Content Area: Language Arts Literacy

 

Index: 3.2 B Grade 12 CPI 3

 

Standard: 3.2 Reading

 

Strand: B - Writing as a Product (resulting in a formal product or publication)

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 3 - The student will draft a thesis statement and support/defend it through highly developed ideas and content, organization, and paragraph development.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·       Students gather data from news sources, buyers’ guides, and the Internet in order to discern the best sports car for the dollar. To sort the data obtained from these sources, students generate critical categories for evaluating the cars and selecting the best buy. They then write a report recommending the car, giving reasons for their selections, and citing their sources of information.

 

·       After exploring possible research topics, students use PowerPoint to outline a research proposal that will identify a tentative topic, a plan for investigation, intended resources, and a brief description of the anticipated final product.