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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe MAIN purpose of your skit is toparaphrase the entire Declaration of Independenceparaphrase just your section (excerpt).learn vocab Thomas Jefferson used in his writinghave fun
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why was Jefferson a controversial figure in American History?He owned slaves and lived in the north.He liked Thomas Paine's writing "Common Sense".He was a wealthy plantation owner with many slaves.Martin Luther King didn't like him. - 3. Multiple ChoiceHow is a skit different from a presentation?A presentation just informs where in a skit each presenter acts to bring the theme alive!A presentation includes a narrator where a skit does not.A skit may include a narrator but is about 2 hours longA presentation is always a debate and a skit just informs you!
- 4. Multiple ChoiceYour skit can take place ANYWHERE as long as it portrays the "central theme" of your excerptTrueFalse
- 5. Multiple ChoiceMany words have different meanings. Each term from the actual excerpt must be used with the same meaning as Jefferson used it. If a word is used in the wrong context during the skit, how many points can be deducted?5101520
- 6. Multiple Choice2 people who edited the Declaration before Jefferson sent it to Great Britain wereThomas Paine and Ben FranklinJohn Adams and Thomas PaineJohn Adams and Ben FranklinThomas Paine and Thomas Edison
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhen paraphrasingYou use lines from the actual document.4You present the meaning in your own words4
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThere are terms to the left of each excerpt from the Declaration of Independence. How many of these terms must be used in the skit?1234
- 9. Multiple ChoiceContent is worth how many points?20502510
- 10. Multiple ChoiceEvery person must speak in the skitTrueFalse
- 11. Multiple ChoiceHow many points can be deducted if the rough draft is not completed?10085
- 12. Multiple ChoiceCostumes and props must be PURPOSEFUL and contribute to the theme of your excerpt. The best synonym for purposeful in this rubric is ___.inspirationalpointlessextrathoughtful
- 13. Multiple ChoiceYou may use notecards during this skit.TrueFalse
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe skit can be no more than how many minutes long according to your rubric?1234
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich category under "Context", is worth the most points?the skit accurately represents the meaning of the excerpt.The skit uses 2 of the words in correct context.The skit is no more than 4 minutes long.The skit flows smoothly.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHow many points do you receive for creativity?5101520
- 17. Multiple ChoiceDramatically meansto present information accurately.to bring the meaning to lifeto list every factto cry
- 18. Multiple ChoiceYour rubric says the skit must flow "smoothly". What does that meanActors read off their note cards.Students know their lines and movements.Group members know where they are positioned on "stage" but can pause to read their lines.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceMs. Ireland needs to check off each stepTrueFalse
- 20. Multiple ChoiceHow many days did it take for Franklin and John Adams to edit Jefferson's original document?1234
- 21. Multiple Choice3 things that influenced Jefferson when writing the declaration of independence wereThomas Edison's "Common Sense" book, his wife and the Constitutional ConventionThomas Paine's book "Common Sense", the constitutional convention and his wifehis wife, the Constitutional Convention, and his own book "Common Sense".writings from Ben Franklin, John Adams, and his wife.
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