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2. Explore Assessment Guide
Display and distribute copies of the Presentation Assessment Guide
(p. 42). Review how the presentations will be evaluated and what is expected
from students. Tell students to refer to this assessment guide to meet
expectations as they revise their Playground Proposal slide presentation and
add visual support. Have students store their assessment guide in the back
pocket of their P Project Portfolios.
3. Revise
Display the Playground Proposal Revision Questions . Before students
begin revising in their project teams, encourage them to consider the
following questions to assist their revisions and development of their visuals:
• What else does the audience need to know about this part of the
playground proposal?
• Does the proposal present a clear opinion?
• Is the presentation easy to follow?
• Does the proposal make sense?
• What kind of visuals do I need to support my slide presentation?
Tell students they will refer to their Opinion Writing Assessment Guide
throughout the writing process as a guide to meeting expectations.
In their project teams, have students read aloud and revise their sections
of the Playground Proposal slides. Remind students to save their work
frequently. Support as needed.
PROGRESS CHECK While teams are revising their sections of the proposal,
review with each team What You Will Learn from the Project Information Sheet
(p. 38), and review the Assessment Guides (pp. 40–43) to ensure students are
working toward expectations. If teams are not finished with their slide revisions,
tell them you will provide them time to continue revising on Day 10.
WHOLE CLASS 10
Mins
PROJECT TEAM 15
Mins
PREPARE FOR DAY 10
• Review the Writing Checklist to determine which aspects of student writing need
the most improvement, and prepare to model specific conventions. Support for
instruction and student practices of these conventions and literacy skills can be
found in FLEXWorks Resources in the Literacy eHandbook.
• Determine how you will have students create playground maps and add
them to their slides: on graph paper, on a computer with mapping software,
or in a slideshow program displayed using an interactive whiteboard. Plan
accordingly for student access to available computers.
• Review and prepare the Day 10 Language Connection:
Choose Words for Effect.
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PLAN A PLAYGROUND
WritingChecklist
Name
Date
OpinionWriting
Slide contentuseselementsofopinionwriting, specificallyby:
establishinga clear topic
statinga clear topic
including linkingwords that connectopinionsand reasons,using commas correctly
including reasonsandevidence that support the statedopinion
providinga strong concluding statement
Conventions
Slide content includeswriting conventions, specifically:
correct spelling, including the specificnamesofequipmentand features
correct capitalization
correctpunctuation, including commasusedafter intensifiers like “Specifically”or “For instance”
complete sentences ina varietyof structures
WordChoice
Slide contentuses vocabularyand language, specifically:
accurateacademic vocabularywords
precisewords that communicatemeaning
languageappropriate foraudience
Presentation
Proposal includes:
typeofplaygroundand teammembers’names
whyplaygroundsare important
informationaboutplaygroundequipment
playgroundequipment costs
totalbudget cost
healthand safety information
steps to creatingaplayground
visual information to supportproposal content
amapof theproposedplayground
a concluding statement
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Have students
read aloud their
proposals and
make sure they
have strong,
interesting
introductions.