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What would you do if most or all of your class chose only one side? It can be hard for students to disagree with an entire class so even if a student thinks differently they may choose to argue the more popular side.
- I would suggest that if this happens that you as the teacher argue the other side to the students.
- If you are not initially going to assign someone a side I wouldn't wait to do it because some student may get upset if you force the to switch and not others.

I really like that you include language and social studies into this lesson! I also really love that you give students the chance to express their own opinion! It would also be cool if you added in dome sort of video of what happened at pear harbor to peak their interest.

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I like the idea of students writing to a government official about a big topic.  I feel that it is good because students are able to feel like they are making an impact even though they cannot vote.  I think that it would be good if the students knew the actual history of what happened

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I like how your lesson takes students back in time and makes them feel like they are actually experiencing a critical moment in US history. I also like that students have a chance to participate in thoughtful debate. This could be expanded even more into something like a socrates circle.

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I like your sentence stems for your ELL students.
I also think its a great idea to have students pick a side and give their own opinion about it.
Maybe some students who need more help can write their letters with a partner

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Limit content language objective to one language function - persuasion. Leave KWL chart out of summarize assessment, FAME. Very good approach to Pearl Harbor! Excellent background and intro to the problem. Great ELL strategies!!!

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I really like the concept of your lesson I think it's a great way to have students practice being comfortable with stating their opinions and stating them in an appropriate way. I am just confused with the FAME chart because it seems like you are doing it based off their background knowledge. Maybe you could do it on what they learned. Like did they actually take in the information they learned and apply it

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I enjoyed your lesson and the topic that you guys picked. I like how many different ways you guys have to assess your students.

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I liked how the lesson provided students an opportunity to start working on their debating skills to have a full class discussion. The topic is informative to the students about teaching them about the past and how an event can have different perspectives. An recommendation for improvement would be to have students be randomly assigned either for or against to allow for equal distribution of students between the two sides of the argument.

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Gem: I like that they are writing a letter to the president. It promotes reaching out to political figures when you want your voice to be heard.
Gem:  I liked that you guys included information in your presentation about how you would support ELLs.
Opportunity: Since this event happened a long time ago, are they going to get any feedback from a real person or connect it to any current events?

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2 gem: I like how you engaged the students in voicing their opinion. gOOD HISTORY LESSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 adjustment: give brief history about the war

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I like that idea of an opinion piece and letter to the president. I think you should show a video to all students just to tap into their prior knowledge. It might help them fill out the KWL chart. I like the KWL chart though because lots of kids probably hear about Pearl Harbor but don't know any specific information.

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Gem: Love the debate and topic.
Gem: kids will be super into having a debate while still learning about a topic
Adjustment: not sure what to adjust, are students using sentence stems during the debate?

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I like that you have an authentic audience. Your use of sentence stems and scaffolds for ELLs is also good. I wonder if there is a way that you could make this more relevant. This event already happened in the past, why should students care now?

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I like the idea of students writing to a government official about a big topic. I feel that it is good because students are able to feel like they are making an impact even though they cannot vote. I think that it would be

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Gem: great way to teach a social studies standard
Gem: puts them in the shoes of times of war and decision making.
Opportunity: how does this impact them in modern times? Wouldn’t they all choose to declare war because that is what happened in history?

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Loved the idea of debate
Very engaging and opinion based

Maybe provide more resources for students to look at so they can be passionate about their decision

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Gem - I like the summative assesment because the students are writing a letter as well as debating in class.
Gem - There is plenty of ELL support.
Opportunity - Modify the rubric to reflect the summative assessment

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Gem: I like that you give the students the choice to choose what side they want to defend
Gem: I like the idea of writing a lesson to the president
Improvement: Make the rubric based off the letter

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Gem: I like that you give them the option to select which side they will argue for
Gem: I like the sentence stem structures for ELL
Opportunity: What will you do if students are shy and uncomfortable presenting to the class?

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Gem: Student engagement would be so high because it's a topic students can relate too and they would have strong opinions on it.
Gem: The differentiation strategies for ELL's are good.
Improvement: What resources will students use? A