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Take secondary students on A Trip to the World’s Fair! This dynamic resource invites older learners to investigate the historical significance and technological impact of the World’s Fair, including innovations like the iconic ice cream cone and telephone, through a rich, content-based article paired with a full sequence of TWR activities. Students will practice sentence strategies, taking notes, summarizing, and planning for well-structured paragraphs and compositions. The resource supports both content learning and writing development through intentional skill-building practice. Use it as-is or adapt it to meet the needs of your students. Versions for K–2 and elementary learners are also available.
Secondary
Sentences, Note-Taking, Paragraphs (SPO), Summaries, Composition (PTO, TO, MPO)
Blank Single-Paragraph Outlines (SPO), Sentences & Fragments, Scrambled Sentences, Sentence Expansion, Subordinating Conjunctions, Appositives, Pre-Transition Outline (PTO), Transition Outline (TO), Multiple-Paragraph Outline (MPO), Introductions (GST), Conclusions (TSG), Summary Sentence, Converting Notes to Sentences, Taking Notes
Identify and change fragments to sentences
Sentences & Fragments: Change fragments to sentences (2 fragments)
Scrambled Sentences
Scrambled Sentences: 2 sentences
Scrambled Sentences: Ms. Giaimo
Scrambled Sentences (half-page)
Scrambled Sentences (cut-outs)
Identify question words for a given word or phrase
Sentence Expansion: 4 question words
Question Words Poster
Sentence Expansion: Ms. Rogers
Subordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunctions (half-page)
Subordinating Conjunctions (teacher-provided image)
Subordinating Conjunctions: (teacher-provided image)
Subordinating Conjunctions: 4 sentences (teacher-provided image)
Subordinating Conjunctions Poster
Mini Subordinating Conjunctions Poster
Mini Subordinating Conjunction Poster
Subordinating Conjunction
Appositives & Subordinating Conjunctions: Ms. Barker
Subordinating Conjunctions: Ms. French & Ms. Grissler
Subordinating Conjunctions: Ms. Baijnauth
Appositives (fill-in appositives)
Appositives: Fill in
Summary Sentence
Summarizing
Summary Sentence: Ms. McGinn
Note-taking: Converting notes into sentences
Note-taking: Converting notes into sentences (half-page)
Blank SPO: given prompt
Pre-Transition Outline (PTO): given topic (2 body paragraphs)
Pre-Transition Outline (PTO): given topic and thesis (2 body paragraphs)
Transition Outline (TO): given topic (2 body paragraphs)
Transition Outline (TO): given topic and thesis (2 body paragraphs)
Multiple-Paragraph Outline (MPO): 2 body paragraphs
Multiple-Paragraph Outline (MPO) Checklist
Writing Assessment Checklist
Abbreviations & Symbols
Composition Checklist: Using MPO
Composition Checklist: Using a TO or PTO
Multi-Paragraph Outline (MPO)
Introduction Paragraph (GST): General Statements Charts
Conclusions: Given Introduction, write conclusion (TSG)
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