1. C.E.R.C. C – Claim E – Evidence R – Reasoning C – Conclusion
Assessment Writing
This will be my way to determining what you have learned and your ability for application.

2. Claim When making a claim you need to make sure you:
Address the question directly.
Do so briefly and yet boldly
Think of this as a topic sentence that is targeted at the question

3. Evidence
When writing, your opinion will not always be enough. Remember (evidence vs. speculation)
You need to provide: Examples, data, proven facts to make your claim and your essay valid. (Use your notes)
Otherwise it is just a blog post amongst millions

4. Reasoning
For this element your task should be to remove all assumptions.
Walk your reader exactly where you want them to go.
Explain how your evidence and claim are connected and how they develop an answer to the major question.

5. Conclusion Reinforce you claim.
Once you have laid all the evidence on the table remind your reader of your main point
Leave the reader with the most important thing you want them to remember.
Making things neat and brief is often better than long wordy sentences.

6. C.E.R.C. Possible Questions Choose 1
What was the most significant aspect of the American spirit that lead the U.S. to victory in WWII?
Was the United States justified in the use of the atomic bomb?
What lessons can be learned from WWII in dealing with Russia and Putin today?

7. What was the most significant aspect of the American spirit that lead the U.S. to victory in WWII?
Vocabulary
Rationing
Work Force
Victory Garden
War Bonds
Tuskegee Airmen
Rosie the Riveter
Arsenal of Democracy

8. Was the United States justified in the use of the atomic bomb?
Vocabulary
Manhattan Project
Enrico Fermi
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Fat Man / Little Boy
Hiroshima / Nagasaki
Kamikazi

9. What lessons can be learned from WWII in dealing with Russia and Putin today? (Must use article)
Vocabulary
Annex
Isolation
Dictator
Nationalism
Stalingrad
Crimea
Yalta

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11. Requirements 2 paragraphs (6-7 sentences each)
Use 4 of the vocabulary words. (Adjust for proper tense)

12. Grading 19 points possible Claim – 3 points Evidence - 3 Reasoning - 3
Conclusion - 3
Spelling & Grammar - 3
Vocabulary – 4 points

13. Grading Continued 3 – Mastery 2 – Successful 1 – Satisfactory
0 - Lacking