Resource Pack
Use what you learned about organization to sort this set of resources, which were posted to Google Classroom and distributed in class during the weather-related weirdness of the first two days this week:
That was the best use of our shortened schedule on Tuesday, so it’s being reposted here. As a reminder, here is what you were told on December 3, via what wsa cross-posted to Google Classroom:
River Essays: Feedback and Revision
This is a two-part exercise. First, we need a writing response. In this case:
The writer has to find someone to read the work and give feedback. The writer also needs to prompt the reader with a preface of some sort — the Artifact Feedback Worksheet posted above takes care of this.
Second, the reader fills out the worksheet to give specific and actionable feedback. This has to be done by hand, at least for now, to make collection, redistribution, monitoring, etc, a little easier.
Since you’ll hand in a hard copy of this feedback worksheet, you’ll mark the upcoming Google Classroom assignment as done. That online version exists to give you the deadline and copies of the worksheet.
Q: What if you haven’t written anything?
If you haven’t written a response to this assignment, which was assigned a month ago, you can only give feedback. You’ll have to track down people who did the work to ask if you can read and comment on their writing. The students who share their work so that others can practice giving good feedback are creating evidence for a higher profile, so the reward is both the ability to improve the writing and a higher profile score.
Q: What about revisions?
The original December calendar required them by Friday, December 6. Due to snow cancellations and delays, that will become an optional revision due during Q2B (2/10–1/8). We’ll adjust the GAP worksheet and related resources together in class.
Essential Questions
We’ll finish our study of The Things They Carried this month, starting with a set of essential questions on themes explored by the novel. Note that some of these questions come from Facing History and Ourselves materials, including the FHAO resources for Elie Wiesel’s Night.
- What is the relationship between our stories and our identities?
- To what extent are we all witnesses of history and messengers to humanity?
- To what extent will the decisions we make now affect us and others in the future?
- How does an individual keep his or her humanity when surrounded by inhumanity?
- To what extent can we make the “right” moral decision when faced with adversity?
You will answer those five questions in two parts. First, you will complete this Google Form, which is also posted below. These responses will allow us to look, as a class, at all responses in an anonymous, collaborative fashion. Second, you will use what we gain from group discussions to expand on the original, individual answers.
The form: Essential Questions. Look to Google Classroom for the deadline, and mark that assignment as done when you’ve finished the form itself.