THE WRITTEN VOICESUnit Portfolio Presentation

UNIT SUMMARY The students will study and discuss the elements of a good paragraph and select some articles that they will be able to evaluate its characteristics and learn how to

create their own persuasive paragraphs. After a series of reading and conducting a variety of assessments on how a good paragraph works, the students will select top three main issues in their generation that their interested to study to. For the project, they will select one issue in their generation that they are interested to study and create their own magazine for a teenage campaign for a well lived life. The highlight is that, they are going to use the effectiveness of their articles and documentation to bring transformative message to their co-students and other teenagers.

CFQ’S

Essential Question How does your idea impact others?  Unit QuestionsHow can we identify a good paragraph?How can a paragraph influence its audience?   Content Questions What are the characteristics of a good paragraph?What are the different kinds of paragraph?How can we achieve unity and coherence in a paragraph?  

BENEFITS OF USING PROJECT APPROACHES, ONGOING ASSESSMENT, AND CFQS IN MY UNIT

Students use their writing skills to write about something important to them—

their school, their peers and teenage issues. Their writing has a real audience— new students to the school. Students collaborate with peers to collect information about the school. They learn writing and thinking skills while they

are working on the project. Throughout the project they give and receive

feedback on their work.

BY USING PROJECT APPROACHES, ONGOING ASSESSMENT, AND CFQS

My Students Will: Experience writing for a real audience and

use technology to enhance their learning Gain self-assessment and self-direction

skills that they will use and build on all year long

GAUGING STUDENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT

I will use my Essential and Unit Questions to: • Find out what students think about what good

writing is and how good writers work• Gather information on higher-order thinking and

21st century skills:• By answering how good writers write, students will

show their metacognitive awareness of writing strategies

• By taking on different perspectives and predicting their needs, students will anticipate what people want to know about the present generation.

GAUGING STUDENT NEEDS ASSESSMENT

What I will learn from the assessment• What my students think good writing is so I know

what to teach them• What writing process my students use

What my students will gain from the assessment• An articulation of their thoughts about good

writing• A chance to set writing goals for the unit

MY GOALS Learn about different kinds of technology that will motivate my students Find ways to get my students to

do more higher-order thinking Learn some strategies for helping

students do projects from other teachers

LETYOUR VOICE BE HEARD ON YOUR WRITTEN PIECE