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Read/Understand
Silent reading and quiet questioning, apply all the reading strategies that you have been taught. If you do not understand what you have read, stop, reread, and define words until you understand. If you need help, "Ask 3 then me." Write/Make Do and submit quality work, use evidence to support your claims, explain your reasoning, and follow all the directions. If you need help, "Ask 3 then me." Listen/Speak During discussions, always use the language of history. If you are unsure how to do this, use the words on the word wall at the front of the classroom, the sentence starters provided, and/or your notes in your composition notebook. If you need help, "Ask 3 then me." Exit Tickets: |
"I am convinced of the uncertainty of history, of the possibility of surprise, of the importance of human action in changing what looks unchangeable." - Howard Zinn
Stations: Directions & Readings
VOCABULARY LINKS:Unit description:Question(s): Is the United States government and effective democracy?
Purpose: The purpose of this unit is to think like a political scientist and citizen, by asking questions about power and politics and the purpose of government, so that you can analyze and evaluate how and why people participate in the American political system. Objectives: Scholars will.. listen to their peers and participate in academic discussions, assess their achievement by using instructional and analytical rubrics, use the Close Reading strategy to analyze a variety of texts, identify claims, evidence, and reasoning in a variety of texts, write using the CERS, RAFT, and other formats to write argument/persuasive responses, to write explanatory essays and responses, as well as to write evaluations of current events using your historical background knowledge and logic. OTHER UNIT RESOURCE FILES & LINKSCLASSROOM RESOURCES:
Finished with all your work - May Dos:
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