Background: It is important for students to understand and reflect on who they are. This activity will allow them the opportunity to discover themselves and to think about their place in this world. This activity will be an ongoing exploration throughout the semester. It will be important that students discover that writers write to help explain the universal human experiences that people regardless of sex, age, race, or period of time go through.
Materials: The following materials will be needed to complete this unit:
Links to the rest of the unit: It is easier to understand if links are followed in this order.
Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life: A comprehensive look at the activities and an example of the first days instruction for this unit.
Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life: A timeline for all due dates. This link helps to see what order all activities should be completed in.
Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life: A look at a management plan and adjustments for students with special needs.
10.2 Use school television resources that support the curriculum--This goal is met because in this unit I would use a television to compare and contrast different directors interpretation of a novel
10.6 Locate, evaluate, and select appropriate teaching/learning resources and curriculum materials for the content area and target audience, including computer-based products, videotapes and discs, local experts, primary documents and artifacts, texts, reference books, literature, and other print sources--This goal is met because in this unit I use a variety of materials that support my curriculum as well as my audience
11.4 Use technology to facilitate teaching strategies specific to the discipline--This goal is met because I the strategies I use are for the studying of literature
12.1 Develop performance tasks that require students to (a) locate and analyze information as well as draw conclusions and (b) use a variety of media to communicate results clearly--This goal is met because my assignments require students to analyze and draw conclusions
12.7 Select and create learning experiences that are appropriate for curriculum goals, relevant to learners, based upon principles of effective teaching and learning, incorporate the use of media and technology for teaching where appropriate, and support learner expression in a variety of media using a variety of media communication tools--This goal is met because my students will experience a variety of medias during this unit
13.1 Use media and technology to address differences in children's learning and performance--This goal is met because assignment will differ based on 504 plans and IEPs.
13.2 Use media and technology to support learning for children with special needs--This goals is met because assignments will differ based on 504 plans and IEPs.
13.4 Use appropriate local, state, and national services or resources to meet diverse learning needs through technology--This goal is met because I use all available resources to meet the needs of all my students.
3.1 Use word processing and/or desktop publishing for a variety of writing assignments/projects--This goal is met because students must type reports
3.2 Use electronic resources for research--This goal is met because students will use the internet for this project
3.3 Select and use technological tools for class assignments, projects, and presentations--This goal is met because students must use technology to complete this project
3.4 Adhere to Fair Use and Multimedia Copyright Guidelines, citing sources or copyrighted materials in papers, projects, and multimedia presentations--This goal is met because students must use copyright guidelines when writing
1.01 Create memoirs
that give an audience a sense of how the past can be significant for the present
by:
1.02 Reflect and
respond expressively to texts so that the audience will:
Both of these goals are met because students will reflect on their lives as
well as make connections between literature and life.