Give guidance and feedback to students' plans, encouraging, refining, and helping them to be responsible for their own learning. Maintain high expectations for completion of chosen options. Summarize by reviewing the whole, bringing students "full circle" to the experience with which the learning began.
Rough Drafts and Final Drafts
Objective: Analyze what has been learned.
Activity: Students take essay home overnight. Have parent or other adult read rough draft and make written comments and suggestions plus sign paper. Students write final draft of persuasive essay.
Assessment: Following instructions; quality of persuasive essay.