Week 3 Assignment #1 ELA - Reading

Stage 1 - Desired Results
Established Goals:  RI. 6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced,illustrated, and elaborated in a text.  RI. 6.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meaning. RI.6.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. RI. 6.7 Integrate information presented in different media formats as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.
Understandings: Students will understand.. How to analyze character traits using analytical reading. How to discover the meaning of words and phrases, using context clues, figurative language, connotative, or technical meaning that the author may provide to help determine the definition of words. How to read critically with the author's purpose in mind. Students will learn how to read context clues that may help them determine what the author is trying to convey.	Essential Questions: What is important about a key individual, event, or idea in the text? What words or phrases is the author using to communicate the purpose of the text? What is the author's point of view? What are they trying to explain or convey to the reader? What are the key points from the different media formats that the student is expected to understand?
Students will know: How to identify in detail a key individual, event, or idea that is elaborated through a text. How to determine the meaning of words and phrases the author is trying to convey. What the author’s point of view and purpose is of the text. What information presented in different media forms is relevant and comprehensive of the topic or main idea.	Students will be able to: Understand and interpret key individuals, events and main ideas from the text. Understand the meaning of words and phrases, through context clues; they may not have known prior to reading the text. Understand point of view and reading with the intention of finding the author's purpose. Interpret information from different media formats to find relevant and cohesive information.  Demonstrate and understanding of figurative connotative and technical meaning.

Week 3 Assignment #2 ELA- Writing

Stage 1 - Desired Results
Established Goals: W. 6.2 Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Understanding: Students will understand... When writing informative text and explanatory texts they need to select and organize the information that they plan to convey. When writing informative and explanatory texts they must support their writing with details such as examples and evidence.  Adding quotes and relevant references to their writing will help convey their understanding of the topic.	Essential Questions: How will they introduce the topic of their text? Why it is important to organize the information they plan to write about. How to organize their supporting text so the reader is able to identify the facts and understand the main idea. What learning materials can be used to include quotes or references that support the informative and explanatory text.
Students will know: How to write informative and explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey an idea using supporting details.  How to organize their ideas into relevant concepts that support a main idea.  How to effectively support their main idea using quotes or references.	Students will be able to: Write an organized informative/ explanatory text that is supported by relevant content. Take conveyed ideas and concepts and use them as supporting details to convey and explain a main idea.  Share their work with other classmates and support their ideas conveyed by theory texts.

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Week 2 Assignment #3

 Understanding by Design and Backward design 

After watching the videos by Grant Wiggins I have a deeper understanding of Backward Design and Understanding by Design.  Understanding by Design consists of the steps taken to prepare for how content is going to be taught. It is not the act of teaching, but a layout of how you wish to teach a particular topic. Understanding by Design encompasses the long and short term goals within the desired curriculum.  

Backward Design is a concept of teaching curriculum by first identifying and making clear what goals you wish your students to achieve. The next step of backward design is assessing how you are going to facilitate your students to achieve these goals.  The final step of backward design incorporates all the learning materials and activities that are going to allow for the learning to occur.  

Backward design begins with the end goal in mind. This concept is referred to as backward design because the planning process starts with what you want the students to understand at the end of the lesson. Once that is identified,the teacher can judge how their students will get to an understanding of concept or goal.  The final piece of backward design is all the activities and learning experiences that will help show the teacher that the students understand the concept.

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