a Works Cited in MLA formatting, an APA citation, and more via our citation tools. Try it out today!

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Read This Before Tackling Your Next Writing Assignment: Breaking Down a Writing Prompt - Citation Machine Guides

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When a teacher gives you a writing assignment they usually provide specific directions called a writing prompt. A writing prompt tells you what you need to write about (the topic) and how you will write about it (your purpose). It is very important that you read the prompt carefully and identify everything your teacher is ...

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AVID Resource: Annotating The Text

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AVID Resource: The Writing Process

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Kid Friendly Writing Rubric

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RACE/ACE Writing Day 1

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RACE/ACE Writing Prompt for September (Student copies will be provided.)

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RACE/ACE Writing Day 2

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Preparing for Advisory Conferences

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Responsibility Video

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APS ParentVue/StudentVue Guide

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Advisory Check In Worksheet

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Advisee/Advisor Conferencing & Letter to Future Self

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Letter to My Future Self Video

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Alexis Sablone - Letter to My Future Self

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Letter to Your Future Self Worksheet

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Advisory Conferencing Tips

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Advisee/Advisor Conferencing & Vocabulary Review Game

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Concentration Vocabulary Cards

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Concentration Game Rules

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Academic Vocab Cheat Sheet

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Focus and Positive Thinking Video

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Goals Setting #2

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List of Choices

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Goals Setting #3

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Values List Worksheet

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Values List

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Cards for Target Thanking them for the school supplies they donated.

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Gratitude - Use the pieces of lesson 2 from the attached resource that best fit your advisory

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Gratitude Powerpoint

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PARCC Writing Prompt on the dropping of the Atom Bomb on Hiroshima.  Paper copies of the prompt and the will be distributed to you. Attached is an electronic version. This is a compare and contrast writing prompt and you will use the written text as well as the video version of the speech for the writing. A graphic organizer has also been uploaded to the padlet.

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This is the video version of the same speech (Primary source document

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President Harry S. Truman reads prepared speech after dropping of atomic bomb on ...HD Stock Footage

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Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer to display.

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Team Building: Build A Box Instructions

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Developing Emapthy

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Are You Empathetic

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Invitations to Student Led Conference English & Spanish. Use this Google Link to access resources for the SLC's. Invitations should go out this week.

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Sexual Harassment Lesson

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Creating a Work Portfolio for Student Led Conferences

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Portfolio Check List

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Student Agency Artifact- Student-Led Conference Portfolio Contents Checklist (1)

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Portfolio Table of Contents

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Reflecting on Learning

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Reflection Sheet - Can be used as a guide while student write on their own paper about each artifact .

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Practicing for SLC's

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SLC Script

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Gratitude Lesson

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Gratitude Video

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This Film Shaped Everyone Matters: GRATITUDE by Louie Schwartzberg

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Gratitude Reading

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The Science Behind Gratitude and How It Can Change Your Life

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Directions for writing a found poem

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PARCC Writing Practice

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Video for PARCC Writing

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What is Native American Misappropriation?

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Visual for PARCC Writing

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Teamwork Challenge

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Teamwork Video

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Get To Know You BINGO

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BINGO CARD

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November is National Gratitude Month. Let's celebrate by decorating our doors. Need some inspiration, check out these google images.

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attitude of gratitude door decorating ideas - Google Search

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Creating a Vision of a Peaceful School

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Visualizing World Peace Video

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Creating Group Agreements for Classroom Discussions

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Creating Group Agreements for Classroom Discussions

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Overcoming Obstacles to Productive Classroom Discussions Handout

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PARCC Writing for December

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Team Building: Marshmallow Challenge

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Respectful Listening

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Sinek Quote

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Respectful vs. Disrespectful

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Checklist

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Train Your Brain to Be More Compassionate

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Train Your Brain to be More Compassionate

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Sigel Video

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The Great Opportunity of the Teen Brain & Empathy - Dr Daniel Siegel

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Learning and the Adolescent Mind Video

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Classroom Tools - Learning and the Brain

Why do we sometimes struggle when we are learning something new? Scientists have discovered that learning is about creating and strengthening neural pathways in the brain that allow information to transfer between brain cells. The first time a signal crosses from one brain cell to another requires the greatest effort. The first trip is the most difficult, but transfer becomes easier over time. As we continue to apply effort to new challenges, we establish more stable and reliable pathways, until the connection is so strong that information transfer is effortless.

This brief clip from the BBC documentary, The Human Body, demonstrates how establishing new neural pathways between brain cells is like building a bridge to cross a ravine.

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This website explores the Ideas, the People, and the Practices related to student learning and achievement.

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Writing Contest Week long lesson plans.  All three grades are listed in this document so please scroll to your grade.  The prompt and texts will be provided for your students according to their grade level, they will be in your mailbox. Students should plan and write their essay on their own paper.