american colonies letter part 2

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American Colonies Letter Part 2 American Colonies Letter Part 2

PACING SKILL AND DEFINITION PRODUCT AND PROMPT SCORING GUIDE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

GRADES

8DISCIPLINE

Social StudiesCOURSE

American History

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1 hr PLANNING > PLANNING THEWRITING : Ability to develop aline of thought and text structureappropriate to an argumentationtask.

AMERICAN COLONIES LETTERPART 2After researching primaryand secondary sources about life inthe American Colonies, write a letterto arelative living in England in

which you argue whether or notthey should move to the Colonies.

Investigation0 The studentdoes not reach a standarddescribed by any of thedescriptorsbelow.12 The student: formulates a very

general research question makes a limited attemptto follow an action plan toinvestigate aquestion collects and recordslimited information, notalways in line with theresearch question makes a limited attemptto address the researchquestion.

34 The student: formulates an adequateresearch question partially follows an actionplan to investigate aresearch question uses a method ormethods to collect andrecord some informationinline with the researchquestion

partially addresses theresearch question.56 The student: formulates a clearresearch question satisfactorily follows anaction plan to investigatea researchquestion uses methods to collectand record appropriateinformation in line

with the research question satisfactorily addresses

Mini-Lesson modeling how to construct the letter and review ofexpectations.

Students use their Cornell style notes to write an extended constructedresponse. The response must be written in first person. Include a minimumof 3 aspects of Colonial Life to construct your argument.


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the research question.78 The student: formulates a clear andfocused research question follows an action planeffectively to investigate aresearch question uses methods accuratelyto collect and recordappropriate andvaried information in linewith the research question effectively addresses theresearch question.

Communication

0 The student does notreach a standarddescribed by any of thedescriptors

below.12 The student: tries in a limited way tocommunicate informationand ideas in astyle that is appropriate tothe audience and purpose tries in a limited way tostructure informationaccording to the taskinstructions tries in a limited way to

create a list of sources ofinformation.34 The student: communicatesinformation and ideas in astyle that is sometimesappropriate to theaudience and purpose structures informationsometimes according tothe task instructions creates a list of sources

of information sometimesaccording to the


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