Cite Your Evidence

by Kristine
(Pine Hill, NJ)

You can use any current event of your choice. Have students underline main idea and highlight 3-5 sentences that give evidence to support it.

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first-class

Definition: Very good; of the highest quality.
Synonyms: excellent, fantabulous, splendid

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born in the purple

Born into royalty. Purple is a color traditionally associated with royalty.

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Hola Mohalla

Hola Mohalla is a three-day Sikh festival celebrated in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab, India, on the day after Holi, the colorful water-tossing springtime festival. Mock battles with ancient weapons are staged, and there are also exhibitions of traditional martial arts like archery and fencing. The important Sikh prophet, Guru Gobind Singh, started this fair sometime between 1680 and 1700. More...

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For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
Rudyard Kipling
(1865-1936)

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Today's topic: stalk

stipe - A stalk or stem of a seaweed, fungus, or fern frond. More...

cranberry - First crane berry, so named because the plant grows on a stalk that looks like a crane's neck. More...

spire - In Old English, it meant "stalk" or "stem." More...

stalk - In a car, the flexible arm holding the mounting by which a seatbelt is secured. More...


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