The provided video is an instructor led explanation and walkthrough of the ThinkCERCA 6 Step Method.

• Providing access to essential skills and information

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• Tapping into background knowledge/providing context

• Providing students with (scaffolded as needed) first exposure to the text(s)

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• Monitoring students basic comprehension & understanding of the major concepts and themes in the text(s)

• Deepen comprehension of the text

• Deconstruct the sources for evidence

• Make meaning between sources

• Begin to identify potential claims, reasons and counterclaims

• Provide students with an opportunity to synthesize/summarize what they've gathered from the sources(s)

• Provide teachers with an opportunity to formatively assess student understanding prior to constructing argument

• Begin to build their response to the prompt

• Determine & compose their claim

• Call upon the provided sources, as well as the work completed in previous steps to sketch out their reasons or subclaims, evidences, reasons, and counterclaims

• Use all their previous work (digitally saved under "My Work" to compose their final product

• Collaborate with peers & teacher to receive feedback prior to submitting their final work product

• Individually and with peers review their final work product against rubric & personal expectations & goals