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Grade 6: Module 1: Unit 2: Lessons 12–13
Decide in what format students will compose their essays. Provide lined paper or a computer with word-processing software, depending on students’ needs and preferences.
In this assessment, students are tracking progress toward anchor standard CCRA.W.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the e ective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Down the Road
In the next lesson, students will engage in another Language Dive, this time focused on appropriate transitions. They will apply their learning as they revise their essays to make connections between points. Students will also be introduced to the Peer Critique Protocol, in which they pair up with another peer to critique transitions, domain-specific vocabulary words, and correct spelling.
In Advance
ThoroughlyreviewthedirectionsandrubricfortheEndofUnit2Assessment,anticipating areas of struggle that may arise.
Review the student tasks and example answers to get familiar with what students will be required to do in the lesson (see Materials list).
Ensure Mid Unit 2 Assessments with feedback are available for each student at desks as they enter.
Decide in what format students will compose their essays. Provide lined paper or a device with word-processing software, depending on the students’ needs and preferences. Ensure that devices are in good working order, fully charged, and logged into before students begin composing their essays, to avoid wasting work time.
Prepare copies of handouts for students (see Materials list).
Post the learning targets and applicable anchor charts (see Materials list).
Technology & Multimedia
Work Time A: Students complete essay online using a tool such as http://eled. org/0158.
Closing and Assessment A: Students complete their Track Progress handouts in a word-processing document using Speech to Text facilities activated on devices or using an app or software such as http://eled.org/0103.
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