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Personal Proof Portfolio Packet
Personal Proof Portfolio Packet
Personal Proof Portfolio Packet
Name: ________________________________________________
Issue/Topic: ___________________________________________
Teacher: ______________________________________________
Date: ________________________________________________
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TOPICS
The purpose of this project is to demonstrate how logic helps us
create awareness about issues concerning us as Global citizens.
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INVESTIGATE
In this section:
1) Identify the problem to be solved (the issue):
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4) Write notes from your sources here:
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DESIGN
In this section write your rough draft of your two-column proof:
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Final Version of your proof
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EDUCATE
Now you are going to create a poster to raise awareness about your
issue and educate others. Your poster has three parts: Your Personal
Proof, 4 Logic Statements, Visuals (Pictures, Graphs, Drawings, etc.)
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AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR FINAL CONDITIONAL SENTENCE WRITE THE:
1) INVERSE:
2) CONVERSE
3) CONTRAPOSITIVE:
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REFLECTION
1) What do you think are the strengths of your Personal Proof?
4) What did you think about this overall project? What did you
enjoy? What didn’t you enjoy?
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Example
Statements Justifications
1. The unemployment rate is going up. 1. Given
2. In February 2009, the unemployment rate 2. I found this from
went up to 9.0 www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
3. Many jobs are being lost per month 3. There are 135,000 job losses a
month=www.bls.gov
4. There are people living on food stamps. 4. There are 2,109,105 people living on food
stamps.
5. More opportunities for jobs will reappear 5. I found this in an article in the New York
in 2010 Times, the article was “Hiring? Raises?
Bonuses it really isn’t 2009 anymore is it?”
Conditional Sentence: “If we do not create more jobs, then more people will be living on food
stamps.”
Poster
Resources:
"Unemployment Tops 10% in 15 States" MSNBC July
17, 2009
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31963779/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/
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Category Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1
Investigate (Research and Summary)
Summary The summary The summary The summary There is no
Statement statement provides a statement statement is summary
clear, strong provides a clear present, but does statement.
statement of the statement of the not make the
author's interest in author's interest author’s interest
the topic and/or in the topic or position clear.
position on the topic. and/or position No
The author outlines on the topic and outline is
the main points to be outlines some of provided.
discussed. the points to be
discussed.
Questions & The author provides The author The author does Includes 1 or
Sources insightful questions provides not provide fewer pieces of
and demonstrates good questions, or evidence
strong interest in the questions and questions do not (facts,
topic. 3 or more demonstrates relate to the topic. statistics,
sources are provided. interest in the 2 sources are examples, real-
topic. 2 -3 provided. life
sources are experiences).
provided.
Investigate (Research and Summary)
Proof All arguments were Most arguments All arguments Arguments
clearly tied to an idea were clearly tied were clearly tied were not
(premise) and to an idea to an idea clearly tied to
organized in a tight, (premise) and (premise) but the an idea
logical fashion. organized in a organization was (premise)
tight, logical sometimes not
fashion. clear or logical.
Use of Facts Every major point Every major Every major point Every point
was well supported point was was supported was not
with several relevant adequately with facts, supported.
facts, statistics and/or supported with statistics and/or
examples relevant facts, examples, but the
statistics and/or relevance of some
examples. was questionable.
Educate
Mathematical The four logic The four logic There are some All or some of
Concepts statements are strong, statements are errors in the four the logic
clearly written and clearly written logic statements statements are
accurate. and accurate. and/or they are missing. The
awkward or not statements are
grammatically irrelevant.
correct.
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Poster Poster is neat and the Poster is neat and The poster is Images, what
Illustrations images are clear and images are messy and images images.
and Graphics greatly add to the somewhat are difficult to
reader's difficult to understand or are
understanding of the understand and/or not used.
issue. may not be
relevant to the
issue.
Reflection
Clarity & Student provides Student answers Student answers Student is
Completeness thoughtful insight in all the questions most of the unable to
clear and complete in full sentences. questions. reflect on the
sentences. project.
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