The Reading Claim & Evidence skill assessment over the excerpts of Loewen's Chapter 2 was returned and time given for students to chart their score on a newly distributed Skills Tracking Page, to edit their thesis via my answer key on the Smart Board, and then we discussed the thesis and 2 pieces of evidence. (See a reliable classmate.) Then, comb through this good work you did on Loewen's chapter to pull EQ notes -- both themes and evidence. (Set up a themes area on your E.Q. page if you haven't already.) Students finished reading the full packet (the 2-pages from yesterday was a photocopy error -- see the new 4-page packet) and taking E.Q. notes and adding C.Q.s. We proceeded to go into depth on the Haudenosaunee influence on British colonists by way of a C&E on excerpts from chapter 11 of Charles C. Mann's book, 1491 -- to be used in a scored Socratic discussion; more time in class tomorrow to work on 1491 with the discussion to be held Thursday.
