Category Archives: 2017-2018 Second Semester
2/15 General Presentation Rubric
http://blogs.ksbe.edu/pekono/files/2018/02/General-Presentation-Rubric-2018-rev.docx Remember : Don’t be silly in the beginning and in the end Don’t quit, and remember to encourage others who want to quit Don’t play with things Expressions are important, no deadpan Keep still Vary your levels and … Continue reading
2/14 Help with this week’s Newsela Write
We have been learning to develop and understand context since the beginning of the semester. We have practiced finding context with Ruby Bridges and Selma, and recently summatively with Hiroshima. We are continuing this work with this week’s Newsela. Context … Continue reading
2/12 Newsela – MLK and Super Bowl, and Alternative assignments
Reading annotations for this week’s article will be discussed in class on Wednesday, and Friday the Write is due. Alternative assignments are available for students who are missing work, or who want to try again. You must check with me … Continue reading
2/12 Exemplars from Trump Write
This is a 3 with conditions. Missing paragraph numbers and quotation marks and has mispellings and lack of capitalization, but a well stated topic sentence with supporting evidence. My opinion that other countries might feel based on president Trump is … Continue reading
2/7 Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Quotation
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home – so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person; … Continue reading
2/3. Feedback for the Gandhi Write, due 2/2
Here are some examples of different levels of responses: These were rated a 3 – It was a well stated lasting lesson, there was strong supporting evidence chosen, and it was explicitly quoted from the text, as well cited with … Continue reading
2/3 Example of a Hua sequence map for Selma
Context – Mid 60s, legal segregation, southern U.S. (or Selma), Jim Crow laws, hate groups (or KKK), Federal laws gives voting rights to all, former slave holding state Beginning Issue – Blacks are denied voting rights Actions – MLK Jr. … Continue reading
1/31 Rubric for Sequence maps, Selma map due tomorrow
Students were given a half sheet of paper in class today to submit their sequence maps on “Selma, Lord, Selma”. They had some class time, and could work with other students. It is due Thursday morning. This is a formative … Continue reading
1/30 Homework assigned and due on Friday
Today we reviewed the annotations, central ideas and facts from the Newsela Gandhi article. We reviewed examples of work, as well as the rubric. We discussed the requirements of the assignment and the due date. I am available after school … Continue reading
1/30 Write rubric, and an example
3- Completely and thoroughly answered the prompt, including explicit text citations 2- Answer is incomplete, check Write for feedback 1 – Many problems with your answer, check with me for help and detailed feedback Identify the central idea, and cite … Continue reading