Unit Theme: 12.5 See It My Way Week: # 6
Teacher: Subject: English Grade: 12th Date: From ______to ______20____
Desired Result /Enduring Understanding
EU1. Persuasion has specific techniques and strategies to change people’s minds, influence ideas and inspire change.
EU2. Individuals’ beliefs and actions are influenced by background, culture, history, family, etc., and play an important role in their communities.
EU3. The pen is mightier than the sword. /
Assessment Evidence /
Summative Evaluation (Performance Task)
Performance Task:
Performance Task – Article Summarizing Questions /
Learning Plan /
Suggested Learning Activities: /
Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5
Standards / Language and Writing / Language and Writing / Speaking and Listening / Reading and Writing / Speaking and Listening
Expectations / 12.LA.4d & 12.W5 / 12.LA.4d & 12.W5 / 12.S.2b & 12.S.6a & 12.L.1a / 12.R.5I & 12.W.1 / 12.S.2b & 12.S.6a & 12.L.1a
Academic Strategy
instructional Strategy and Phase
Objective / The student searches newspapers (and other web-based resources) to find news articles on topics that interest him/her. / The student searches newspapers (and other web-based resources) to find news articles on topics that interest him/her. / The student picks a topic from the researched articles that he/she considers important to him/her and presents a persuasive speech to the class. / The student will write a short persuasive speech. / The student will present the persuasive speech.
Depth of Knowledge (DOK) / ___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking / ___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking / ___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking / ___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking / ___ Recall / Memory
___ Skill / Concept
___ Strategic Thinking
___ Extended Thinking
Initial Activities / *Attendance
*Announcements
*Routine: Date/Greeting
*Brainstorming
*Other:
The teacher will explain the students how to use websites and web-based resources to find news articles on topics that interest them. / *Attendance
*Announcements
*Routine: Date/Greeting
*Brainstorming
*Other:
The teacher will group the students so they chose the newspaper website.
The teacher should also find web-based sites as examples. / *Attendance
*Announcements
*Routine: Date/Greeting
*Brainstorming
*Other:
The teacher will begin the class explaining the students what is a persuasive speech and its parts. / *Attendance
*Announcements
*Routine: Date/Greeting
*Brainstorming
*Other:
The teacher creates groups of four to five students and then they are teamed up to do their peer review. Student teams should do the peer review of the speech written. / *Attendance
*Announcements
*Routine: Date/Greeting
*Brainstorming
*Other:
The teacher will handout the rubric that will be used.
Development Activities / Students will do research online research for websites on news.
The Turabo University has the following site:
http://bibliotecavirtualut.suagm.edu/ / Student summarizes the article’s main idea and important details using attachment 12.5 Performance Task – Article Summarizing Questions / The student picks a topic from the researched articles worked on important to him/her and presents a persuasive speech to the class. The teacher assesses on a rubric using attachment 12.5 Other Evidence –Persuasive Speech. / The student picks a topic from the researched articles worked on important to him/her and writes a persuasive speech. The teacher will explain the rubric that will be used: attachment 12.5 Other Evidence –Persuasive Speech. / The student will deliver their short persuasive speech.
Closing Activities / The student groups will present and discuss and explain what they have learned through this experience. / The teacher will have a class discussion on which newspaper article the students have chosen and they will explain why they chose it. / The teacher addresses doubts or clarifies concepts. / Student teams will be guided to verify the strength of their positions and make their defense effective. The teacher will clarify doubts and refer students to various websites for reference. / The teacher will check the students learning experience on persuasive speech.
Formative Assessment – Other evidence / Attachment 12.5 Performance Task – Article Summarizing Questions / *Class discussions
*Attachment 12.5 Performance Task – Article Summarizing Questions / The teacher assesses on a rubric using attachment 12.5 Other Evidence –Persuasive Speech. / *Attachment 12.5 Performance Task – Peer Review
*Letter / Rubric
The teacher may also create rubrics online.
Materials / *Notebooks
*Paper
*Other resources
Attachment 12.5 Performance Task – Article Summarizing Questions / *Notebooks
*Tracing Paper
*Newspapers
*Other resources / *Notebooks
*Paper
*Newspapers or Websites
*Other resources
*PPT / Attachment 12.5 Performance Task – Peer Review. (Links with information about writing effective letters to the editor are provided in the Additional Resources section of this map.) / Rubric
Tips on Writing Letters to the Editor: http://action.aclu.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AP_writing_letters_to_editor
Homework
Differentiated Instruction Strategies
___ Special Education
___ LSP/LEP
___ Section 504
___ Gifted
Teacher Reflection