COOKIE-TESTING

**IT'S COOKIE TESTING TIME!!**
 * 8th Grade - Evaluation Paper**


 * Goal**
 * To teach students how to:**
 * Use Numbers to organize data and create charts
 * Import graphic elements such as sidebars, charts, tables into documents
 * Evaluate products such as tomato sauce, cookies etc.
 * Summarize an evaluation process
 * Determine from data which product is a “best buy” and then give quality reasons and examples of why the determination is correct.

Evaluate 4 different types of sugar cookies - Pillsbury dough, Betty Crocker Cookie Mix, store-bought cookies, and homemade sugar cookies ( using butter.)\
 * Beta Project:**


 * Students will:**
 * Determine qualities that will be evaluated.
 * Define criteria for each grading level: excellent, above average, average, and below average.
 * Evaluate Cookies
 * Chart qualities and grades given in Excel
 * Summarize Evaluation process
 * Explain how each cookie stood up during evaluation
 * Determine which cookie is a “Best Buy” using specific examples to support findings.


 * Alpha Project:**
 * Students will do all of the above and:**
 * Include a table and graph(s) that shows the findings of the entire class.
 * Analyze and Incorporate these findings into the paper.


 * Day 1: Introduction to Unit**


 * Review article from Consumer Reports. Discuss how the article was written and the visual elements included.
 * Review the New Unit expectations, process, and deadlines
 * Pass out paper tables to be used to evaluate the cookies.
 * Determine what qualities we will evaluate when taste testing the cookies.
 * Determine the criteria for our grading system.
 * Have students put in the qualities they have chose to evaluate into the table.
 * Homework:** Read another Consumer Reports article to obtain deeper understanding of the evaluation process.


 * Day 2: Evaluation of Cookies**


 * Review the criteria for each grade that can be given to each quality.
 * Begin the evaluation process with one cookie at a time - do not state which cookie is which. Have them labeled - Cookie A, Cookie B, Cookie C, Cookie D.
 * Have students evaluate each cookie on the table.
 * Once the process is done, have them write a detailed paragraph that explains the process they had just completed in class. This will be the first body paragraph of their papers.
 * Homework:** If the paragraph is not done at the end of class, student must complete it for the next class.


 * Day 3: Technology/Begin Rough Draft Day**
 * Check each students to make sure the process paragraph is complete. (points)
 * Have students get out their charts and get computers. Mrs McMasters will teach the class how to create a Numbers spreadsheet from their tables. She will also teach how to import these tables into a word processing document. If time, she will also teach them how to create charts from the data.


 * Name of Document will be:** Your Name - cookies - Group X

The students will type their evaluation process paragraphs into the computer and begin writing up their evaluations of each cookie.
 * Homework:** complete the cookie evaluations (hand written or typed if they have flash drives at home.


 * Day 4: Finish Rough Draft**

Check each student to see if the rough draft evaluation paragraphs are done. Briefly discuss what should be included in the final paragraph. How to determine what is the “best buy” and the need for specific examples to support your decision. Spend time in class typing these up.
 * Homework:** Proofread paper using Editing Marks


 * Day 5: Finish**

Revise and Edit Turn in electronically.