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Mrs. GreenEnglish &

American Government

Learning GoalsLimited Government

Majority Rules&Majority Rights

Checks& Balances

U.S.Government

Learning Goals

Prewriting

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Pre-writing Assessment

Please write a 4-5 sentence paragraph over the topic below. Include a topic sentence and a conclusion sentence. Make sure that you capitalize each sentence and use correct punctuation.

What is life like in your family? How do you manage all to get along?

Self-Assessment

When your rough draft is complete you will each check your partners article with the following proofreaders checklist.

Is the introduction clear and adequately developed?

Does the Conclusion do what you want it to?

Proofreaders ChecklistCheck for the following grammar errors:

• Fragments-

• Run-ons-

• Comma Usage-

• Plurals and Possessives-

• Subject/Verb Agreement-

• Capitalization-

• Using Numbers-

• Wordiness-

• Confusion-

• Spelling-

Performance AssessmentYou will be the Author!

Your magazine will be read by your family and community

A rubric will be provided prior to starting the magazine.

Create & Publish Magazine

Performance Rubric

1 2 3

Content Content used (i.e. references/facts) inaccurate

Content used (i.e. references/facts) generally accurate, minor inaccuracies

Content used (i.e. references/facts) completely accurate

Organization Ineffective, unclear, difficult or impossible to follow

Generally effective, Generally clear and able to follow

Highly effective, easy to follow

Conventions Major inaccuracies, significant errors throughout

Generally accurate, minor errors, less than 15

Completely accurate, no errors or less than 5

Assessment Questions

• The federal government has separation of powers; each of the three branches of government can challenge or question the other branch.True/False

•The legislative branch does NOT have which of the following powers?•a) impeachment power•b) power to enact taxes and allocate funds•c) seats are held on good behavior•d) Power to alter the size of the Supreme Court

Multiple Choice

• Explain what a veto is and give an example of why a branch of government would use the power of veto.

Short Answer