SpringBoard Level 6

Unit 5

EA 1 Piece Description:

Essential Skills and Knowledge for the EA:

Essential Lessons/Activities Toward EA 1

Lesson / Brief Rationale
5.1 / Essential questions review and unpacking of EA1
5.2 / Subject knowledge needed for novel interaction
5.3 / Subject/self reflection for EA1
Writing style interaction and practice for EA1,2
5.4 / Novel interaction for EA1
Publication genre exploration for EA2
5.5 / Novel interaction for EA1
Essay and biography exploration for EA2
5.6 / Novel and writing style interaction for EA1,2
5.8 / Novel interaction and research example for EA1,2
5.9 / Novel interaction and genre examination/practice for EA1,2
5.11 / Novel and EA1 connection activity
Genre practice for EA2
5.13 / Narrative style examples for EA1 and genre examples for EA2
5.15/16 / Personal essay example/interaction for EA1
5.17 / EA 1 preparation

Suggestions for Efficient Instruction and Pacing:

5.7- assign chapters of reading and conduct class discussion, but activities not essential for EA’s

5.10- assign chapters of reading and list of events, but other activities not essential for EA’s

5.14- not essential to either EA

5.15/16- choose one activity or the other to help time constraints

SpringBoard Level 6

Unit 5

EA 2 Piece Description:

Essential Skills and Knowledge for the EA:

Essential Lessons/Activities Toward EA 2

Lesson / Brief Rationale
5.18 / Topic interaction and examples for EA2
5.19 / Research practice and examples for EA2
5.20 / Research practice and examples for EA2
Recording resources practice for EA2
5.21* / EA2 preparation activities and materials
5.22*
5.23*
5.24*
5.25 / EA2 preparation activities and materials

Suggestions for Efficient Instruction and Pacing:

*To help with constraints, consider allowing students to use these activities toward their individual EA2’s rather than doing both multi-genre projects (individual and group).

Suggested length of Unit 3: _____ weeks in 12 week trimester

_____ weeks in 18 week semester