Analyzing BCR Prompts and Making Graphic Organizers

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Analyzing BCR Prompts and Making Graphic
Organizers

• Chris Beers-Arthur/Tom Barse
• Honors NSL

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Objectives

• You will be able to
• Analyze BCR/ECR prompts
• Create graphic organizers to guide your BCR/ECR
  writing
• Agenda
• Presentation/Example
• Practice with BCR/ECR prompts

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Describe
Write about a subject so the reader can easily
visualize or imagine it
(tell us what you know)
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Evaluate
Examine something to give your opinion of its
value or to judge its quality
(tell us if its good or bad)
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Graphic Organizer
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Graphic Organizer
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Graphic Organizer
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Graphic Organizer
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Graphic Organizer
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Graphic Organizer
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Graphic Organizer
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Outline
Outline

• Fiscal options in recession
• Increase spending
• i.  Hire more government workers
• ii. Spend more on programs
• iii. Buy more things
• Tax cuts
• I. For the rich
• ii.For the poor
• Iii. For everyone
• iv.For businesses

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Outline

• Evaluation
• Tax cuts increase money supply
• i. Government can target groups and businesses
• ii. Gives the government less money to spend
• iii. Example cutting taxes for families with
  children
• Increased spending increases money supply
• i. Government can target specific programs
• ii.Costs more money
• iii. Example spending more money on the war in
  Iraq

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KEY Vocabulary for BCRs

• Analyze break down a subject, idea, event, or
  object into parts and interpret each part
• Compare Show how two things are similar or
  different
• Contrast Show how two things are different
• Concrete details Specific examples of
  information
• Defend Offer support for a specific position
• Define Give an accurate meaning of a term
• Describe Write about a subject so the reader
  can easily visualize or imagine it

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KEY Vocabulary for BCRs

• Evaluate Examine something to give your opinion
  of its value or to judge its quality
• Explain Give the meaning of something-an idea,
  theme, etc.
• Identify Name and describe characteristics
• Illustrate Clarify a point or an idea by giving
  examples
• Infer Draw a conclusion based on the evidence
• Justify Provide good reasons that support a
  particular decision, action., or event

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KEY Vocabulary for BCRs

• Persuade Give reasons in logical order to
  convince or get someone to agree, disagree,
  believe, or act in a certain way
• Summarize Briefly give the main ideas in
  paragraph form
• Support Use concrete details to show, prove, or
  explain an idea
• Trace Tell about something in chronological
  order

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Assignment

• Analyze (circle key words in different colors)
  each of the BCRs and the ECR
• Make a graphic organizer (either an outline or a
  concept-web) for each
• Make sure that your organizer covers the whole
  question and includes details and examples!