Day 36

Mission 1 - Rough Drafts DUE 3 December; Final Drafts DUE 10 December

• Peer Editing
• Essays have been shared with you in your gmail inbox. Evaluate them for the following:
• Is the hook interesting?
• Does the connecting information clearly bridge between the hook and thesis?
• Is the thesis a clear opinion in favor of or against the topic?
• Does each body paragraph have a topic sentence?
• Does each body paragraph have information that clearly supports the writer's thesis?
• Is the counterargument truly opposite of the writer's thesis?
• Is there support for the counterargument?
• Does the refutation clearly shoot down the counterargument?
• Is the refutation supported?
• Does the writer restate the thesis in the conclusion?
• Does the writer summarize his main points in the conclusion?
• Does the writer give a recommendation or prediction in the conclusion?
• Is the recommendation or prediction supported?
• In addition to the questions above, remember to point out any obvious spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or grammar errors.

Mission 2

• Complete the following Achieve 3000 assignments by 8:59am on Thursday, 3 December. REMINDER: As of Sunday, 22 November, NO LATE WORK will be accepted on ANY Achieve 3000 assignments. In other words, if you miss this deadline, you will receive a zero (0) and you will NOT be permitted to make it up.
• A Better Way to Farm?

For those of you who would like to get ahead:

The following are the upcoming Achieve 3000 assignments:

• Ancient Greece and Rome: Losing History
• Empty Nests
• Ancient Middle East: Will This Pyramid Draw Crowds?
• Pluto: Full of Surprises
• Ancient Greece and Rome: Look What They Found
• Letting Girls Learn
• Medieval Europe: English Princess Found?
• TBD
• A Desert Run
• Did Weather Change History?
• Breaking Balloon Records

Also, on 13 December you will automatically have to complete an interim Level Set on Achieve3000. Completion of this Level Set will result in a score of 100%. Failure to complete this Level Set will result in a score of 0% and will block you from completing future Achieve3000 lessons.