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Learning Targets are met each day. Most of our targets take place over an entire unit, and possibly over the entire year. Below you will find the targets you, as a student are meeting, and you see posted in the classroom daily.

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Learning Targets: November

11/1/2012

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Social Studies

*Distinguish between the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies
*Recognize the major regional differences in the colonies
*Draw conclusions about life in colonial America
*Understand and apply knowledge of government, law, and politics, and citizenship in order to research, form, deliberate, and evaluate positions.
*Describe characteristics of good citizenship
*Understand qualifications for voter eligibility and the history of voting in the United States
*Understand the impact of voter apathy on election results
*Describe how the electoral college system works
*Recognize forms of rhetoric to help separate fact from fiction & determine reliable sources of information
*Understand how personal priorities impact voting decisions
*Understand the purpose of an initiative
*Research a current issue to form, debate, and evaluate a position

Writing

* Write a clear, concise thesis that includes a defensible statement supported by 3 subtopics
*Write topic sentences that include a transition, the subtopic for the body paragraph, and a restatement of the thesis
*Select text quotes that are evidence to strongly support each subtopic
*Write quote setups that remind the reader of what is happening in the story when the text quote takes place
*Write quote analyses that clearly and thoroughly explain how each quote best demonstrates its subtopic to support the thesis
*Write a lead that introduces the topic and hooks the reader’s attention
*Write a clear, concise synopsis that briefly summarizes the important ideas of the text 
*Write a clear, insightful conclusion paragraph that reviews the thesis, connects the ideas, extends the ideas, and echoes the style of the hook.

Reading

Communication
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Technology

*Demonstrate safe, legal and ethical behavior in the use of information and technology. 
*Understand technology systems and use hardware and networks to support learning.
*Understand technology systems and use hardware and networks to support learning.
*Use productivity tools and common applications effectively and constructively.

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