Reading passages, essays, and argument writing are grounded in genuine water issues, from informational texts about treatment plants to editorials on proposed rate increases.
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Grade 9 Lesson plan
A grade 9 argument writing lesson where students use a cost-per-household calculation and two-sided evidence to argue over a fictional town's pump-station rate increase.
Grade 9 Classroom activity
A grade 9 station-rotation activity where students interview four in-character water-sector professionals, then draft a career brief using real workforce facts.
Grade 9 Writing prompt
A grade 9 argument prompt on whether a lake town should require farm buffer strips to reduce nutrient runoff, addressing a farmer's counterclaim about cost.