Debra+B

Ideas
**D-Quadrant Backward Planning **


 * Lesson Title One World Many Stories **

__**What is it you Want Students to Know and Be Able to Do? – **//Content Standards //__ Standard 2. Reading for all purposes. Engage in a wide range of non-fiction and real-life reading experiences to solve problems, judge the quality of ideas, or complete daily tasks. How do biographies tell students about others, themselves and the world. By the end of the unit, students will be able to write their own questions, conduct an interview, and write a short biography.

__**21st Century Skills (ISTE NETS) **//What will you assess, specifically? //__ Quality of questions, participation

__**Transfer **: //Students will be able to independently use their knowledge, understandings, and skills acquired to //__//_// Ask essential questions in their daily life.

__**Essential Question **//Big, broad open question not subject specific //__ How are we all unique?

__**Enduring Understanding: **// What do you hope students to remember 10 years from now? //__ How everyone is unique no matter what their age, economic status, or where they live.

__**Unit Questions: **//Open questions – subject specific //__ What makes a biography interesting? How is my life like the lives of others?

__**Content/Guiding Questions: **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Closed questions – fact finding //__ What is a good interview question?

__**<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:

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Summative Assessments:


 * <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)? //


 * <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 //