Writing Assessment:
Writing assessments are a great way to track students progress throughout the duration of a unit. These writing assignments provide students the opportunity to get in touch with their creativity and express their knowledge in a interesting and fun way. The purpose is for students to display their knowledge through a creative medium that can be displayed and shown to others. Below you will find a list of writing assessment prompts for you to use.
Writing assessments are a great way to track students progress throughout the duration of a unit. These writing assignments provide students the opportunity to get in touch with their creativity and express their knowledge in a interesting and fun way. The purpose is for students to display their knowledge through a creative medium that can be displayed and shown to others. Below you will find a list of writing assessment prompts for you to use.
Writing Activities:
Teachers can also use various forms of writing activities to help develop student knowledge as well find out what students might already know or to introduce what students are about to learn about in class. Below is a document that includes an Authentic Writing Assignment, Preview Activity, Innovative Reading Notes, and a Processing Assignment. Each can be used to help further the application of materials beneficial to students learning.
Teachers can also use various forms of writing activities to help develop student knowledge as well find out what students might already know or to introduce what students are about to learn about in class. Below is a document that includes an Authentic Writing Assignment, Preview Activity, Innovative Reading Notes, and a Processing Assignment. Each can be used to help further the application of materials beneficial to students learning.
Essential Questions:
Common Core Standards:
- How did the ancient Egyptians adapt to their environment?
- How did location affect how the early people lived?
- How did the development of agriculture change human life?
Common Core Standards:
- S6.5a Geographic factors influence the development of classical civilizations and their political structures. Students will locate the classical civilizations on a map and identify geographic factors that influenced the extent of their boundaries, locate their cities on a map, and identify their political structures.
- 6.3c Mesopotamia, Yellow River valley, Indus River valley, and Nile River valley complex societies and civilizations adapted to and modified their environment to meet the needs of their population. Students will explore how the selected complex societies and civilization adapted to and modified their environment to meet the their basic needs of food, clothing, and shelter.
- 6.3a Humans living together in settlements develop shared customs, beliefs, ideas, and languages that give identity to the group.
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