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previewing embedded assessment 2 and Looking at Multimedia
aCTIvITy 3.13
learning Targets
• Reflect on and make connections between the lessons of the Holocaust and “taking action.”
• Analyze the skills and knowledge needed to complete Embedded Assessment 2 successfully.
Making Connections
During your study of narratives of the Holocaust, you were asked to think about the concept of “finding the light in the darkness.” This idea is developed further in the last half of the unit by building on the idea of people taking action to create positive change in their communities and the world.
Essential Questions
Reflect on your understanding of the relationship between the first Essential Question (Why is it important to learn about the Holocaust?) and the second Essential Question (How can one person make a difference?).
Developing Vocabulary
Return to the Academic Vocabulary and literary Terms at the beginning of the unit.
Using the QHT strategy, re-sort the words based on your new learning.
1. Compare this sort with your original sort. How has your understanding changed?
2. Select a word from the chart (or a Holocaust-related term) and write a concise statement about your learning. How has your understanding of this word changed over the course of this unit?
Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2
Closely read the Embedded Assessment 2 Assignment and the Scoring Guide.
Develop a multimedia presentation that informs your peers about an issue
of national or global significance and convinces them to take action. Work collaboratively to conduct and synthesize research into an engaging campaign that challenges your audience to make a difference.
Work with your class to paraphrase the expectations and create a graphic organizer to use as a visual reminder of the required concepts (what you need to know) and skills (what you need to do).
After each activity, use this graphic organizer to guide reflection about what you have learned and what you still need to learn in order to be successful in the Embedded Assessment.
INDepeNDeNT
reaDING LINk
To support your learning in the second half of the unit, select a fiction or nonfiction narrative about someone who made a difference in the world or who tried to confront social injustice.
My Notes
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LearNING STraTeGIeS:
QHT, Close Reading, Paraphrasing, Graphic Organizer
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