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Sometimes your sources will provide more reasons than you can even use in your report.

Goal:

Goal:

Micah found many sources of information about the Underground Railroad. She knows that she wants to describe the Underground Railroad in a way that shows what heroes its conductors and passengers were. That means that Micah's reasons should support the idea that using or running the Underground Railroad required a lot of courage and quick thinking.

Use the activity below to see how Micah's notes can help her make her point. First, print out or download Micah's Notes. Then print or download the Reasons and Reasoning worksheet, and use it to study Micah's notes. When you have completed the worksheet, submit it to your teacher.

Micah's Notes
Reasons and Reasoning Worksheet


This is the rubric your teacher will use to grade this assignment.

  Points Criteria
Completion

4 Points
2 You completed all parts or sections of the assignment.
2 Your work on the assignment suggests that you did all of the required reading, including the lesson in which the assignment appears.
Skills Mastery

6 Points
3 Your work on this assignment shows that you understand and can perform the writing skills introduced in the lesson.
3 Your answers show that you gave a lot of thought to this stage of the writing process.

This is the rubric your teacher will use to grade this assignment.

  Points Criteria
Completion

4 Points
2 You completed all parts or sections of the assignment.
2 Your work on the assignment suggests that you did all of the required reading, including the lesson in which the assignment appears.
Skills Mastery

6 Points
3 Your work on this assignment shows that you understand and can perform the writing skills introduced in the lesson.
3 Your answers show that you gave a lot of thought to this stage of the writing process.

This is the rubric your teacher will use to grade this assignment.

  Points Criteria
Completion

4 Points
2 You completed all parts or sections of the assignment.
2 Your work on the assignment suggests that you did all of the required reading, including the lesson in which the assignment appears.
Skills Mastery

6 Points
3 Your work on this assignment shows that you understand and can perform the writing skills introduced in the lesson.
3 Your answers show that you gave a lot of thought to this stage of the writing process.