All About Us
Schedule of Meetings
Read the teacher journals as they travel through this project. Check out the classroom activity suggestions.
Use these practice prompts.
Explore the online presentations.
Looking for more composition resources?
Read compositions written by our students!


 

Can your team make a paragraph and win big bucks?  Play Mr. Moneybags and win!

Read the Directions for the game first!

Mr. Moneybags Part 1 Mr. Moneybags Part 2
Mr. Moneybags Part 3 Mr. Moneybags Part 4
Mr. Moneybags Part 5 Mr. Moneybags Part 6
Mr. Moneybags Part 7 Mr. Moneybags Part 8
Mr. Moneybags Part 9 Mr. Moneybags Make Your Own!

Directions:

Create 2 teams and a captain for each team: A Team and B Team.  Each team member prepares a Four Square paper. Every student will respond to the challenges independently. 

Determine which team will tackle the first challenge.  View the first challenge.

Heads Down - all students write their individual response to the challenge on their Four Square paper.  After most have completed this task, call "Heads Together".

Heads Together- all students show their challenge to the team’s captain. The captain must decide who has the best response to the challenge.

Heads Up- all students return to their seats. As it is their team's turn, each team captain has the student with the best challenge response read their answer.  As it is read the teacher writes it on the board in a paragraph form.  If correct, money amounts are awarded.

After challenge 1 has been completed, click the button for challenge 2 and so forth.  If a team misses the challenge, the other team gets a chance to win the Snaps.  When all challenges are complete, the team that has the most money, wins! 

Penalty: If you argue with the referee (teacher) your team loses 2 snaps for each offense.

Meet the participating teachers.   Resources for writing instruction   Objectives of the Write On Project




Jefferson County Schools, Tennessee