Tuesday 1/30

Today's post has a lot of redundancy from yesterday, but with links! yay!

Assignment Sheet with Rubric

Sources from class listed below. Dates indicate date on blog when each was posted, but now there are links, so you should be good just using this page.

Video

• The Great Depression Part 1 (1/26)
• 1920s Consumerism (1/24)
• Great Depression Rap (1/24)
• Crash Course #33 (1/24)

Class Docs

• Lecture (powerpoint) (1/26)
• Shared Hypotheses (1/25)
• Various Docs / Data Sets #1-21 (1/26)

Planing Documents

• 1st Draft (due 1/25) - with limited info
• 2nd Draft (due 1/26) - with a little more info
• Supporting / Undermining Evidence Tracker (1/25)
• Quote Recording Form (1/26)

Criteria for Success 

(based on all classes' input)

• [    ] 2 pages (1 ¾ pages  - 2 ½  pages)
• [   ] Uses at least 3 sources AND CITES THEM (No Works Cited Page Needed, Limit yourself to the sources provided. Informal citation is fine [e.g. “foreigners invested more money in the United States than Americans invested in other countries – about three thousand million dollars more” (Data Set 19).]
• [  ] claims made and backed with evidence
• [  ] evidence is explained
• [  ] strong introduction
• [  ] strong conclusion
• [  ] strong and varied transitions
• [  ] hypothesis / thesis / overarching claim given at the beginning that is CLEAR and is PROVEN
• [  ] mechanics are correct, sentence structure is strong, and shows variety in phrasing and word choice
• [  ]  organization makes logical sense*
• [  ]  Editing and revision process shows growth

Mon 1/29 – Planning

Tues 1/30 – Full Class writing block

Wed 1/31 – Editing

Thurs 2/1 – Full Class Revision Writing Block

Friday 2/2 – Move on to New Deal

Monday 2/5: Final in-class day for work time.

Tuesday 2/6 – Writing assignment Due (beginning of class)