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    Journaling About Intuitions

    Track the ways your intuitions guide your decisions.

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    Analyze the Communication Situation

    Think of the sender, message, medium, receiver, and context.

    Communication Situation

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    Make Abstract Ideas Concrete

    Make concrete representations of abstract ideas.

    Making the Abstract Concrete

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    Create a Memory Palace

    Use spatial awareness to improve memory.

    Buckingham Palace

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    Using Anecdotes in Formal Writing

    Add a narrative touch to formal writing.

    Illustration of a flying fish jumping over a boy in a rowboat

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    Evaluating Sources of Information

    Evaluate sources with a checklist.
     

    Evaluating Sources of Information

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    Punctuating Dialogue

    Teach quotation marks with end punctuation.
     

    Minilesson

    Reading as a Writer

    Learn how to discover writing strategies from reading models. 

    Reading as a Writer

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    Asking and Answering the 5 W's and H Questions

    Teach students to collect key details.

    Question Mark

    Minilesson

    Writing a Creative Synopsis

    Create a synopsis of a book, TV show, or event.

    Television illustration

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    Using Signal Phrases

    Smoothy integrate sources in your writing. 

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    Using Perspective Shifting to Imagine History

    Help students gain a historical viewpoint.

    illustration of man and horse imagining history

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    Using Perspective Shifting to Persuade Readers

    Help students see from readers' perspectives.

    illustration of girl writing and thinking

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    Using Perspective Shifting to Understand Others

    Help students improve empathy.

    illustration of girl and boy working together

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