Ann Maraziti

Walton High School

INTRODUCTION:

S

tudents are truant. Being excessively absent from school is causing them to fail their classes. It is preventing many students from graduating. Many are getting into trouble and just making their situation in life worse. Your teacher has chosen you as a student advisor, and wants to know how to insure that every student comes to school. What are some ways to make sure that this happens?

TASK: Write a report outlining your ideas. Use the Six Step Public Policy Process to write your report.

PROCESS:

Day One: You will work in groups of four.

Day Two: Using the Public Policy Analyst you will define the problem of lateness.

Day Three: Gather evidence.

Day Four: Identify causes

Day Five: Evaluate a Policy

Day Six: Develop solutions

Day Seven: Select the best solutions

RESOURCES:

http://parentingteens.about.com/library/weekly/aa021500a.htm

http://mcdonough.k12.il.us/optionaleducation/TAOEP/truancylaws.htm

http://www.infoline.org/InformationLibrary/documents/H%20Education/Truancy%20Laws%20lb.asp

http://legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/list/edlaw/msg00684.html

EVALUATION:

Performance Task Assessment List Group Work

Element	Possible Points	Earned Assessment
		Self	Teacher
The individual comes to the group prepared for the group work.
The individual completes all individual tasks for the group on time and with quality.
The individual participates in a constructive manner.
The individual encourages others to participate in a constructive manner.
The individual is a good, active listener.
The individual supports his/her position in a strong and thoughtful manner.
The individual disagrees in an agreeable manner.
The individual can reach compromises.
The individual shares the responsibility of helping the group get the job done according to directions and on time.
The individual promotes positive human relations in the group.
Total:

Walton High School Research Report Rubric

Name: ________________________

Teacher: Ms. Maraziti

Criteria

Points

	4	3	2	1
Introduction/ Topic	Student(s) properly generate questions and or problems around a topic.	Student(s) generate questions and or problems.	Student(s) require prompts to generate questions and or problems.	Questions or problems are teacher generated.	____
Conclusions Reached	Numerous detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	Several detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	Some detailed conclusions are reached from the evidence offered.	A conclusion is made from the evidence offered.	____
Information Gathering	Information is gathered from multiple electronic and non-electronic sources and cited properly. Completed 6 Public Policy Worksheets	Information is gathered from multiple electronic and non-electronic sources. Completed 5- 4 Public Policy Worksheets	Information is gathered from limited electronic and non-electronic sources. Completed 3 or 2 Public Policy Worksheets	Information is gathered from non-electronic or electronic sources only. Completed 1 Public Policy Worksheet	____
Summary Paragraph	Well organized, demonstrates logical sequencing and sentence structure.	Well organized, but demonstrates illogical sequencing or sentence structure.	Well organized, but demonstrates illogical sequencing and sentence structure.	Weakly organized.	____
Punctuation, Capitalization, & Spelling	Punctuation and capitalization are correct.	There is one error in punctuation and/or capitalization.	There are two or three errors in punctuation and/or capitalization.	There are four or more errors in punctuation and/or capitalization.	____
				Total---->	____

CONCLUSION:

Students will have gathered information on truancy, and written a report which outlines their ideas on how to insure that every student comes to class. Some learning standards that they addressed are:

New York State Learning STANDARDS

English

E1c- Read and comprehend informational materials

E2a- Produce a report of information

E2e- Produce a persuasive essay.

E3b- Participate in group meetings.

Science

S5 f Works individually and in teams to collect and share information and ideas.

S6 d Acquires information from multiple sources.

S7 b Argues from evidence.