Objective:  I can evaluate a peer’s ACT essay about a five-year plan for school.

Bell:  Recall and write a strength and a weakness for one of the essays from the last gallery walk.

Acitivities:

1.  Share Out:  Two individuals will discuss their responses.

2.  Gallery Walk:  Use the “eyeball” test to compare and contrast the essay you are evaluating with the various ACT samples around the room.  Use sticky notes with these sentence stems:

a. I think this essay is a #_____ because…

b.  I think this essay is not a #_____ because…

3.  Share Out:  Check for understanding.

4.  Review the Holistic Rubric for an ACT essay at the Promethean Board.

5.  Independent Reading:  Read the essay being evaluated.

6.  Elbow Share:  Students share with their neighbor strengths and weaknesses of the essay being evaluated.

7.  Each student ranks the essay being evaluated and writes a five-sentence justification.

8.  Share Out:  Read several evaluations aloud and discuss as a whole class.