How can we empower ourselves through decision
making?
Enduring Understanding
Literature and writing help us to understand and
express who we are and how we relate to others. Literary
techniques help the reader/audience make meaning of text.
Effective written and oral persuasive requires
adequate support.
Effective decision making requires a clear
understanding of the research process and content, consideration of
options, and evaluation of the consequences.
Language Arts Outcomes
Students will understand how forms of significant
literature represent various cultures, eras, and ideas.
Students will write to communicate for a variety of
purposes.
Students will use literacy skills to acquire, asses, and
communicate information.
Students will use listening and speaking strategies
to communicate in a variety of situations.
Performance Assessments
Creating a personal narrative through the following
options:
Friendly Letter
Flashback/flashforward
Character sketch/humorous story
Photo Story
Persuading your audience to understand your side of
a controversial issue through the following options:
A paper
A speech
A multi-media presentation
Controversial issues stance
Planning and following a decision- making process
and presenting your decision through the following options:
An expository paper
A speech
A visual presentation
A skit or role play presentation
Writers' Workshop
Using the Six-Traits of Writing model to
develop effective writing skills
Reading
Exploring literature through different genres and independent
reading
Using the comprehension strategies to do what proficient
readers do in their heads as they read:
Sensory Images
Connections
Inferences
Questioning
Determining Importance
Synthesis
Actively acquiring vocabulary
Sharing ideas through discussion and Socratic seminar
