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Sep 11 2007

9/11

Published by nsklar under Reflections

Today is September 11, 2007. It is the sixth anniversary of a terrorist attack on our country. The terrorists were people who don’t like the United States or our way of life.

How do you feel about the United States? What makes the United States a special country? Are there reasons you’re glad you live here instead of someplace else? Write a response that shares your feelings about your country.

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Sep 06 2007

COUNTING TO TEN

Published by nsklar under Reflections

Discuss the “counting to ten as a group” game.

Here are some things you might want to think about as you write:

What do you like about the game? What makes it hard? What kinds of things do you think that you can do (without planning – you must stay within the rules) to make it possible for the class to get to ten?

Remember: Nobody wins unless everybody wins.

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