Coach: look at the exit check results and the paper practice. Go back over every item a student missed: read it together, have the student explain their thinking, then show the correct thinking. Use the reteach routine below for anyone who missed two or more. Students who got everything right take the stretch task.

🔄 Reteach it (missed two or more)

Use a "Literal / Real Meaning / Why" chart: write the exact phrase, what it really means, and why the author chose it.

Build nuance ladders on index cards so the student can physically order words by intensity or connotation.

Gentler replacement term?
Answer: Euphemism.
Two contradictory words together?
Answer: Oxymoron.
Dictionary meaning?
Answer: Denotation.

🚀 Stretch it (got everything right)

Find three euphemisms in news headlines and explain what each softens.
Answer: Any.
Write a short paragraph using a paradox to express a truth about growing up.
Answer: Any.