We had some follow-up on the Socratic discussion in which I clarified some content, score sheets were distributed, and students collaborated to pull big ideas as well as detailed evidence/facts for each of their 2 essential questions onto their "E.Q." pages. Students then worked individually to record on a sheet of their own paper the following while reading a handout of the Declaration of Independence ("The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America"): Thesis, Types of Evidence (you don't have to list the actual details of evidence, but rather a short list of themes/categories of the evidence used), and favorite line/quote.
