Thirty Days to Unlock FCAT Writing Success - Polk County School ...
Thirty Days to Unlock FCAT Writing Success - Polk County School ...
Thirty Days to Unlock FCAT Writing Success - Polk County School ...
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Week Three, Day One:<br />
Defining and Understanding Support and Elaboration<br />
Discuss purpose of Support and Elaboration:<br />
Key Commands in Elaboration:<br />
• Give students Legos, Jenga blocks, or any kind of block. Have them<br />
build the tallest structure they can. However, they can have no more<br />
than two blocks on the bot<strong>to</strong>m and one block on the <strong>to</strong>p and as many as<br />
they want in between. (Represents giving the idea without supporting<br />
it) Once all blocks fall, have the students build the tallest structure they<br />
can. This time, there are no limitations except that at the <strong>to</strong>p they must<br />
have only one block. They can have as big of a base as they want (even<br />
joining with other teams if they want). This structure represents a<br />
properly supported idea. It would be great <strong>to</strong> take pictures of this<br />
activity for a visual reminder of the importance of supporting ideas for<br />
students.<br />
• Tell me more<br />
• Prove it<br />
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