Fluent Essays

Writing Assignment 2 · Assignment  · Complete the one-page  4-Day Content Area Literacy Thematic Unit   Planning Guide  (provided on the Canvas course page) and submit it to your professor for approval. Once approved, this will be the foundation for your final project. See the Course Module Appendix B for a detailed description of your final project. · Requirements: Use the following guidelines for completing the Planning Guide: 1. What is the specific theme/topic for this content area unit? Choose a theme/topic in your content area that you would like to address in a unit plan. (i.e., History – Overcoming Adversity; Science – Uniquely and Wonderfully Made; Music – The Poetry of Rap Music...). Your overall topic/subject for this project cannot be ELA. If you are an English teacher, you may choose a theme that fits a novel you are studying. For example: To Kill a Mockingbird and The Great Depression. If you are a math teacher, your theme should relate to a real-world application of a concept you are studying. For example: The Black Plague and probability. 2. What is the essential question for the unit (real-world connection)? This is the main idea or major concept you want your students to think about and understand during this unit.  It is the focus of your unit. See this link for help in writing your essential question.  https://www.brighthubeducation.com/teaching-elementary-school/102262-writing-essential-questions-for-your-lesson-plans/ (Links to an external site.) 3. Content Area and Literacy (ELA) Standards for this unit. · You will find links to MS Content area standards If you are not in MS, use your state’s standards. https://mdek12.org/OAE/college-and-career-readiness-standards (Links to an external site.) Make sure your chosen unit theme/topic aligns with standards for your chosen grade – i.e., you can’t do a solar system unit if that topic is not part of your grade level’s science standards.  · Use this document for the ELA standards unless you are not in MS. In that case, use your state’s standards. You can link to your chosen grade from the Table of Contents. https://districtaccess.mde.k12.ms.us/curriculumandInstruction/MississippiCurriculumFrameworks/ELA/2016-MS-CCRS-ELA.pdf (Links to an external site.) You need to list at least 2 standards for each of the 5 key ELA areas: Reading Literature (for the fiction text,) Reading Informational, Writing, Speaking and Listening, and Language. You can find a description of these 5 key ELA areas on pages 17 and 18 of the document linked above.  You will defend your attainment of these standards within your unit as part of your final project.  · The Unit you create for your Final Project must meet your selected Standards. 4. Text Set: List each item using correct APA format. Explain your rationale for choosing each item. See Vacca, Chapter 11 for additional information about Text Sets. Create a Text Set of five (5) items related to your chosen topic or theme.  These items will be used throughout the rest of this course and in your final project.  You must have access to the actual items – either hard copy or online is fine.  You will be required to use at least three (3) of these items in your final project. Rationale – explain, in a couple of sentences, why you selected the item you did.  What value is it going to add to your unit?  Your reasons could be anything from content area information, literacy skills reinforcement, attention getting, reinforcing background knowledge….. You are required to include the following genres in your text set: Nonfiction, Fiction, Visual Literacy, and Media.  The fifth item is your choice. Description of Genre Types: · Nonfiction text – Informational (factual) book, chapter, magazine or newspaper article (print or online), or website. · Fiction text – examples include childrens story/picture book (yes, you can use this with older students), short story, chapter book, novel, graphic novel, etc. As a reminder – fiction is “made up” so this may not be a factual (informational) picture book. · Visual Literacy item(s) – charts, graphs, drawings, photographs, maps or any print or online medium that requires students to analyze information presented in a visual format. Students should be gleaning information from the visual elements rather than by reading text. For example: · Students could analyze population growth of an area by looking at data presented in a graph or table. · Students could make inferences about living conditions during a historical period by viewing a series of photographs. This genre may be in print or digital format but not a video.  The purpose is to require the students to meet Visual Literacy standards - gathering, analyzing, interpreting information presented visually. You can find further explanation here   https://www.edutopia.org/blog/ccia-10-visual-literacy-strategies-todd-finley (Links to an external site.) · Media item (audio/video): videos, animations, audio speeches, audio books... Unit 2: Writing Assignment Tyisha Sanders Belhaven University REA 617-2AO75 Dr. Levy July 3, 2021 This study source was downloaded by 100000806408568 from CourseHero.com on 10-19-2021 09:17:46 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/104955836/REA-617-Unit-2-Writing-Assignmentdocx/ Th is stu dy re so ur ce w as sh ar ed v ia C ou rs eH er o. co m https://www.coursehero.com/file/104955836/REA-617-Unit-2-Writing-Assignmentdocx/ 4-Day Content Area Literacy Thematic Unit Planning Guide Name: Tyisha Sanders Content Area/Subject: Earth Science Grade Level: 7th What is the specific theme/topic for this content area unit? Human Contributions to Climate Change What is the essential question for the unit (real-world connection)? What is climate and how does it affect life on Earth? Content Area Standards selected for this unit: (please indicate source)  E.7.9B.1 Read and evaluate scientific or technical information assessing the evidence and bias of each source to explain the causes and effects of climate change.  E.7.9B.2 Interpret data about the relationship between the release of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels into the atmosphere and the presence of greenhouse gases Literacy [ELA] Standards selected for this unit: (indicate source if not MS CCRS)Reading  Literature (RL): RL.7.1- Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.  Reading Informational Text (RI): RI.7.1- Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events)  Writing (W): W.7.1a -Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically. W.7.1b- Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating understanding of the topic or text.  Speaking and Listening (SL): SL.7.2- Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.  Language (L): L.7.3a- Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.* Text Set: List each item’s title/author etc., using correct APA format. Explain your rationale for choosing each item.  Text #1: A Blanket Around Earth o Genre: Nonfiction (Informational) This study source was downloaded by 100000806408568 from CourseHero.com on 10-19-2021 09:17:46 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/104955836/REA-617-Unit-2-Writing-Assignmentdocx/ Th is stu dy re so ur ce w as sh ar ed v ia C ou rs eH er o. co m https://www.coursehero.com/file/104955836/REA-617-Unit-2-Writing-Assignmentdocx/ o Rationale: This item was selected because this passage can help pull the information needed within the standard. Standard E.9B.7.1 entails for the students read and evaluate scientific or technical information for evidence about climate change. Not only can this text assess with content information for science it can also relate to the literacy standard RL.7.1.  Text #2: How Close to the Savage Soul o Genre: Fiction o Rationale: I selected this text to get the students away from “boring reading” as they to refer to it. Since the first text was nonfiction informative this will be more of fictional narrative. A fictional read can add value to this lesson by creating a story with characters who portray the important details about the standard. This can also be used as an attention grabber.  Text #3: o Genre: Visual Literacy o Rationale: This can add value to my lesson because my students will be able to analyze information from the graphs (i.e. explaining the changes of carbon dioxide levels from 1970 to 1995). Students could have easily read a text about the trends that changed from that time period, but a graph adds more complexity to understanding.  Text #4: Causes and Effects of Climate Change | National Geographic o Genre: Media item (audio/video): https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=G4H1N_yXBiA o Rationale: I selected this short video because it can serve as an anticipatory set to the lesson. This can be a great way to introduce a lesson. Videos are an onset to activating prior knowledge.  Text #5: Earth’s Temperature as a Balancing Act This study source was downloaded by 100000806408568 from CourseHero.com on 10-19-2021 09:17:46 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/104955836/REA-617-Unit-2-Writing-Assignmentdocx/ Th is stu dy re so ur ce w as sh ar ed v ia C ou rs eH er o. co m https://www.coursehero.com/file/104955836/REA-617-Unit-2-Writing-Assignmentdocx/ o Genre: Nonfiction (Informational) o Rationale: This item was selected because this passage can help pull the information needed within the standard. The standard call for the students to understand bias between scientific or technical information. This passage can be compared to A Blanket Around Earth. Students will be able to differentiate the type of passage they are based off the evidence from the text. References ELS Inc. (n.d.). Educational Leadership Solutions . ELS. https://apps.k12els.com/login/elsapphome.php. NASA. (n.d.). What do all these graphs mean? NASA. https://climatekids.nasa.gov/graphs/. NationalGeographic. (2017, August 28). Causes and Effects of Climate Change | National Geographic. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4H1N_yXBiA. Woodbury, M. (2019, March 9). How Close to Savage the Soul - Dragonfly: An Exploration of Eco-fictionfr. Dragonfly. https://dragonfly.eco/how-close-to-savage-the-soul/. This study source was downloaded by 100000806408568 from CourseHero.com on 10-19-2021 09:17:46 GMT -05:00 https://www.coursehero.com/file/104955836/REA-617-Unit-2-Writing-Assignmentdocx/ Th is stu dy re so ur ce w as sh ar ed v ia C ou rs eH er o. co m Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) https://www.coursehero.com/file/104955836/REA-617-Unit-2-Writing-Assignmentdocx/ http://www.tcpdf.org