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CERCA Now: Your Imagination

Written by ThinkCERCA Team | January 17, 2022

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Elementary

When you consider all the important roles a friend might play in your life, which is the very most important one? Here are some ideas: someone to spend free time with, someone to cheer you up on a hard day, someone to make you laugh, etc.

Support your answer with examples and evidence.

Middle

What do people lose when they choose not to read books simply because a movie version of the book is available?

Support your answer with examples and evidence.

High School

Is the habit of procrastination something a person chooses or is it part of their nature?

Support your answer with examples and evidence.

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An Introduction: What is CERCA?

In this lesson, students will be introduced to the foundational elements of the CERCA Framework: claim, evidence, reasons and reasoning, counterargument, and audience. View Lesson

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Elementary

Reading Practice: How can having pretend friends be helpful for children?

Middle

Reading Practice: Your Brain on Movies

High School

Reading Practice: Feel Like Reading This Later?