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    FAQ Page

    What is inquiry?

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Questioning
    Planning
    Researching
    Creating
    Improving
    Presenting

    FAQ Page

    What is project-based learning?

    21st Century Skills: 
    Project-Based Learning
    Inquiry Process

    FAQ Page

    What is social and emotional intelligence?

    21st Century Skills: 
    Collaborating
    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Social-Emotional Learning
    SEL
    Emotion
    Empathy

    Video

    What Is the Context of This Message?

    Video

    What Is the Inquiry Process?

    Video

    What Is the Message?

    Blog Post

    What is the purpose of school?

    Writing Topic

    What it's like to use a wheelchair

    Level: 
    Grade 4
    Grade 5
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Research Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Explanatory Essay
    How-To
    Research Report
    Theme: 
    Health
    Life

    Writing Topic

    What it's like where I work

    Level: 
    Grade 9
    Grade 10
    Grade 11
    Grade 12
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Personal Narrative
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    Family
    Work
    Money
    Friends

    FAQ Page

    What kinds of inquiry experiences can I use?

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Project-Based Learning

    Writing Topic

    What makes me laugh?

    Level: 
    Grade 1
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Theme: 
    Family
    Friends
    Play
    Life

    Writing Topic

    What makes me special

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    Life
    Family
    Personality
    Self

    Video

    What Medium Should I Use?

    Writing Topic

    What most drives me crazy is . . .

    Level: 
    Grade 9
    Grade 10
    Grade 11
    Grade 12
    Mode: 
    Persuasive Writing
    Form: 
    Pet Peeve
    Theme: 
    Health
    Environment
    Animals
    Life

    Writing Topic

    What my dreams feel like

    Level: 
    Grade 4
    Grade 5
    Mode: 
    Creative Writing
    Explanatory Writing
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Poem
    Story
    Play
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Explanatory Essay
    Theme: 
    Freedom
    Health
    Imagination

    Student Writing Model

    What Really Matters

    In this feature article, eighth grader Irené informs the reader about spina bifida as she highlights the achievements of a classmate who has the condition. Quotations from the classmate add a personal side to the writing.

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    News Feature
    Theme: 
    Health
    Medicine
    Life

    Writing Topic

    What this story means to me

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Response to Literature
    Form: 
    Book Review
    Literary Analysis
    Theme: 
    Books
    Self
    Literature

    Writing Topic

    What will I share?

    Level: 
    Grade 1
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Mode: 
    Explanatory Writing
    Form: 
    Explanatory Paragraph
    Theme: 
    Education
    Animals
    Science
    Environment
    Vehicles
    Food
    Holidays
    History
    Community
    Culture
    Books

    Writing Topic

    What's good about hard work?

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Persuasive Writing
    Form: 
    Persuasive Paragraph
    Editorial
    Opinion Essay
    Theme: 
    Work
    Occupation
    Life

    Writing Topic

    What's under my bed?

    Level: 
    Grade 1
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Mode: 
    Creative Writing
    Form: 
    Story Paragraph
    Story
    Poem
    Play
    Fantasy
    Theme: 
    Imagination

    Writing Topic

    When everything goes wrong

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Grade 3
    Grade 4
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Family
    Life

    Writing Topic

    When I conducted an experiment

    Level: 
    Grade 6
    Grade 7
    Grade 8
    Mode: 
    Research Writing
    Form: 
    Observation Report
    Lab Report
    Theme: 
    Science

    Writing Topic

    When I did something amazing

    Level: 
    Grade 4
    Grade 5
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Education
    Goals

    Writing Topic

    When I did something amazing

    Level: 
    Grade 9
    Grade 10
    Grade 11
    Grade 12
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Goals
    Education
    Life
    Work

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