6.4
HEY
, atMeNow!
RA T I ONA L E
This activity is designed to serve students and teachers as a gauge of
what they have learned from this curriculum.
F OCU S QU E S T I ON S
What have you learned about earthquakes and earthquake
preparedness?
What will you do differently as a result of these lessons?
OB J E C T I V E S
Students will
correct, elaborate, and refine their earlier writings by
applying information they have gained from this curriculum.
MA T E R I A L S
Q
Writing paper and pens or computers and printers
P ROC E DUR E
A. Introduction
Explain that in this postassessment activity each student is to complete
the same task he or she did in the preassessment activity. In rewriting
each of the three passages, however, students are urged to draw upon
what they have learned from the unit. Remind the students to focus on
how their new knowledge has changed their way of thinking about
earthquakes and earthquake preparedness.
B. Lesson Development
As they did in Unit 1, students will invent a specific quake. Each of
their three accounts will describe the same earthquake, but the styles
of the three will vary.
New Reporter—
a short, concise article describing the who, what,
where, why, and when of the earthquake.
Scientist
—a scientific account stating what is objectively known about
the earthquake: its causes, its Modified Mercalli and Richter ratings,
and the possibility of aftershocks or more large earthquakes.
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