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Taking Ideas Apart

Social Studies

What is the relationship between a city and a state?

Science

How is a botanist like a detective?

Music

Which musical instruments would you include in a "jazz symphony"?

Language Arts

Evaluate one major decision made by the main character of your favorite book. If you were in the character's position, would you have made the same decision? Why or why not?

Mathematics

Find as many pairs of parallel lines in your classroom as you can. Write about the value of parallel lines in architecture.

 


 © 2003 ECS Learning Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This r•w•t™ Online-Only supplement is adapted from "The Back Page: Taking Ideas Apart" by Lori Mammen in the March 2003 issue of r•w•t™ magazine. Reproduction of this supplement in any manner for use in a classroom is permissible so long as it is not altered and not sold. Reproduction for an entire school or for a school system is strictly prohibited. Novel Units, Inc., P.O. Box 433, Bulverde, Texas 78163, 1.800.68.TEACH.

Writer, author, and educator Lori Mammen is editor of r•w•t™ magazine. A former classroom teacher, she is the author of an audio workshop series and numerous books and articles on teaching reading, writing, and thinking.


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