RAP
What does RAP stand for?
restate, answer, proof
What is the difference between firsthand and secondhand accounts?
Firsthand is written by someone who experienced the event.
Uses pronouns such as "I, me, my, we, our"
Sechondhand is written by an outsider who interprets/summarizes the event, USING firsthand accounts.
Uses pronouns such as, "he, she, they, them, their, its"
What year did the stock market crash?
1929
What is central idea?
What the passage is mostly about, the most important idea from the passage.
What topic is your test on? (The reading passage topic)
The Great Depression
Why do we use RAP?
To write strong extended responses and become better writers
What does CER stand for?
*100 EXTRA POINTS if you can explain it
Claim, evidence, reasoning
What happens when a stock loses its value?
a. Factories produce less
b. Stores are unable to sell goods
c. The banks close
d. An investor loses money
When a stock loses its value, an investor loses money (D).
Which word would mean the same as the phrase “a decline in the economy”?
a. success
b. depression
c. manufacturing
d. recession
d. recession
If you can beat Ms. Begum in rock, paper, scissor then you win!
Just kidding, you were gonna get 200 freebie points anyways!!!! WOOHOO!
Restate this question:
According to the article, which personal account showed the most struggle during this time and why?
The personal account that showed the most struggle from the article was _________ because ________________.
What is an example of a firsthand account? What is an example of a secondhand account? Write it, show it, or find it in the classroom books.
Firsthand - student journal, diary, photos
secondhand - nonfiction books, textbooks, dictionary, BHM books
What all did people lose during the Great Depression?
They lost their jobs, money, and homes.
What does it mean to be "self-sufficient'?
able to take care of yourself, to be happy, or to deal with problems, without help from other people
You have an important decision to make.....
You can choose to get a piece of candy and skip the chance of getting these points, OR you can reject the piece of candy and score these points for your team!
What's your choice?
.....
Come up with a RAP question to give your classmates (base it off The Great Depression article)
varies
Support this claim:
Losing your job effects many things in your life.
If you lose your job, you won't have money to buy food or pay bills to keep a roof above your head. This will effect your physical and mental health, especially if you are responsible for taking care of family members. In order to survive you need money, and to get money you need a job.
During the stock market crash, what did the nervous people (investors) do with their stock?
The nervous investors started selling their stocks.
What words have the same meaning as the word 'commodities' in the following sentences:
“We raised watermelon and corn and you just couldn’t sell anything. Nobody was buying any of our commodities.”
Products
Items
Goods
Money
Products, items, and goods are the same thing as "commodities"
Money does NOT have the same meaning as commodity.
What country is Ms. Begum from?
Bangladesh
What part of RAP is missing in the response?
Question: Why was the Great Depression a difficult time period for Americans?
The Great Depression was a difficult time period for Americans because many lost their job and life savings.
The part that is missing is the 'proof'
You could say, "In the text it says banks lost all of their money causing their business to close. As a result, bankers lost their jobs and people who had their life savings in these banks never got their money back. All the money they invested, plus more, was wiped away. "
Read the explanation and reasoning, then come up with the claim.
"By lowering the minimum age, less businesses would be understaffed. These 14 year old would learn more responsibilities in the real world other than just what they learn in 8th grade. The younger generation is capable of working to better the economy and help their families."
The claim is that the minimum working age should be lowered to 14 years old.
Why is the decade from 1929-1939 called the Great Depression?
(You have to infer based on your schema)
That decade is called the Great Depression because it is the worst economic downfall in the history of our world. When the economy was declining, a recession occurred. This caused millions of investors to worry about their stock so they sold them, which then made the stock market crash. This was just the beginning, Americans felt the impact of all this through 1930-1933 as businesses closed, and people lost all their money.
Pick 3 parts of speech and explain each of the them.
*100 EXTRA POINTS if you can give an example of each one.
Noun, verb, adjective, pronoun, adverb
What are 5 things you remember reading/learning about on the Great Depression?
varies, examples:
Stock market crashed in 1929
When a stock loses value, investors lose money
People living in the city struggled the most
People started selling stocks because they were nervous about losing it