AVATAR PROJECT

READ all the documents about the Avatar Project. Be ready for a quiz (formative) on the main ideas next class. You do not have to anything but READ (yet).

Due dates have not yet been assigned.

Ch. 4 Outline & Colonial Life Packet – Finish outline on Google Classroom; Odd classes had packet for HW (reviewed in class on 1/25); Even classes did the packet in class on 1/26.

Colonialism and 13 Colonies (C&13C) Test Correction

• OPTIONAL Assignment.
• Can receive partial credit for corrections (up to 2 letter grades jump on test score).
• Must be done in my classroom during break or after school.
• Due Wednesday 1/25.
• Link for full assignment directions

Colonialism Essay (Note: We will take about half of each class to work on the essay; background research for Avatar project will also be assigned during class time.)

1/11-1/12: Plan the Essay

• Brainstorm your ideas (Thinking map modeled in class)
• Choose your question (#1 or #2; students with an A on DAPL formative assignment have been assigned #2)
• Create a plan: Outline or Web. This plan should include your:
  • Thesis (specific answer);
  • Main ideas; and
  • Some of the details/supporting evidence to be used.
• HW: Essay Plan, Due 1/13 (Odd), 1/18 (even)

1/13-1/18: Draft the Essay

• Identify your supporting evidence.
  • Use your resources (previous TIFF and DAPL assignments, 13 Colonies booklet, maps, etc) to find specific supporting detail for your main ideas.
  • Mark the evidence you will use by adding it to your outline/web,  or identifying it within your notes (highlight, star, number, etc).
• Begin writing your draft. (Follow your plan!)
• HW: Continue writing.

1/19-1/20: Continue writing. Essay due 1/23 (O), 1/24 (E)

1/23-1/24 Reread, revise, edit. Essay due today.

• Bring your (completed) draft.
• Reread, revise, get peer responses/edits, edit.
• Create Works Cited page.
• Turn in.

Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou!

What Kind of “Game” Is This? Colonialism Essay

In-class

• Introduction to Colonialism Essay & Rubric
• Review WOMP, TIFF, and DAPL assignments in Google Classroom; read teacher comments and suggestions for improving writing; record strengths and areas to work on on Writing Conference Form (or a sheet of binder paper); compose writing goals following this format: I will (fill in what you want to achieve in your writing here, but not “improve my grade” or “get an A”) by (fill in how you plan to do this).
• Choose or receive assignment of essay question. Students who scored a 4.5 or higher on the DAPL assignment must do #2.
• Brainstorm for essay.

Homework: None. Let’s ease our minds and bodies back into school.