Week-ish of December 16, 18, & 22, 2014

Post date: Nov 24, 2014 6:45:22 PM

Embedded Assessment #2, the Unit 1 Assessment and Unit 2 Pre-Assessment, starting Unit 2, handing out The Crucible with a reading schedule

December 16 - We spent the class going over the following:

1. Differences between an analysis and a synthesis/argument.
2. Looked at the EA2 chart on the wall to come up with the following driving question: Does America still provide access to The American Dream?

1. Looked at Building an Argument Essay graphic organizer.
2. Brainstormed Embedded Assessment, how to approach it, and how to begin.
3. Passed out and logged sign-outs of The Crucible.
4. Passed in any missing EA1s.

Homework: first draft of EA2: Synthesizing the American Dream.

NOTE: Before 8:30pm on December 17, 2014, I will post a version of my anchor paper for this assessment on my site. Click HERE to see that.

December 18 - We will spend the first twenty-five minutes of the class on MLA formatting and citing paraphrasing, summaries, and excerpts/quotations (must cite all). The last part of class will be spent peer editing.

I also shared these two resources:

I Have a Dream video, Common ft. will.i.am

Economic Mobility and The American Dream - The PEW Research Foundation

December 22 - final copy of EA #2 is due within the first ten minutes of class. We will then spend the rest of the class on our Unit #1 Assessments. Make sure you:

1. have a computer that is charged; and
2. have a known working Springboard login.