Where-Abouts Develops excellent communication skills! Critical Thinking Activities to Improve Writing Skills encourages students to think, choose their words carefully, and produce concise, accurate, detailed, and sometimes persuasive, writing. For higher grades, better test scores, and effective everyday communications, few skills are more important than clear, precise writing! Methods: Where-Abouts uses map-based activities to develop students' visual navigation, sequencing, and organizational skills as they learn to plan and write accurate directions. Teaching Support: Includes activity guidelines and answers. 56 activities. License: reproducible.