Created By Dr. Brian E. Enright

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A Structured Writing Guide

• Created By Dr. Brian E. Enright

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• Highlight or underline the question
• Answer the question What is the problem asking
  me to find?
• Rewrite the question in your own words
• The problem is asking me to find
  ________________________.

S- Study the Problem
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O- Organize the facts

• Identify the facts.
• Eliminate the unnecessary facts.
• List all the necessary facts.

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L- Line up a plan

• Choose an operation.
• Write out a plan to solve the problem without
  using numbers.

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V Verify the plan

• Estimate the answer.
• Solve the problem by using your plan.

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E- Examine the Results

• Students check their work in this step.
• Write the final answer using a sentence.

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Word Problem 1

• From a car wash, a service club made 108 that
  was divided between the Girl Scouts and Boy
  Scouts. There were twice as many girls as boys,
  so the decision was made to give the girls twice
  as much money. How much did each group receive?

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• Highlight or underline the question
• Answer the question What is the problem asking
  me to find?
• Rewrite the question in your own words
• The problem is asking me to find
  ________________________.

S- Study the Problem
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S Study the Problem

• From a car wash, a service club made 108 that
  was divided between the Girl Scouts and Boy
  Scouts. There were twice as many girls as boys,
  so the decision was made to give the girls twice
  as much money. How much did each group receive?

• The problem is asking me to find how much money
  each group received.

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O- Organize the facts

• Identify the facts.
• Eliminate the unnecessary facts.
• List all the necessary facts.

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O Organize the Facts

• Facts
• The service club made 108
• 108 was divided between the girls and boys
• The girls get twice as much money
• Unnecesary Facts
• There are twice as many girls as boys

• From a car wash, a service club made 108 that
  was divided between the Girl Scouts and Boy
  Scouts. There were twice as many girls as boys,
  so the decision was made to give the girls twice
  as much money. How much did each group receive?

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L- Line up a plan

• Choose an operation.
• Write out a plan to solve the problem without
  using numbers.

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From a car wash, a service club made 108 that
was divided between the Girl Scouts and Boy
Scouts. There were twice as many girls as boys,
so the decision was made to give the girls twice
as much money. How much did each group receive?

• Plan Operation
• To solve this problem I must make two equations
  that represent a system of equations and then use
  substitution, elimination, or graphing.

L- Line up a plan
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V Verify the plan

• Estimate the answer.
• Solve the problem by using your plan.

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• Plan
• Let B the amount boys make and G the amount
  girls make
• B G 108
• G 2B
• Since, G 2B, I will use substitution
• B 2B 108
• 3B 108
• B 36
• BG108
• 36 G 108
• G72

From a car wash, a service club made 108 that
was divided between the Girl Scouts and Boy
Scouts. There were twice as many girls as boys,
so the decision was made to give the girls twice
as much money. How much did each group receive?
V Verify the plan
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E- Examine the Results

• Students check their work in this step.
• Write the final answer using a sentence.

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• RESULTS
• CHECK
• Since B G 108
• 36 72 108
• (36)2 72
• The Boy Scouts received 36 and the Girl Scouts
  received 72.
• The Girls Scouts received twice as much money as
  the Boy Scouts.

From a car wash, a service club made 108 that
was divided between the Girl Scouts and Boy
Scouts. There were twice as many girls as boys,
so the decision was made to give the girls twice
as much money. How much did each group receive?
E- Examine the Results
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SOLVE Rubric

• SStudy the Problem
• 1 point Underlines or highlights question, but
  doesnt rewrite
• 2 points Rewrites, but has incomplete idea
• 3 points Rewrites and has main idea
• OOrganize the Problem
• 1 point Identifies some facts
• 2 points Identifies all facts
• 3 points Identifies all facts and eliminates
  extraneous facts
• LLine up a plan
• 1 point Has a beginning idea of a plan
• 2 points Has a complete idea of plan
• 3 points Sets plan up in complete order and
  makes estimates

• Points
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SOLVE Rubric

• VVerify the plan
• 1 point Start to work plan but stops
• 2 points Tries to work past first trial but
  still incomplete
• 3 points Continues to work plan to completion
• EExamine the result
• 1 point Checks work only
• 2 points Writes answer in complete sentence only
• 3 points Checks work and writes answer in
  complete sentence
• Total Points (Max 15)

• Points
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Practice Problems

• WHAT CAN WE TRY SOLVE OR GUIDED READING ON??
• Math 8-
• MARS Pythagorean Theorem Activity
• Math I
• Linear versus Exponential
• Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

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Practice Problems

• 1. Chris wanted to ride a taxi from the library
  to the mall. The cab driver said there was a
  2.00 fee plus 0.75 per mile. Chris knew the
  library was 11 miles from the mall. How much
  would his ride cost?
• 2. Elizabeth was the grocery store. She brought 3
  pounds of apples at 0.89 per pound, 2 pounds of
  oranges at 0.53 per pound, and a loaf of bread
  that cost 1.39. What was the total of her
  grocery bill?

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Practice Problems

• 3. Gabe wanted to put paneling on his living room
  wall. He knew the wall was 24 feet long. Each
  sheet of paneling was 4 feet wide. How many
  sheets of paneling would he need?
• 4. Ashleys parents pay her for grades on her
  report card. They pay 10.00 for each A, 5.00
  for each B, and 1.00 for each C. Ashley does not
  earn money for any grade lower than a C. If she
  made 4 As, 3 Bs, and 1 C on her latest report
  card, how much money did she earn?