A. RATIONAL - 1ST PARAGRAPH

A. RATIONAL - 1ST PARAGRAPH 

1.  Rational: Your first paragraph will be your rational.  When writing your rational, please include the following: 

1. What? (What is the context of the artifact? What is it? When and why was it produced?)
2. So What? (What is the role of the artifact? Why did I select it as evidence for meeting standard six? What does it say about my growing competence as a teacher?
3. Now What? (What is the importance of the artifact? How did producing the artifact help me improve my professional competence and what will I do to continue to improve relative to standard six? 

Basically your first paragraph is your thesis statement.  I have included a few videos below to help remind you how to write a good thesis statement.