Unit 4 Writing Wrap Up
Teacher Resources
Lesson 4.7 Teaching Guide
Assessment Guide
Unit Problem: How did the emergence of portable belief systems affect how people lived and support new types of networks among them?
In this lesson, you’ll become familiar with the organization and language and style categories of the WHP Writing Rubric. You will review the rubric, identify organization and language and style in a sample essay, complete a writing assessment, and use writing samples to better evaluate your own writing. Completing a series of rubric-based writing activities will give you a solid grasp on how your teacher will assess your writing.
- Assess how early Chinese philosophies were similar and different and how they influenced the Chinese state government.
- Learn how to identify organization and language and style in historical writing.
- Create and support arguments using historical evidence to compare how early Chinese philosophies influenced how a state should be ruled.
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Writing – Organization and Language and Style Part 1
Activity
Writing – Organization and Language and Style Part 1
In this activity, you’ll take a look at the Organization and Language and Style rows of the rubric and evaluate a sample student essay.
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Unit 4 DBQ
Assessment
Unit 4 DBQ
How did philosophy influence government? Use the documents in this DBQ to come to an informed decision about the similarities and differences between Chinese philosophies.
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DBQ Writing Samples
Activity
DBQ Writing Samples
These DBQ writing samples provide example essays to help support writing instruction in different ways.
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Organization Revision
Activity
Organization Revision
Take a look at the Organization and Language and Style rows of the rubric and evaluate a sample student essay to determine how well the author did on this part of the rubric.