Units and Sample Daily Instructional Plan
Unit 1: Crossing Generations
Unit 1: Crossing Generations
Essential Question: What can one generation learn from another?
Essential Question: What can one generation learn from another?
Sample Daily Instructional Plan
Sample Daily Instructional Plan
Study: 15 minutes
Text Study; Reading or Writing Mini-lesson
Read: 15 minutes
Independent Choice
Write: 10 minutes
Daily Notebook Writing
Create: 30 minutes
Whole Class Discussion; Work on an Evolving Draft of Personal Writing (summative writing assessment)
Share: 10 minutes
Debrief; Share
Homework
Read 30 minutes each day, at least five days per week.
Unit 2: Imagining the Future
Unit 2: Imagining the Future
Essential Question: What does the future hold?
Essential Question: What does the future hold?
Summative Writing Assessment: Argumentative Essay
Summative Writing Assessment: Argumentative Essay
Unit 3: Transformations
Unit 3: Transformations
Essential Question: Why do people change?
Essential Question: Why do people change?
Summative Writing Assessment: Short Story
Summative Writing Assessment: Short Story
Unit 4: Learning from Nature
Unit 4: Learning from Nature
Essential Question: What can we learn from nature?
Essential Question: What can we learn from nature?
Summative Writing Assessment: Research-Based Essay
Summative Writing Assessment: Research-Based Essay
Unit 5: Facing Adversity
Unit 5: Facing Adversity
Essential Question: How do we overcome obstacles?
Essential Question: How do we overcome obstacles?
Summative Writing Assessment: Informational Essay
Summative Writing Assessment: Informational Essay