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Writing Free Response

Writing Free Response. Do’s and Don’ts. Overview. 4 Questions in 100 minutes Designed to evaluate your analytical and organizational skills Brainstorm Organize and outline Re-read Don’t leave points on the table. When you see the question. Take 5 minutes to organize and brainstorm

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Writing Free Response

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  1. Writing Free Response Do’s and Don’ts

  2. Overview • 4 Questions in 100 minutes • Designed to evaluate your analytical and organizational skills • Brainstorm • Organize and outline • Re-read • Don’t leave points on the table

  3. When you see the question • Take 5 minutes to organize and brainstorm • Underline the Directives • Identify • Explain • Identify and Explain • Describe and explain • Give specific explanations • Pay attention to the specific task after directive • You will always need to support your answer with examples • If you can’t remember some information, don’t panic, answer the parts you know how to answer

  4. Do’s and don’ts Do’s Don’ts • Use correct grammar-they don’t count for grading purposes, but help the grader psychologically • Answer all 4 questions • Support your explanations with specific evidence • Write in your style • Edit your answer and make sure you have answered all parts • Try to sound sophisticated or use big words, keep it simple and concise • Editorialize, they aren’t interested in your opinion and won’t get you points • Data dump • Use historical examples, this is a contemporary US political class

  5. An example from Chapter 1 and 2 (2006) The framers of the United States Constitution created a legislative system that is bicameral. However, it is not just bicameral; the framers also established two houses of distinctly different character and authority. • Discuss two reasons why the framers created a bicameral legislature. • Identify one power unique to the House of Representatives and explain why the framers gave the House that power. • Identify one power unique to the Senate and explain why the framers gave the Senate that power.

  6. Rubric (trade with someone else) • http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/_ap06_gopo_us_sg.pdf

  7. Questions for Unit Test I • 1. In The Federalist paper #10, Madison expressed concern over the possibility that both majority and minority factions would have too much power over government, and he presented ways of minimizing that danger. • a. Identify the part of the national government that was originally most closley tied to citizens and explain how it was tied to citizens. • b. Explain two ways the United States Constitution limited majority rule. • c. Choose two of the following 20th century developments and explain how each moved the United States from a less democratic system to a more democratic system. • Primary elections • The 17th Amendment • Expansion of suffrage

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