9/24/2023: "Teaching so it matters," Smith & Wilhelm
I want to start this by drawing comparisons to other concepts I've encountered which resonate with this text. "Smash It!"- an activity in which students generate a problem which the class as a whole is going to work together to solve - resonates well with Smith & Wilhelm's example method with which they assessed based on their inquiry question. In our theoretical application of Smash It!, we also focused on standards-based essential questions to guide what our assessment methods would be, looking at the standards relevant to persuasive forms in our grade level (9th) and the previous grade level (8th), finding the differences in these standards, and forming essential questions based on what made this grade level's standard different from the previous's. The concept here is that we are focusing on something they have not previously encountered while also focusing on what our classes are supposed to focus on. The facets of understanding are pretty clearly a