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EVERYDAY HEROES INQUIRY

Evaluating the Work

DAY 3 ACTIVITY

15-20 Minutes

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  • Think about your work and reflect on your progress

  • Make a plan to improve your work

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  • Your work from previous activities

  • Paper or notebook

  • Pencil, pen, or other writing tool

THIS WEEK

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We’re thinking about

the question: 

"How can we celebrate our everyday heroes?”

Your challenge this week is to create a “Tall-Tale Trading Card” that describes the special traits and talents of your personal hero.

Let's Get Started!

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You’ve already created your “Trading Card Plan” describing your hero in words and pictures. When someone sees your plan, they should learn about:

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  • A real person who is a hero to you

  • Your hero’s special trait or talent (exaggerated by you!)

  • Details that reflect time and place

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Look at this student’s “Trading Card Plan.” 

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  • Does this work seem to show a real person?

  • Does this work seem to show a special trait or talent that has been exaggerated?

  • Do the words and pictures show the person’s actions in an exaggerated way?

  • Are there details that reflect time and place?   
     

Now imagine we have the chance to give another student feedback on their work to make it stronger and clearer.

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What advice would you give the student to make this work even stronger?

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The student could add…

 

The student could try…

 

The student could change…

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Your challenge this week: Create a “Tall-Tale Trading Card” that describes the special traits and talents of your personal hero.

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Today, you will explore your "Trading Card Plan" to check if you are meeting your goals.
 

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  1. Pencils down! This is a thinking exercise!

  2. Look at your work and ask:

    • What parts show who my hero is?

    • What parts  show my hero’s trait or talent? 

    • What parts show that I’ve exaggerated my hero’s trait or talent?

  3. Wait, still don’t touch your work! First, make a work plan! Complete one of these sentences:

    • I will add…

    • I will try…

    • I will adjust…

Be sure to save your ”Trading Card Plan” so you can use it to create your “Tall-Tale Trading Card.”

Ready for Day 4?

On day 4, you will create your "Tall-Tale Trading Card."

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