http://tendrils.edublogs.org one student at a time Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:06:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://tendrils.edublogs.org/2008/01/18/the-giver/ http://tendrils.edublogs.org/2008/01/18/the-giver/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:38:21 +0000 Mrs. Schad http://tendrils.edublogs.org/2008/01/18/the-giver/ We’ll be starting Lois Lowry’s novel, The Giver next week.   I’ve been working with my PLC (Professional Learning Community) on how to better weave the MCA-II prep into our existing curriculum.  The MCAs have what is called a constructive response type of question.   It’s like an essay question, but the students are not required to write an answer out.  They can  make a T-Chart, a bulleted list, a Venn Diagram, a mind map (or story map or web) for their answer.   However, we’re trying to get them to not only do that but then also write a statement tying it all together to show that they know how all the information in the answer interconnects.  Easy task, right!   LOL!

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