Write a reaction paper that involves both articles.
Article 1 : Highly motivated kids have a greater advantage in life than kids with a high IQ By Rebecca haggerty
Article 2 : Should Millions of Students Take a Gap Year? Large Numbers of Students Start the School Year Above Grade Level By Scott J. Peters, Karen Rambo-Hernandez,etc.
Criteria for Reaction PaperSelf Assessment
1.) Main ideas stated clearly.
1. How am I doing?
2. What am I doing well?
2.) Reactions include-
3. What do I need to do to
a.) a statement of your opinion improve?
b.) a text to self connection
1.) prior knowledge
c.) a text to text connection
d.)a text to world connection
3.) One page- double-spaced, font size- 12
Ask yourself-
1.) What is the author trying to say?
2.) What do you think? Does it make sense to me?
3.) Did I explain my thinking by giving examples to support my opinion?
4.) Why are the author/s ideas important to the education of all children?
5.) Did I express my opinion, examples (text to self, text to text, and text to world connections) in grammatically correct sentences?
6.) How will I apply these ideas when I am teaching?
Possible Teacher
Points Assessment
1.) Main ideas stated clearly
2.) Opinion stated clearly
3.) Examples to support each opinion
4.) Grammatically correct sentence structure