Teaching+Unit+Requirements

Final Project: Ideas into Practice Teaching Unit Requirements Unit Introduction Overview = = To create uniformity among the teaching units published on our site, the following components are required for your unit’s introduction. These components ought to appear in the order given below, each identified with the prescribed headings. Please put headings in boldface. Information below the headings should be single spaced. Use bullets or white space to separate information, as needed. Remember, the audience you are addressing is fellow secondary teachers who may want to use your unit in their own classrooms. In the hard copy of your unit, this introduction should be 1-3 pages in length. In the online version of your unit, this introduction should be on a single webpage.

Unit Introduction Components Be clear and specific about what this unit is teaching. If this unit is connected to a literary work, please mention the work’s author and title. List a two-four grade level span grade level for this teaching unit. Indicate how long this unit will take to teach (i.e. Ten 50-minute lessons, fourteen 90-minute block lessons…). Give a 200 word (maximum) description of what this unit covers. Write a one-two paragraph explanation of the **“theory”** behind your writing assignment (250 words maximum). Include a “works cited” section of outside sources consulted. Provide clear and appropriate student objectives in a bulleted or numbered list. This is NOT simply a checklist; these objectives should describe skills students will master by completing this unit. List, by number, which content expectations this unit will cover.
 * ** Unit title. **
 * ** Your name **.
 * ** Grades Level(s). **
 * ** Estimated Timeline for Teaching **
 * ** Unit Overview **
 * ** Theory to Practice **
 * ** Student Objectives **
 * ** Michigan **** Content Expectations **

Instructional Plan Overview In this section of your unit, you will guide teachers in the daily process of teaching. You will include the following components, in the order given. Use headings for each of these components. In the hard copy of your unit, the instructional plan should be presented in this order: resources, teacher preparation, student assignment sheet, daily lesson plans, supplementary subgenre materials (i.e. peer review sheets, worksheets, rubrics, etc.).

In the online version of your unit, you may place these components on the same page as your unit introduction. Or, you may create a separate webpage for each component. For the subgenre documents, please put these documents on a separate webpage or create a link to a Word document.

Instructional Plan Components List all resources students need to complete all tasks, including access to technology, online materials, literary works, physical materials (pen, paper), library access, etc. Teachers need to know explicitly what’s involved in this unit to know if it’s feasible for their students. Describe tasks teacher must complete before teaching the lesson. This might include teaching students a literary work, making photocopies, securing a computer lab, etc. Write step-by-step instructions for teaching (at least) five class sessions. These sessions do not have to be consecutive. For example, if your unit lasts 14 days, you might “skip” some of the lessons and focus on the most important ones. If you “skip” days, please include one sentence that explains this. (For example, you might write detailed lessons for days 1, 2. For day 3, you might write “instructor holds individual conferences.” You would then continue detailed lessons for days 4-6). This sheet should be a document teachers can give directly to students. It should give an overview of the assignment and list requirements expected of the students. Include instructions for the teacher and any worksheets/diagrams students might use. Include response sheets for students to use during peer review. Also include instructions for the teacher to lead students in your peer review session. This discussion can be over an assigned reading, an idea, something students have written, etc. Include instructions for the teacher on how to lead the discussion. Also include any handouts, question sheets, etc. the teacher must distribute to students. Include instructions for the teacher and any worksheets students must use. Design a self-reflection document students must complete while doing this assignment. Indicate where in the writing process this reflection occurs (as part of the pre-writing stage, while drafting, after the assignment is finished). This reflection may be part of an in-class lesson/activity, it may be assigned for homework, it may be part of the final assessment rubric. You choose! Create a rubric teachers might use when evaluating students’ final draft for this assignment.
 * ** Resources **
 * ** Teacher preparation. **
 * ** Detailed lesson plans **
 * Within your lesson plans, address the following **subgenres** and provide corresponding documents:
 * An **assignment sheet**.
 * One **pre-writing activity**.
 * How you will conduct **peer review**.
 * One **discussion activity/prompt.**
 * One **grammar mini-lesson**.
 * One **self-reflection** for students.
 * An **assessment rubric**.

Optional Components Listed below are some optional components you may add to your teaching unit. Should you choose to add these, be sure they match the professionalism of your unit and this website in tone and in appearance. You may create an additional page about yourself that links to your name in the unit introduction. Or, you may link your name to an existing teaching website you have. Remember, this should be professional. Do not link to places like personal blogs, facebook accounts, etc. You may create a separate page or add this section to the unit introduction page. In this section, you would explain ways to expand/alter the teaching unit you have created. While including a variety of fonts, various colors, graphic images, and photographs are not required, they may be added to your hard-copy and/or digital unit. Just be sure these visual elements enhance your unit and do not detract from its professionalism.
 * ** Author Information **
 * ** Unit Expansions/Alterations **
 * ** Visual Elements **