"The Settlement Debate: Strategy & Reflection"
"The Settlement Debate: Strategy & Reflection"
2. Answer this specific question in 2-3 detailed sentences:
Β Β "What did I do differently during the second round of preparation?"
π‘ Stuck?
Think about these prompts:
1.Did you make your "So What?" explanation stronger for a specific Taiwan example (like Jiufen or Taipei)?
2.Did you prepare a better "Trap Question" to sabotage your opponent's Site or Situation?
3.Did you find a stronger defense for your settlement's biggest weakness?
3.
After full class debate on April 7th:
Clearly write out the strongest argument you heard from an opponent.
What argument from the other side actually made me rethink my position?
Β Β "What did I do differently during the second round of preparation?"
During the second round of preparation, I did a few research with my teammate for the things we couldn't win opponent, so this action make us have more prepared and strong opinions to stand and debate back by feeling confidence.
During a few times of our social study debate class, me and my teammate's settlement is a developed place. Taiwan, Taipei. We prepared a lot on researching the advantages of Taipei, we focus on "Survival & The SITE (Physical Land)" and "Growth, Wealth & The SITUATION (Connections)." For examples "Taipei have the free health-care supports and programs for people who live in Taiwan, just like UK, UK has almost the same program as Taiwan, so as Taipei." "We have oceans, mountains, and lands to build, to farm, to travel, and to live, so it's a very beautiful, perfect, public transportations and strong economies system for people who live in Taiwan, and people who want to travel Taiwan, so as Taipei.
In the day April 7th...
We have a debate of the whole class, and it seems like two teams vs. four teams, but that's not a big deal because our settlement is a perfect place to build strong economies, cities, farming, fishing, and builds. So we make money fast and have more options for the jobs, so that makes us stronger than the opponents, because they have less resources, that makes them cannot make a lot of money in a short time. So we decided to buy missiles to explode their enviroments and country, so as people who live in there. And we win~
The paragraph explained everything very well, I think Daniel is very good at this.
Step 1: Upload Your Map
Take a clear, well-lit photo of your completed Taiwan choropleth map. Upload it to your Google Sites portfolio page before you begin writing. The photo must show:
β Β Β The colored map of Taiwan with all counties/cities shaded
β Β Β Figure 2 β your completed data table with color values and ranges
β Β Β Your value scale calculations (Steps 1β9)
Photo tip: Lay your worksheet flat on a desk. Make sure all four corners are visible and the text is readable. Retake the photo if anything is blurry or cut off.
Step 2: Write Your Reflection
Write your reflection directly on your Google Sites portfolio page beneath your photo. Answer all of the following prompts. Your response should be at least 250 words across all sections combined. Quality matters more than length β but if you are under 250 words, you have probably not gone deep enough.
Section A: Identifying Improvements
The goal here is to be specificβ not "I could be neater" but "I used the same shade of blue for two different value ranges, which made the map confusing to read." Vague answers will not score well on this section.
π‘ Look at your value scale calculations (Steps 1β9). Identify one calculation step where you made an error or where your work was unclear. Explain exactly what went wrong and what the correct approach should have been.
π‘ Look at your completed Figure 2 and your colored map. Find one region that was assigned the wrong color value or range. Which region was it? What color should it have been, and why?
π‘ Look at the visual presentation of your map. Identify one thing that makes it harder to read β for example, uneven shading, labels that are too small, or a legend that is missing information. What would you change?
π‘ (Optional β aim for Exceeds) Is there anything else you would change about your Taiwan map? Name a fourth specific improvement if you have one.
Section B: Work and Study Habits
π‘ At which step in the Taiwan worksheet process did you struggle the most? What did you do when you got stuck β did you ask for help, try again, skip ahead, or something else?
π‘ Based on how you worked on this map, identify one specific habit you want to improve before your next choropleth map. What will you do differently β and when exactly will you do it?
Section C: Feedback
You will complete this section after the peer feedback activity in class:
π‘ Describe one specific comment or observation a classmate made about your map β or something you noticed about their map that made you think differently about your own. What was said, and about whose work?
π‘ How did that feedback β or seeing your classmate's map β change how you think about your own work? Be specific about what you would do differently.
Conventions & Polish:
Before you publish your reflection, complete this checklist:
Read your reflection out loud. If you stumble on a sentence, rewrite it.
Check that every sentence has a subject and a verb.
Check spelling using your device's spell checker, then read again β spell checkers miss correctly spelled but wrong words (e.g., "their" vs. "there").
Make sure you have not started multiple sentences in a row with "I." Vary your sentence openings.