DAILY DIRECTIONS DAY 7 P I O N E E R S
Day 7 Objectives • Diary Entry 2: Trail to Cheyenne Crossing • Frontier Fates simulate events that might occur along the trail • Read about and discuss the writing of a research paper • Select a topic for a research paper • Begin research for the paper Materials • Student Guides (page 8, pages 14–16) — class set • RESEARCH PAPER RUBRIC — class set or transparency + one to post • WRITING CONVENTIONS RUBRIC — class set or transparency + one to post (Optional) • Resource Materials (encyclopedias and other relevant sources related to research topics and rattlesnake bites) — several • Index Cards (3" x 5"; lined) — 10–15 per student Procedure 1. Return each student’s evaluated Trail Decision 2. Have wagon masters record grades on their WAGON MASTER’S LOG.
Reviewing the Frontier Fates ahead of time will give you an idea of where things are going and will allow you to be a step ahead of the students. Add additional fates of your own to further increase your control of events and to simulate additional happenings along the trail. The wagon master keeps track of the EF and DPs for each fate on scratch paper before entering these on his/her WAGON MASTER’S LOG. Remind students that DPs are Delay Points and are subtracted from their total.
Review DIARY ENTRY RUBRIC with students.
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2. Return identity 4’s paragraphs related to Frontier Fate 12 (with consequences indicated on their papers). Read Frontier Fates 13–16 (pages 35 and 36). Have wagon masters write down the consequences on scratch paper. Instruct wagon masters to compute their consequences for the day. 3. Instruct wagon train members to check their wagon master’s computations. Instruct wagon masters to complete the WAGON MASTER’S LOG for today (filling in columns 1–7). 4. Instruct wagon masters to compute the number of dots their wagon train is able to move for the day (columns 8–10). Groups check these computations. 5. Wagon masters place their travel markers on the classroom Hacker Trail Map. Wagon masters record (or have another member record) progress on the Hacker Trail Map in their Pioneer Paperwork Folders. 6. Read together the Situation and Entry for Diary Entry 2: Trail to Cheyenne Crossing (page 8 in their Student Guides). Briefly answer any questions that arise.
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