 | Assignment summary: Many times the hardest part of preparing for a test is
determining what is important to study and what is not. This assignment asks
you to create a study guide for the unit we have just finished by creating
two essay questions, explaining why these questions are important, and then
writing the answers to the questions. |
| Purpose: This assignment requires practical/informative writing; its main
intent is to provide clear, accurate information organized as correct
answers to potential essay test questions. Feel free to use your notes,
text, and any other relevant sources. |
| Writer's role: You will be writing as yourself. Any insight you can bring
to help another student prepare for the test will be appreciated. |
| Audience: Imagine you are writing to a classmate who has missed a
substantial number of classes. The Student needs your help to determine
which questions are most likely to appear on the test and the answers to
those questions. |
| Form: Your study guide should take the form of two three-part essays. In
each part you should state one essay question, explain why it is an
important question, and then correctly answer the question. Your sentences
should be clear, and your paragraphs well organized and easy to read. The
final product should be ________ to ________ handwritten lines long. |
| FCAs: 1) list two important essay questions with focus correction areas
and explain to your reader why you picked each of these questions; 2)
correctly answer the two essay questions you created; 3) no capital or end
mark errors. |
| Procedure: |
 | Read and review your textbook, notes, and any other sources on the unit. |
| Try to anticipate any questions that might be asked on the unit test.
Make a list of at least seven questions and then select the best two. |
| Check to see if the information you have answers the questions you
selected. Get help if you need additional information. |
| Discuss your questions and the information you have with a classmate. |
| Draft your study guide due on ________. List each question, then the
reason why the question is important and likely to be asked on a test,
and, finally, answer each question. |
| Read your draft out loud. See if it is easy to read and check for the
focus correction areas. |
| When you are confident the draft is accurate and well done, have another
student read it to you out loud and listen for problems in the focus
correction areas. |
| Make any necessary revisions or edits and recopy. The final draft is due
on ________. |