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LAE 6315- WRITERS AND WRITING: TRENDS AND ISSUES

SUMMER 2014

MATHEMATICS

• STUDENTS WILL USE WRITING TO EXPLAIN THEIR ANSWERS TO GIVEN WORD PROBLEMS.

Dominic went to a birthday party yesterday with his sister. They swam for two and a half hours after arriving at the party. They arrived at 11:30am. What time were they done swimming?

Draw a model to help you solve the problem. Explain how the model helped you find the right answer.

Rubric:3 pts- Student answered the question correctly, created a model such as a time line and precisely answered how the model helped.

2 pts- Student answered the question correctly, created a model, but gave a partial response for their explanation.

1 pt.- Student answered correctly, no model, and gave an attempted response

0 pt.- Students answered incorrectly or couldn’t explain

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1:30

2:00

1 hr1 hr 30

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Before going to the party, Diem and Dominic had to buy a gift for the birthday girl. They each were able to pick one item that they knew she’d like. Diem chose a Frozen doll that was $23.79, and Dominic chose a dragon that was $15.83. They gave the cashier a $50.00. How much change did the cashier need to give them back?

Write the equations it took to solve the problem. Show how you solved the problem.

Explain how you worked the problem.

While swimming, Diem and Dominic wanted to know how big the pool was. Their aunt told them it was ten feet long and seven feet wide.

Explain how you could figure out the perimeter of the swimming pool.

After swimming, all the kids are so hungry. My sister ordered pizza. Vincent ate 6/8 of a pizza. Jediah ate 5/10 of a pizza. Who ate more pizza?

Explain how you figured out your answer.

Izabella had to make goodie bags for all her friends. She had 4 different Frozen characters and 3 different flavors of Jolly Ranchers. How many different combinations could end up in the bags?

Explain how you can solve your problem.

SCIENCESTUDENTS WILL WRITE TO EXPLAIN THEIR LEARNING

Now that you’ve learned about gravity, mass, and weight, you know that the moon is smaller than Earth. The moon’s gravity is weaker than Earth’s.

Write a short passage to explain how your motions on the moon would be different from Earth if you were an astronaut.

When going to the beach, your mom makes a list to be prepared. She brings towels, a beach umbrella, and of course, snacks and water.

But right before you get there, she realizes she forgot sunscreen. So she stops at CVS, but you look out the window and see that it’s starting to get cloudy.

Explain why your mom still wants to have sunscreen even though there are clouds in the sky.

You are a news broadcaster stationed in California. It is your job to tell your viewers what happens during an earthquake.

Write an interview between you and Dr. La’Earth, a well known scientist, for your viewers. Your interview should explain what happens during an earthquake, ways of predicting them, and infer how it will eventually change California.

After reading about Edward being landing in a dump (The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane) and studying about different types of pollution, write a short story about what life for Edward would have been like if he was never found and had to continue to live in the dump. You must address the different types of pollution in your story.

You are a writer for the best kid science show, Wild Kratts. Your job is to write an episode involving a predator and a prey. Think of how Chris and Martin can help young children understand how predators and prey interact.

Example:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osLa3Wl5Qf8

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Narrative stories have a beginning, middle, and end

The stories have a clear beginning, middle, and end.

The story is mostly organized with some ideas repeating.

The story is disorganized. Important pieces are missing.

Science information is included is factual

All information is accurately represented.

Most information is factual.

Student is missing science connection.

Neat and spelled correctly

Very neatly written and most words are written correctly

Mostly neat and words are generally spelled correctly

Hard to read and/or many misspellings

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Format of expository

Format is correct with punctuation and organization

Format is mostly correct.

Lacks organization

Science content information included

Content is included and is accurate and has big ideas

Most content is correct but is missing some big ideas

Lacks big ideas and very simplistic