Include:

Class Info
Grade Level
Dates
Goal Summary
Common Core Standards
Essential Questions
Understandings
Content Goals
Skill Goals
Other Information
Custom Fields
Public Notes
Reflection
Lessons
Assessments
Click to add class information to your unit.

My New Unit

Grade Level:
11
Subject:
English
Start Date:
End Date:
Goal Summary:
As students prepare for college and the professional wold they need to be prepared to conduct research in order to come to conclusions and support their ideas. In this unit students will practice conducting research on their own and with others. Students will be provided with aids to begin research, analyze sources, determine quality information, and develop correct citations in MLA format.
Standards Met:
IDs Only
Detail
Essential Questions:
Click to enter your essential questions. The best essential questions foster inquiry and do not have a 'pat' answer.
Understandings:
Click to enter the understandings you want students to have. Understandings are fact-based conclusions that require inquiry before they are grasped. These are often described in a 'Students should understand that' statement.
Content Goals:
Click to enter your content goals. These comprise the raw information that students should know at the end of the unit.
Skill Goals:
SWBAT develop and refine search queries to get better research results by using specifity, alternative terms, and effective keywords.

SWBAT Display persistence by continuing to pursue information to gain
a broad perspective by creating a scope for research and providing multiple sources.

SWABT identify types of resources as scholarly, popular, primary, or secondary, by interpreting the meaning "digital citizenship" and using it as a lens when participating in academic internet use.

SWBAT identify appropriate search engines and databases for scholarly research by employing various provided databases in their research.

SWBAT Respect intellectual property rights of creators and producers by creating appropriate citations in MLA.
Other Information:
As students familiarize themselves with current events based off of a New York Times photograph they will be asked to generate generate questions regarding the context of the photograph and its meaning, or lack there of, in their lives. This project creates an opportunity for students to learn about how to conduct an appropriate research and apply MLA formatting.
Reflection:
Click to enter. Your reflection should be entered as you progress through and complete your unit. Evaluating what worked well and what could be improved will further your professional development, and help any teachers looking to build off your unit.

Lessons:

Assessments: