Reflecting on past experiences Essential Questions Enduring Understandings What provocative questions will foster inquiry, What will students understand about the big ideas? understanding, and transfer of learning? Students will understand that… What qualities help a person survive? the mind and body affect chances of survival How does luck play a role in survival? the past simple allows us to talk about past experiences How do the mind and body work together many factors affect a person’s for survival? chances of survival open ended stories can be effective How can we use the past tense to describe in making fiction more engaging past actions? reflecting can help us learn from past experiences Why do authors sometimes choose to leave In order to persuade, we must stories open-ended? support our claims with evidence from the text How does reflecting on past experiences help us gain greater insights? How can we write so that others agree with us? How can we identify text evidence to support a claim? Areas of Focus: Proficiencies Examples, Outcomes, Assessments (Cumulative Progress Indicators) Students will: Instructional Focus: Students will use past tense of “be” Students will use regular past tense verbs Students will use irregular past tense verbs Students will write questions with Write arguments to support claims in an the past tense analysis of substantive topics or texts, Students will give commands using using valid reasoning and relevant and the imperative sufficient evidence. Students will make claims and support those claims with evidence Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and Sample Assessments: audience. Formative - students will play verb tense
Reflecting on past experiences Essential Questions What provocative questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning? Enduring Understandings What will students understand about the big ideas? What qualities help a person survive? How does luck play a role in survival? How do the mind and body work together for survival? How can we use the past tense to describe past actions? Why do authors sometimes choose to leave stories open-ended? How does reflecting on past experiences help us gain greater insights? How can we write so that others agree with us? How can we identify text evidence to support a claim? Students will understand that… the mind and body affect chances of survival the past simple allows us to talk about past experiences many factors affect a person’s chances of survival open ended stories can be effective in making fiction more engaging reflecting can help us learn from past experiences In order to persuade, we must support our claims with evidence from the text Areas of Focus: Proficiencies (Cumulative Progress Indicators) Examples, Outcomes, Assessments Students will: Instructional Focus: Students will use past tense of “be” Students will use regular past tense verbs Students will use irregular past tense verbs Students will write questions with the past tense Students will give commands using the imperative Students will make claims and support those claims with evidence Sample Assessments: Formative - students will play verb tense Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
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