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I would suggest that, for each question or group of questions, you think about whether you want to use this question for:

    – writing answers that will be graded and discussed

    – writing answers that will be checked off and discussed, but not graded

    – writing answers that will be discussed, but not checked off or graded

    – discussion without necessarily writing answers.

For example, you might want to grade only questions 1-3 on page 4 of the Student Handout and questions 1-2 on pages 7-8.

Discussions of the questions as you work your way through the activity can serve as formative assessment and provide the opportunity to give constructive feedback to student responses and should also help to keep the students engaged. Grading the suggested questions could serve as summative assessment. I hope you can adapt this general approach to work well in your classroom.