English Teacher
Life Coach

“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think - rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” - Bill Beatie
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Summative Assessment Sample - 2nd grade
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Transdisciplinary Theme
Who We Are – Health and Advertisement
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Central Idea
The food choices we make affect our health.
Summative assessment task(s):
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Have them write down their eating habits (lunch) for a week and teel if they have eating habits or not.
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Have them search about other lunch habits around the world and tell if they have eating habits or not.
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Ask/talk to them about other healthy habits they need in order to have a balanced life.
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Work on advertisement and how it influence us.
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Learn Advertisement strategies companies use to persuade costumers - Logos, Pathos and Ethos.
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Have them criate a healthy product and advertise it in order to look attractive to kids.

Key concepts: Causation, perspective, responsability.
Students profile: Reflective, Inquirer, balanced.
Lines of Inquiry:
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The importance of having a healthy lifestyle.
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Each culture has its own diet
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How advertisement can influence our food choices
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We should be able to recognize that not all products advertised are good for us.
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The importance of reflecting before making decisions based on attractive ads.
Teacher questions/provocations that drove the inquiries:
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What are healthy choices? Do you make healthy choices?
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Do you eat healthy? How are your eating habits?
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How can your food choices affect your life?
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Are you influenced by food advertisement?
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How do companies advertise? What strategies do they use to cacth our attention?
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What can we do to make good choices?
Feel free to download the files below:
Martina´s Presentation
Healthy Beet Bread.
Advertisement strategy: Ethos
Gabriela's Presentation
Coconut candy (beijinho)
Recipe
Gabriela's Presentation at school
Advertisement Strategy: Pathos