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Fan writing site Alan refers to in his TEDTalk. Check to be sure content is appropriate before sharing with students. Relatively easy to create "fan-fiction" environment within your class, school, district - as well as fan fiction-type activities.

"In Grade 6, instructional time should focus on four critical areas: (1) connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts of ratio and rate to solve problems; (2) completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the notion of number to the system of rational numbers, which includes negative numbers; (3) writing, interpreting, and using expressions and equations; and (4) developing understanding of statistical thinking."