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	Building Language (4)
		1. Basically Speaking: Language Arts Rudiments
			1b. Verbs: Get Moving and Just 'Be'
				Action Verbs • High School  1 class period In this lesson, students will learn the importance of using strong, vivid verbs in writing by reading an excerpt from literature and identifying the effects of using particular verbs. After analyzing some common verbs students will create their own poem using strong verbs.
		3. Have You Seen My Keys? Unlocking Sentences
			3f. Phrases and Clauses
				Phrase Craze -- Strengthening Writing with Phrases • High School • Middle School  One class period Different types of phrases can affect writing in different ways. This lesson introduces students to various phrases and how to recognize them. Students analyze how phrases function in a piece of writing and create original descriptive passages and poems using phrases.
		4. 'Halt! Who Goes There?': Using Punctuation
				Punctuation Review • High School • Middle School  1-2 class periods Punctuation is more than just dots on a page; it is often essential to unlocking the meaning of sentences. In this lesson students review the major punctuation marks and use this knowledge to create original sentences and edit their own work.
			4a. The Period
				Punctuation Review • High School • Middle School  1-2 class periods Punctuation is more than just dots on a page; it is often essential to unlocking the meaning of sentences. In this lesson students review the major punctuation marks and use this knowledge to create original sentences and edit their own work.
			4b. The Comma
				Punctuation Review • High School • Middle School  1-2 class periods Punctuation is more than just dots on a page; it is often essential to unlocking the meaning of sentences. In this lesson students review the major punctuation marks and use this knowledge to create original sentences and edit their own work.
			4c. Exclamation Points! And Question Marks?
				Punctuation Review • High School • Middle School  1-2 class periods Punctuation is more than just dots on a page; it is often essential to unlocking the meaning of sentences. In this lesson students review the major punctuation marks and use this knowledge to create original sentences and edit their own work.
		14. Prove It: Persuasive Writing
			14e. Propaganda
				Talk About Propaganda! • High School • Middle School  1 class period Introduce the concept of propaganda with this creative and informative activity. Have students research forms of propaganda from the past and present and create their own posters to help sway public opinion in their class or school.