Expectation+1

Expectation #1: Apply critical thinking skills for reasoning and problem solving.
Strategies used by our group in order to achieve the above expectation for our students:
 * Marking up the Text: Questioning, Inferencing, Connecting, Reacting, Predicting, Summarizing [[file:Marking up the text rubric.doc]]
 * Content / Response Notes: [[file:Two-column Notes with sentence stems.doc]]
 * [[image:contentarealearningstrategies:CodingComprehensionSymbols.JPG caption="Coding Comprehension Symbols - MPS Social Studies Department"]]
 * Use of APPARTS (Method for analyzing Primary Source Documents) [[file:Two-column Notes for primary source.doc]]
 * TPCASTT (Tool for poetry analysis) strategies to promote critical thinking [[file:TPcastt-handout.doc]]
 * Analyzing visuals through the use of visual discovery strategies (I See / It Means, Image Detective): Image Detective, [[file:Visual Discovery Strategy I SEE.doc]]