No one like to be the judge...but during March that is exactly what I was doing for 7th grade and 8th grade English classes.

In 7th grade, students wrote a persuasive presentation around which candy bar to ask the FDA to 'keep on the market.'  Students conducted consumer research, presented reasoned arguments about their candy bar and fought hard...but ultimately only 1 candy could win!

After reading Flowers for Algernon, students prepared a debate around the topic of if the medical trial done ...
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