variety of sentence occasional use of rich vocabulary; weak incorrect language structures, rich vocabulary vocabulary language usage Presentation Neatly typed, numbered Neatly presented; cover Presentation is legible Difficult to read; not pages; assembled with sheet complete with but lacks visual assembled with care; care; cover sheet with attention to aesthetics appeal; no cover sheet cover sheet name, grade, and dates; with name, grade, and creative ideas present; date good graphics Lesson: Personality and Competency Tests Lesson Activity Steps: (may take several class periods) Purpose Teacher Learner Into Welcome all of the applicants to the (Hook) Orientation meeting. Explain that many clerks of the Supreme have gone onto long and Participate in discussions prosperous careers. Inform the students that they will be Read through assignments (GRASPS and completing a series of employment Rubrics). tasks to see if they have the right stuff for being a Supreme Court clerk. Through Lead students in creating the Students in partners will create “Tree Map” of the Bill of Rights own Map” using a copy of the “Tree Constitution. Introduce Tests” Students will independently complete “Personality 1st-Their personal view both of the “Personality 2nd-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Introduce the Walk-around scenarios. Students will complete the your “Are your rights violated?” rights violated?” Matrix with a “Are colleague. Lead the class going over PowerPoint answers for the scenarios. Students will their answers “correct” and give Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down. They will participate in the discussion. Students given the writing test.
variety of sentence structures, rich vocabulary occasional use of rich vocabulary vocabulary; weak language incorrect language usage Presentation Neatly typed, numbered pages; assembled with care; cover sheet with name, grade, and dates; creative ideas present; good graphics Neatly presented; cover sheet complete with attention to aesthetics Presentation is legible but lacks visual appeal; no cover sheet with name, grade, and date Difficult to read; not assembled with care; cover sheet Lesson: Personality and Competency Tests Lesson Activity Steps: (may take several class periods) Purpose Teacher Learner Into (Hook) Welcome all of the applicants to the Orientation meeting. Explain that many clerks of the Supreme have gone onto long and prosperous careers. Inform the students that they will be completing a series of employment tasks to see if they have the right stuff for being a Supreme Court clerk. Participate in discussions Read through assignments (GRASPS and Rubrics). Through Lead students in creating the “Tree Map” of the Bill of Rights Introduce “Personality Tests” 1st-Their personal view 2nd-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Introduce the Walk-around scenarios. “Are your rights violated?” Lead the class going over PowerPoint answers for the scenarios. Students given the writing test. Students in partners will create own “Tree Map” using a copy of the Constitution. Students will independently complete both of the “Personality Students will complete the “Are your rights violated?” Matrix with a colleague. Students will “correct” their answers and give Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down. They will participate in the discussion.