Create a Power Sentence
#1. Fill out each
column with at
least one way of
phrasing the
information.
Steps:
#2. Select the
most
impressive
phrasing in
each column.
#3. Number the
columns as you say the
sentence aloud. Make
sure the order you
choose makes sense!
#4. Marvel at
your
power
sentence.
Step 1. Fill out each column with at least one way of phrasing the information.
who?
•
Founding Fathers
•
Patriots
did what?
•
•
when?
dumped tea
overboard
•
protested the Tea
Act
•
where?
prior to the
Revolution
•
in 1773
•
on merchant
ships
why?
•
to protest taxes
•
to take a stand
against taxation
without
representation
at the Boston
Harbour
Step 2. Select the most impressive phrasing in each column.
who?
•
Founding Fathers
•
Patriots
did what?
•
•
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when?
dumped tea
overboard
•
protested the Tea
Act
•
where?
prior to the
Revolution
•
in 1773
•
on merchant
ships
at the Boston
Harbour
why?
•
to protest taxes
•
to take a stand
against taxation
without
representation
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Create a Power Sentence
#1. Fill out each
column with at
least one way of
phrasing the
information.
Steps:
#2. Select the
most
impressive
phrasing in
each column.
#3. Number the
columns as you say the
sentence aloud. Make
sure the order you
choose makes sense!
#4. Marvel at
your
power
sentence.
Step 3. Number the columns as you say the sentence aloud.
Make sure the order you choose makes sense!
who?
did what?
•
Founding Fathers 4 •
•
Patriots
3
•
dumped tea
overboard
protested the Tea
Act
when?
•
2
•
prior to the
Revolution
in 1773
where?
•
5
•
on merchant
ships
at the Boston
Harbour
why?
•
1•
to protest taxes
to take a stand
against taxation
without
representation
Step 4. Marvel at your power sentence.
To take a stand against taxation without representation, in 1773, Patriots
dumped tea overboard in the Boston Harbor.
KA
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O
P
BAM!
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