Most of us are hoping for a Blazers series win in the second round of the playoffs, as well as a "win" with finishing the Historical Investigation! Photo taken in 2009.
Hello everyone,
Today was our peer review day for the Historical Investigation research project, which is due on Thursday (not a work day - we are moving on to our next unit)! We are finally done with this big project! Here's what happened in class today:
Today was our peer review day for the Historical Investigation research project, which is due on Thursday (not a work day - we are moving on to our next unit)! We are finally done with this big project! Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Critical Thinking LT 4: I can evaluate information and explanations within a given context and develop a relevant conclusion.
Critical Thinking LT 5: I can justify and support arguments or interpretation with appropriate evidence.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Research LT 1: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
AGENDA 4/30/19:
News Brief - Ellie S.
Peer Review
Historical Investigation Work Time
News Brief: Ellie S. had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: NBCNews.com - Bodycam shows heart-stopping moment officer catches kids dropped from burning building. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Loyle was assigned to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Loyle was assigned to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Peer Review: To help with the process of making the research papers better, I handed out the following review guides to all students:
This was simply to look at each of the required elements and see if they were present.
This was a more thorough guide to looking in depth at a peer's paper to revise. This document (the worksheet linked directly above) must be completed by a peer and submitted on Thursday in class with the final paper (which needs to be turned in on Google Classroom).
Historical Investigation Work Time: This is the major assignment of the semester, which involves quite a lot of research time inside and outside of class. Here's the assignment overview:
Here's what we went over in class as an example from Mrs. Ferris (who used APA format for citations - we have learned MLA the last two years, but either is fine as long as you are consistent):
Here's the calendar for the month and what we are doing - be aware that this is subject to change and revision!
The rest of the class was devoted to work time on the Historical Investigation, as the final draft is due to be graded on Thursday. Please submit your final draft on Google Classroom - late work will be graded accordingly with the Behavior target of managing responsibilities as a student and will have less time to make revisions. Thank you for your hard work on this challenging assignment, everyone! See you next class for the start of a new unit!
