Identify the methods of transportation people used to migrate west. Group Synthesis evaluating examples View examples of clouds. Based on criteria for cloud types, students evaluate how good an example the clouds are of their type. Have students evaluate which was the best method of transportation based on considerations like time, cost, and risk. Compare and contrast what people think about a certain poem or style of poetry.
Students refer to aspects of a poem or style of poetry to argue an interpretation.
Students present a persuasive speech arguing whether expansion was ultimately positive or negative. Understand how rhyme, meter, and imagery can create a mood or feeling in a poem. State the conditions that might effect a successful crossing including time of year, interactions with natives, supplies, etc. Group Synthesis applying rules to a new problem Given new variables, students predict whether a storm front might occur and predict its nature. Asked to write a funny or sad poem, students use rhyme, imagery or meter to create the mood.