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Holistic Lesson Plan - Potato Writing

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Eleventh graders, in groups of three, improve their descriptive writing skills by receiving a numbered potato. They write a description of their potato without disclosing the number. Groups take turns trying to guess which potato is being described.

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Grade
11th
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English Language Arts
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For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
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