Teacher+Model_FATPS_CED

=Teacher Model: Using FATPS, CED, and Planning with a Writing Assessment=

This is a document camera video that was taken during Mr. Mason's 8th Grade English Language Arts class. It models for students the following strategies and tools they can use when dealing with a writing assessment:
 * FATPS: Format, Audience, Topic, Purpose, Support
 * CED: Claim, Evidence, Discuss
 * Writing Plan

Laws are written to prevent bad things from happening, and bad things create conflict and fear. Write a letter to someone from a foreign country discussing what you learned in your studies. This person can be imaginary or real. You can write it from your perspective as a citizen of today, or you can take on the role of a colonial citizen of the U.S.A.—it’s your choice. In your letter, focus on at least three (3) specific areas of a U.S. document (The Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independence, or the Preamble to the Constitution) and discuss your understanding of the fears and conflicts that you infer (logically guess) must have been going on during the time that the document was written.
 * Below is the writing prompt students were given:**


 * F:** Letter
 * A:** Foreigner from a time period of my choice
 * T:** What I learned from the documents I studied
 * P:** To Inform; To Discuss;
 * S:** 3 specific areas related to fears and conflicts that caused the document/s to be written

FYI: Unfortunately, there is a little lag at times, so the video does not always keep up with the audio... media type="custom" key="11273820"

**Science Prompt ** Imagine that you are keeping a record of a futuristic voyage to your crew’s assigned solar system destination by creating a travel blog for your mission. Each member of the group will create first person blog posts that demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of their assigned area of solar system research and personal reflections about the journey. Each post should contain a combination of well written original text based on research and multimedia content including images, embedded video and embedded audio. Multimedia may be a mix of original content created by the crew member and media obtained from authoritative sources. All content should be based on cited research. Media must be lawfully acquired and properly attributed. **F**: Blog post in first person **A**: Global **T**: Solar system research **P**: To inform; to reflect **S**: First person, original text based on research (see mission criteria), citations