Unpacking The MMEACT

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Unpacking The MME/ACT

• Shiawassee RESD
• February 5, 2007

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Purpose

• To prepare teachers to effectively teach their
  students to perform well on the writing portion
  of the MME

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Schools Involved in Project
Breckenridge High School Davison High
School Durand High School Flushing High
School Kearsley High School Morrice High
School New Lothrup High School

• Genesee ISD
• Gratiot Isabella RESA
• Shiawassee RESD
• St. Clair RESA

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Graphic Organizer
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Communication Model

• Toulmin Communication Model
• (Toulmin, Rieke and Janik, 1984)
• Map of an argument
• A Claim is made-student takes a position on an
  issue
• Data, i.e. facts to support it are offered
• Possible Rebuttal is offered-counter argument is
  included

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Actual ACT MC Math Item

• A rock group gets 30 of the money from sales of
  their newest compact disc. That 30 is split
  equally among the 5 group members. If the disc
  generates 1,000,000 in sales, how much does one
  group member receive?
•  30,000
•  50,000
•  60,000
• 200,000
• 300,000

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Converted ACT MC Item
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Actual ACT MC Science Item

• A chemist heated a sample of mercury for several
  days in the apparatus shown below. As the
  experiment proceeded, the mercury in the retort
  became covered with a red powder, and the volume
  of mercury increased in the air reservoir. The
  remaining material in the reservoir would not
  support combustion. Which of the following
  theories is supported by the results of this
  experiment?
• The Phlogiston Theory, because the red powder
  resembled an ash
• The Phlogiston Theory, because the air in the
  reservoir could not support combustion and
  therefore did not contain oxygen
• The Oxygen Theory, because the mercury level
  dropped in the air reservoir indicating increased
  oxygen content
• The Oxygen Theory, because the mercury level rose
  in the air reservoir indicating decreased oxygen
  content

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Converted ACT MC Item
Note Only the foils were removed from the
original ACT MC question.
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Science and Math?
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