The Art of the Pivot

A lesson focused on identifying the 'terms of debate' and learning how to reframe an argument to shift the ground of a discussion. Students will analyze a soda tax debate and practice reframing standard school-based topics.

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An intensive, highly engaging summer school lesson for driven ESL sophomores and juniors, focusing on decoding and constructing English vocabulary using the 20 most common roots, prefixes, and suffixes through a high-energy code-breaking theme.

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