Unit Theme: Personal Essays and Beliefs Week: #:______6______
Teacher: Subject: English Grade: 8th Date: From ______to ______20____
Desired Result /Enduring Understanding
Example: Students will understand that ...
EU1. Family has a deep impact on the way we think and feel and how we view the world.
EU2. The beliefs I hold are deeply rooted in my culture, community, and family.
EU3. My words and actions are an extension of my beliefs /
Assessment Evidence /
Summative Evaluation (Performance Task) - (unit projects, exams, etc.) - Engaging in literature circles - Personal Memoirs about transformative Decisions /
Learning Plan /
Suggested Learning Activities: /
Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5
Standards / Listening / Speaking / Speaking / Speaking / Listening
Expectations / 8.L.1.d / 8.S.3 / 8.S.3 / 8.S.3 / 8.L1.d
Academic Strategy
Objective /
The student will listen to respond to, analyze, give and discuss complex instructions, statements, and directions. / The student will use a growing set of academic words, content-specific words. / The student will use a growing set of academic words, content-specific words. / The student will use a growing, set of academic word content-specific words. / The student will listen to respond to, analyze, give and discuss complex instructions, statements, and directions.
Initial Activities / The student will independently reads texts that relates to the unit focus.
a)Memoirs
b) Transformation / The student will work with in an open discussion about memoirs. / Independent reading. The teacher has student to set a schedule and a goal for his/her reading log or journal. / The class will be introduce engaging a discussion about memoirs. / The teacher will review the content focus with the student.
Development Activities / The student will work reading silently. / Independent reading . The teacher has student to set a schedule and a goal for his/her reading log or journal. / The student will work actively on task. / Through a literary cycle the student determines the central idea; analyses the author’s structure and purpose; analyze the interaction between individuals. / Have the student identify form a set of words his/ her understanding.
Make reference to previous readings to identify the main idea.
Closing Activities / Post sentence starters for a final conversation or written activity: I wonder, I discovered, I still want to know, I learned, I still don’t understand, I still have a
question about, I will ask a friend about. / Encourage student to keep on the tie frame for next day in order to complete task. / Acknowledge the student and wrap up the three day task. / Share the purpose of generalizing at the end of the day with students. / Have students discuss and/or write what they think the main idea for the day was.
Formative Assessment – Other evidence / Open questions / Discussion / Peer – evaluation / Think-Pair Share / Think-Pair-Share
Materials
Homework
Differentiated Instruction Strategies
___ Special Education ___ LSP/LEP
___ Section 504 ___ Gifted
Teacher Reflection