Possible Assessment Evidence: Possible Assessment Evidence: Possible Assessment conferences conversations Evidence: exit slip conferences conferences comprehension check-in landscape goal setting listening activity historical narrative sheet viewing activity mulit-media representation tracking performance task progress May June (approx. Context: CR8.1 View, listen to, read, CC8.1 Create various visual, oral, AR8.1 Use – 8 weeks) Environmental comprehend, and and respond to a written, and multimedia texts that information gathered Technological variety of texts that address social explore social responsibility. in self-assessment Multi-genre responsibility. and teacher’s Thematic Cyber Sense CC8.2 Create and present a group assessment to CR8.2 Select and use appropriate inquiry project related to a topic, develop and work on Big Idea: strategies to construct meaning theme, or issue studied in English goals for improving How does the before, during, and after viewing, language arts. viewing, listening, Internet influence listening, and reading. reading, representing, us? How does CC8.3 Select and use the speaking, and writing. technology CR8.3 Use pragmatic, influence textual, appropriate strategies to storytelling? syntactic, What communicate meaning before, AR8.2 Appraise own technology semantic/lexical/morphological, do we during, and speaking, writing, and others’ work for take graphophonic, for granted? and other cues and other representing activities. clarity, correctness, What to construct are some and of to confirm and variety. the most recent meaning. CC8.4 Use pragmatic, textual, developments in syntactical, CR8.4 View critically and technology? What semantic/lexical/morphological, demonstrate comprehension of a are some graphophonic, and other cues variety of visual and multimedia unintended to construct and to consequences to locate and interpret of key communicate meaning. messages and details, to develop these developments? conclusions, opinions, and CC8.5 Create and present a variety understanding, and to evaluate the of visual and multimedia How can technology effectiveness of the text. presentations including an be used for good illustrated report, a and bad? How does CR8.5 Listen critically to role play that ends with a tableau, a understand, gather information, dramatization, presentation
Possible Assessment Evidence: conferences exit slip comprehension check-in listening activity viewing activity performance task Possible Assessment Evidence: conversations conferences landscape historical narrative mulit-media representation Possible Assessment Evidence: conferences goal setting sheet tracking progress May – June (approx. 8 weeks) Multi-genre Thematic Context: Environmental and Technological Cyber Sense Big Idea: How does the Internet influence us? How does technology influence storytelling? What technology do we take for granted? What are some of the most recent developments in technology? What are some unintended consequences of these developments? How can technology be used for good and bad? How does CR8.1 View, listen to, read, comprehend, and respond to a variety of texts that address social responsibility. CR8.2 Select and use appropriate strategies to construct meaning before, during, and after viewing, listening, and reading. CR8.3 Use pragmatic, textual, syntactic, semantic/lexical/morphological, graphophonic, and other cues to construct and to confirm meaning. CR8.4 View critically and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of visual and multimedia to locate and interpret key messages and details, to develop conclusions, opinions, and understanding, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the text. CR8.5 Listen critically to understand, gather information, CC8.1 Create various visual, oral, written, and multimedia texts that explore social responsibility. CC8.2 Create and present a group inquiry project related to a topic, theme, or issue studied in English language arts. CC8.3 Select and use the appropriate strategies to communicate meaning before, during, and speaking, writing, and other representing activities. CC8.4 Use pragmatic, textual, syntactical, semantic/lexical/morphological, graphophonic, and other cues to construct and to communicate meaning. CC8.5 Create and present a variety of visual and multimedia presentations including an illustrated report, a role play that ends with a tableau, a dramatization, presentation AR8.1 Use information gathered in self-assessment and teacher’s assessment to develop and work on goals for improving viewing, listening, reading, representing, speaking, and writing. AR8.2 Appraise own and others’ work for clarity, correctness, and variety.
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