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Students rotate through 4-5 stations with academic discussion prompts posted on the board. Each station has a different topic (science, social studies, literature). Students spend 7 minutes at each station discussing questions like 'Explain the cause and effect of...' or 'Compare and contrast...' Partners change at each station. Builds academic discourse and oral language fluency.

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Students choose a topic from a list on the board and prepare a 2-minute presentation using academic sentence frames provided. Topics include: 'My favorite invention and why,' 'A historical figure I admire,' 'An environmental issue in my community.' Students practice with a partner, then present to small groups. Focuses on academic speaking and presentation skills.

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Play a 10-15 minute educational video or podcast appropriate for grade level. Students complete a listening log with sections for: main idea, supporting details, new vocabulary, and personal connections. Provide sentence starters like 'The speaker argued that...' and 'Evidence for this includes...' Great for developing academic listening comprehension.

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Set up 3-4 stations with different short academic texts (science articles, historical documents, opinion pieces). At each station, students complete different tasks: summarizing, identifying text structure, finding evidence for claims, or analyzing author's purpose. Rotate every 8-10 minutes. Builds reading comprehension and analytical skills.

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Students work in pairs to write academic paragraphs using provided templates. Give them topics like 'The importance of recycling' or 'Why students should learn multiple languages.' Provide sentence frames: 'Research shows that...', 'Furthermore, evidence suggests...', 'In conclusion, it is clear that...' Focuses on academic writing structure and collaborative skills.

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Provide a list of 10-15 academic vocabulary words (analyze, synthesize, evaluate, etc.). Students use provided texts or online articles to find these words in context and write the meaning based on context clues. They create their own sentences using each word. Builds academic vocabulary and reading comprehension.

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Students read a grade-appropriate informational article and create a one-page summary using the SWBST method (Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then) adapted for informational text. Provide academic transition words and summary sentence starters. Develops reading comprehension and summarizing skills.

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Present a debate topic suitable for middle schoolers (e.g., 'Should students have homework on weekends?'). Students research and prepare arguments using provided sentence frames for agreeing, disagreeing, and providing evidence. Practice academic discourse functions like stating opinions, supporting with evidence, and respectful disagreement. No actual debate needed - focus on preparation and language functions.

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Post 6-8 problems around the room (environmental, school, community issues). Students walk around and write potential solutions on sticky notes using academic language functions: suggesting, recommending, predicting outcomes. Provide sentence starters like 'One possible solution would be...' and 'This could result in...' Builds language functions and critical thinking.

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Give students a topic or short text. They work in small groups to generate different types of academic questions: factual, analytical, evaluative, and creative. Teach question stems like 'What evidence supports...?', 'How does this compare to...?', 'What would happen if...?' Students then answer each other's questions. Develops questioning and analytical language functions.

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Students practice using persuasive language functions through mini-activities: writing convincing arguments for why their favorite season is best, creating ads for imaginary products, or persuading the principal to change a school rule. Focus on language functions like persuading, convincing, and supporting claims with evidence.

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Provide grade-level science articles about current topics (climate change, space exploration, new discoveries). Students read and complete graphic organizers identifying main ideas, supporting details, and scientific vocabulary. They write a brief response explaining how the information connects to their prior knowledge. Integrates science content with language development.

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Students choose a historical event from a provided list and write from the perspective of someone who lived during that time. Provide sentence frames and academic vocabulary related to historical analysis: 'During this period...', 'The consequences of this event...', 'From this person's viewpoint...' Combines social studies content with narrative and analytical writing.

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Present word problems that require explanation of mathematical reasoning. Students solve the problems and write detailed explanations of their thinking process using academic language: 'First, I analyzed...', 'Then, I calculated...', 'My reasoning is supported by...' Focus on mathematical discourse and explanation writing.