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Express Yourself Lesson Seed 1

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This Express Yourself Lesson Seed 1 activity also includes:

Make a study of the First Amendment and its relationship to freedom. Pupils rewrite the amendment and discuss the central idea before focusing on a specific phrase. After discussing, class members write a journal entry about the included guiding question. This activity is meant to fit into a larger lesson or unit that relates to the guiding question.

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CCSS: Designed
Concepts
central ideas, main ideas, close reading, the first amendment, constitutional amendments, freedom of speech, freedoms, the united states constitution
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Additional Tags
first amendment, constitution, close reading, central idea, freedom of speech, english language arts
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Pros
  • A quick activity that hits on several Common Core standards
  • Combines close reading, discussion, and writing
Cons
  • You will need to build context around the activity; it is meant only as an idea, not as a full lesson plan