First week of December

August 2015

1. Read the directions and clarify what they are asking you to do
2. Carefully read the passage
3. Identify a central idea
4. Identify one literary/ rhetorical element that helped you understand that central idea
5. Locate at least two examples from the text of where #4 helped you understand #3

6. Discuss the State rubric
7. Read and discuss the State exemplars-- what are the clear differences between the 4 and the 3?

8. Review the passage and rubric again
9. Read and assess the PRACTICE PAPERS-- what scores would you give them?

10.  Time to take one yourself...