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(CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.8) Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information. (CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.11-12.9) Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conicting information when possible.
We will:
1) Evaluate the conicting concerns of all stakeholders and identify the reasons why agreeing on solutions is so complex, 2) Apply methods of reason (learned earlier in the year) to determine best possible solutions to the issue and, 3) Defend the criteria used to determine if a solution is the best one using specic and appropriate language, evidence, and reasoning
Diagnostic Assessments
What do we already know? What do we base our current assumptions about world issues upon? Do we already know some ways we can address global concerns?
Our learning styles inventory; how do our learning styles compare to the assessments we are about to perform? What does this information tell us?
A Exceeds Standards
All elements of argument logically transition between ideas based on the kinds of transitions that are most convincing for the kind of argument being constructed; opposing views are introduced clearly with clear refutations
B Demonstrates Proficiency
All elements of argument logically transition between ideas based on the best on the kinds of transitions that are most convincing for the kind of argument being constructed
C Meets Standards
All elements of argument logically transition between ideas
B Demonstrates Proficiency
Thesis and supporting claims are ! deliberately chosen, ! important evidence is selected over other evidence for stronger support, and ! arguments are well-organized and convincing
C Meets Standards
Thesis and supporting claims are precise, significant, and organized
Common Core State Standards Initiative, (2012). Implementing the common core state standards. Retrieved from website: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy
Argument is objectively developed and balanced, and wellsupported using evidence from multiple sources to establish credibility of conclusion being made
Analyze lm Promised Land by director Gus Van Sant; get parent permission forms signed Conduct Socratic Seminar about issue and ways of arriving at and evaluating solutions
Family Connection
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Do your family members agree with your view of this issue? Why/ why not?
Character Prole
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Conduct research about the issue from perspective of stakeholder and write character proles assigned by teacher based on the views that particular stakeholder would have about fracking. Post your character prole, including fake name, motivation, and rationale for his/her response to the issue to the class online discussion board. Read through the other proles to get a sense of who will be participating in the Town Hall meeting and how your character would react to these other stakeholders.
Here are a few samples of character proles from previous years. What score would you give each of them and why?
Review!
Because we will be using the Toulmin Model we may need to review it. We will also review the methods of reasoning we learned, as well as the values they are based upon.
Conduct Town Hall meeting, write letters to the editor and vote; letters to the editor will be scored using building-wide common scoring rubric for argumentation based on Common Core State Standards that we have added our ideas to.
Debrief
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Determine solution methods proposed during Town Hall and criteria that led to the communitys nal decision. What conditions must be present for the problem-solving methods proposed to be successful in a realworld situation? Re-visit how these methods and explain how these methods could be used to determine solutions for other global issues.
Questions or Concerns?
How will the planned assessments allow us to gather data that reects our skill level on the units standards? Is there something that should be added or removed from this plan?