CER
How do I win?
NewsELA
The Writing Process
Pathway's Staff
100
The C in CER stands for this.

What is Claim?

100

To qualify for the Friday Celebration raffle, a student must have no unverified absences, no write ups and this.

What is be passing all classes?

100

This is the number of questions asked on every NewsELA article quiz.

What is 4?

100

The name of the first step of the Writing Process during which a writer brainstorms, thinks and plans out the writing task.

What is pre-writing?

100

Name the Pathway's Math teacher with a 3-legged cat. 

Who is Ryan Hansen?

200

The E in CER stands for this.

What is Evidence?

200

The newest challenge celebrates students that attend every class all week.  This challenge is called...

What is Golden Ticket?

200

This is what I am doing when I highlight and write my own comments on a text.  It has also been called Talking to the Text.

What is annotation?

200

Before I can revise my writing, I must do this - by asking a teacher, sharing with a writing center tutor or having a classmate provide.

What is obtain feedback?

200

Name the Pathway's office professional that has a son who plays college football.

Who is Ms. Mayfield?

300

This step of CER requires the writer to connect the claim and the evidence.

What is Reasoning?

300

The mentor group with the best attendance, fewest write ups and best academic performance will win this prize next week.

What is a pizza party?

300

The last NewsELA article was an overview of this monetary issue; synonymous with unfair money distribution.

What is Income Inequality?

300

The final step of the writing process during which I share my writing with an audience is called...

What is publishing?

300

Name the teacher with a dog named Wilson GoldenDoodle.

Who is Ms. Godek?

400

"According to Politifact, a high school dropout earns $19,000 a year while a graduate makes $28,000 a year." This is an example of which part of CER?

What is Evidence?

400

To get my high school diploma, I must earn this total number of credits.

What is 22?

400

All of our articles relate to our theme this quarter which is... (Hint: Both words start with P)

What is Poverty vs. Privilege?

400

When I edit, I fix these types of mistakes.

What are grammar mistakes (i.e. spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, etc.)?

400

Name the staff member that has been teaching at Pathways the longest.

Who is Mr. Burke?

500

Our two class test grades thus far are based on my performance on what online tool used on class? (Name the online program!)

What is NoRedInk?

500

If I pass all of my classes this semester, I earn this many credits towards graduation. (Only counting classes taken 1 thru 6 or 2 thru 7)

What is 3?

500

This major ELA skill is what I am working on by interacting with each NewsELA article.

What is READING!

500

The first version of a piece of writing is called a...

What is draft?

500

These two staff members worked at Pathways years ago, spent time at Skyline and returned home to the program this year.

Who is Ms. J and Mr. Micou?