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**D-Quadrant Backward Planning **


 * Lesson Title **

__**What is it you Want Students to Know and Be Able to Do? – **//Content Standards //__ Identify a topic for research, developing the central idea or focus and potential research question(s). (6th grade Standard 4.a.i.)

__**21st Century Skills (ISTE NETS) **//What will you assess, specifically? //__// Develop and refine a range of questions to frame the search for new understanding. (1.1.3 AASL 21st Century Standards) //

__**Transfer **: //Students will be able to independently use their knowledge, understandings, and skills acquired to //__//_develop a topic for research that interests them, that allows them to expand their knowledge in their interest area, and that is broad enough to encourage exploration but narrow enough to complete within a manageable/appropriate time frame (specific time frame to be added later).//

__**Essential Question **//Big, broad open question not subject specific //__// Why do research? //

__**Enduring Understanding: **// What do you hope students to remember 10 years from now? //__// That all research begins with a question. //

__**Unit Questions: **//Open questions – subject specific //__ // How do I take a broad topic that interests me and narrow it down to a manageable research question? //

__**Content/Guiding Questions: **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Closed questions – fact finding //__// Make a list of things you are interested in. Put each item in your list in a category (i.e., animals, space, sports, art, music, etc.) //

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">How will you know they know it? **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Formative & Summative Assessment Strategies of content //__//and __skills__//

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Formative Assessments: They have a focused research question and a list of subtopic questions that, when answered, will give them a solid understanding of their research question.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Summative Assessments: When given a broad topic (i.e., animals, space, sports, art, music, etc.) narrow it and write 3 - 5 research questions that will help you focus your research.


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Performance Assessment Task – G.R.A.S.P.S. __**


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Goal: **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The “hook” //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">– //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Your task is… ////<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">an ////<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">engaging introduction that kids can connect with – the “real world” situation //


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Role **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> - //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Who does this kind of work or problem solving in the “real world?” //


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Audience – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Who will you present your product to (other than the teacher)? The class. //


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The Situation – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">More details on the goal //


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">The product **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> – //<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What would you turn in to your boss? //


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Standards & Criteria for Success – **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rubric criteria – what is expected? Should align with learning goals //