More Study Time! (we must really love you guys)

Starter 14:
Self Assess:  As of right now, which area of the quiz are you most confident about?  Which area are you feeling most nervous about?  What are your strategies for improving in this area?

Study Stations

VRA Checks and Balances  (5 min)

1. Draw a checks and balances diagram that shows the different checks and balances of the VRA between the Legislative and Judicial branches

Checks and Balances Scenarios  (10 min)
Do these individually first, then check with your partner.  After most folks are done, we'll review as a class.

1. The President was found to be participating in tawdry illicit international activities (I’ll let your feverish little brains fill in the gaps here).
2. A law recently passed in a state legislature banning gay marriages is ruled unconstitutional.
3. A bill is passed outlawing American citizens from making contributions to charitable organizations from the Middle East is vetoed.
4. We find that a Supreme Court Justice faked their law school diploma using photoshop.
5. A Supreme Court justice keels over in shock when another justice walks in wearing a neon orange robe to “modernize the court.”  They need to be replaced.

Branch Powers  (10-15 min)
Use the flashcards you created on Friday to quiz each other.  As you learn them, remove those flashcards from the deck, so that you are only studying the ones you don't already know.  When you think you know all of them, give yourself a final quiz using all the flashcards.

ESSAY:  Outline and Evidence  (rest of class)

1. Review how essay structure follows thesis structure
2. Review rubric for in-class writing (it's linked at the top of the documents page!)
3. Show resources for in-class essay outlining (also linked at the top of the documents page!)
4. Write topic sentences for each body paragraph
5. Find evidence/examples for each body paragraph--use texts for this!  Websites!  Careful thinking!

Have with you tomorrow:

1. Essay outline, and any texts you need for evidence (don’t rely on the internet!)
2. Pen or pencil
3. Computer (for typing the essay).  You should either hook it up to my printer TODAY to get the driver, so you can print here, or make sure you have a flashdrive for printing on a school printer.

HOMEWORK:
Study and be ready for the TEST TOMORROW!