Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Stage 3 Draft



     What pre-assessments will you use to check student's prior knowledge, 
     skill levels, and potential misconceptions?

     *Teacher-created pretest on point of view

     *Drafts of essay

     LEARNING EVENTS

     Student success at transfer, meaning, and acquisition depends upon applying their learning
     in a variety of learning events, which will be assessed both formally and informally.

    --The learner will watch a Brainpop video on Point of View and complete a quiz on the video,
       which will be corrected as a whole group. (M)

    --The teacher will disseminate at handout that describes the characteristics of each of the 4
       main types of point of view. (M)

    --In pairs or small groups, the learner will create a Thinking Map (Tree Map) that identifies the
       4 main types of point of view and the characteristics of each type of point of view. (M)

     --In pairs, the learner will create a Powerpoint presentation that illustrates the characteristics of
       each of the 4 different points of view and present it to the class.(T)
 
     --As a whole group, the class will read 3 short stories--"The Storyteller," "Typhoid Fever," and
       "Evacuation Order No. 19." (M)

     --The learner will create a Thinking Map (Tree Map) that illustrates the point of view and
        characteristics of the narrator in each of the 3 stories (M)

     --As a whole group, the class with go through a pre-writing process that will lead to the
       development of individual response to literature essays that compare the narrator in the 3
       stories and analyzes how an author's choice of narrator/point of view affects characterization,  
       the tone and plot of a story, and the narrator's credibility. (A)

     PROGRESS MONITORING

     --Formal and informal assessments
    

Sunday, March 10, 2013


Stage 2 Draft--

Evaluative Criteria

*Accurate

*Creative

*Well-Crafted

*Grammatically Correct


Performance Tasks

*The learner will create a paragraph in each of the 4 different points of view.

*The learner will design 4 short videos, using each of the 4 different points of view.

*The learner will pre-write, draft, edit/revise, and publish a 5-paragraph analytical essay.


Other Evidence


*In a quiz, the leaner will accurately recognize which point of view is used in example texts.

*The learner will use a 4-point rubric to critique peers' videos.

*The learner will use an editing/revising checklist to self-edit and revise their essay drafts.

*The learner will create a 5-paragraph response to literature essay that analyzes how an author's choice of narrator/point of view affects characterization, the tone and plot of a story, and the narrator's credibility, which the teacher will score with a 4-point rubric.