Week3 - Assignment 2

Established Goals:

·                     Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas concepts and information through the selection organization and analysis of relevant content

Students will understand

What informative and explanatory texts is.

The correct format of an informative essay or text.

How to choose and analyze relevant content

Essential questions

How can students choose informative/ explanatory topic to write about?

How can students get accurate information on a topic?

How to put together information from different sources?

What are the basic formats of a informative text?

Students will know

The definition of explanatory/ informative text.

 The writing goals of an informative text

Where to gather accurate information and get reliable sources.

Students will be able to

Gather accurate information and organize their topic and findings into a neat structured text with relevant content on their subject.

Week 3 - Assignment 1

Established Goals:

-       RI.6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, even, 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 a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

-       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 or formats as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

Students will understand

How important word choice is in a text and the different effects it can have.

 Words have connotations in a text.

Figurative language in a text such as similes and metaphors.

Authors can have different point of views when writing a story in order to convey a plot or have a specific effect.

They can take the information given to them and use it in different media or formats.

Essential questions

How do I determine the meaning of texts including figurative, connotative and technical meanings?

How can I recognize and analyze how a main character event, or idea is introduced, illustrated and elaborated in a text?

How do I determine an author’s point of view?

What are different points of view that an author might use?

What are different ways I can integrate the information presented in different media formats.

Students will know

The definition of figurative, connotative and technical meanings.

Different points of view in a text and what an author will use when trying to convey a certain point.

How to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

Students will be able to

Pick out different similes and metaphors from a text and explain the meaning of the words.

Determine an author’s point of view and recognize when an author would use a specific type of view.

Integrate information presented in different media or formats as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

Week 2 - Assignment 2

How do people learn? How can learning theory inform teaching?
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Week 2 - Learning task 3

Backward Design

I have never heard of backward design before, and it was interesting to learn about this concept.
Backward design is when the teacher sets the goals and outcomes for the students before creating
the actual lesson plans. After the instructor decides what she wants from the students as the long term
goal she can then go ahead and design her assessments and teaching method. In traditional approaches to curriculum design the teacher decides the content according to standards and then goes ahead to prepare lesson plans weekly followed by assessments and end results. In backward design the teacher has a clear understanding of where she wants her students to end up and designs her classroom and lessons accordingly.