Discussion Board

Discussion Board Link: 9SS Honors

What is the Discussion Board:

• The Discussion Board is a communication tool that will be used in your history class. I will post a question, that may require extra reading, to the board roughly every week.

• Your job is to write a response to the question, this should be between 3-5 sentences, and then respond to your classmates post (2-3 sentences each). You are required to respond to at least 4 of your classmates responses.

The Points Awarded:

• Show that you understand the content of the discussion through your response to the question and to your classmates is worth 5 points

• How well you write out your responses- complete sentences, well organized and free of grammatical errors is worth 5 points

• Participating in the discussions is worth 5 points.

• In total this assignment is worth 15 points.

When is it due?

• All parts need to be completed by 2:30pm on the date that they are due. (Fridays)

• Initial responses to the discussion question must be completed by 7:45am, 2 days after being assigned the question. (Wednesdays)

• If we miss school on a due date, it will be due the next school day at the same time.

• You may or may not be given time during class to complete discussion board assignments

These assignments will be given almost every full week of the school year.

Process

• Questions will be posted on Monday mornings

• You respond with your initial response by Wed. morning (7:45am)

• You respond to at least 2 of your classmates responses by Friday (2:45pm)