Submitted by: JaNee Jones & Sarah Billups
School: Varina High School
Summary
The objective of the “Can you hear me now?” unit is to provide students with the tools to effectively and powerfully express themselves. This creative and informational unit will develop student centered learning as the students discover and explore a variety of nonfiction texts and produce unique works within the nonfiction genre. Through the unit, students will continue practicing the fundamentals of English, reinforcing SOL and SAT test taking strategies, and collaborating for a common goal. From 6 word memoirs, impromptu debates and persuasive letters, this lesson does it all with the student as the creator after understanding the concepts. As a goal of nonfiction is to entertain while informing, there is nothing more powerful than providing students with tools to share their voice at such a pivotal age.
This specific part of the unit focuses on the importance of proper use of social networking and media: an increasing tool used to share information for the 21st century student. Students will respond to a scenario, create proper guidelines and expectations for their generation, and produce a class “Wordle” to share their information with the community.
TIPC Ratings
Developing – This lesson is designed for 9th grade students as an introduction in determining accuracy of internet sources. Once students learned the skills of Research and Information Fluency they were able to use digital tools search for internet sources to complete their projects and evaluate their own sources for validity.
Approaching – Students are provided with an authentic relevant task that engaged them in problem solving as they created guidelines for both themselves and peers in a 21st century world.
Developing – Students completed teacher lead collaboration within the classroom using an appropriate modeled digital tool, “Wordle.net”. This document is shared outside of the classroom.
Approaching – Students are provided with an opportunity to develop deeper understanding, communicate and collaborate as a class, and apply the critical thinking skill to develop a new product that can be shared with the larger community.
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Contents:
- LESSON PLAN
- STUDENT ARTIFACTS
