8th+grade+Unit+plan

=Teacher(s) Name: Ms.Ferreira, Ms. Elliott, Ms. Sims = **Thematic UnitTheme/Title/Grade Level: RDG/LA/SCI/GEO/ARTS/Botswana/8th Grade ** **﻿** =﻿ = = Objectives = What will students accomplish / be able to do at the end of this lesson? Be sure to set significant (related to SSS), challenging and appropriate learning goals.  ||< //Depending on the topic, 4-5 objectives are ample. All should begin with: // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The student will… <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is culture and how do you identify with cultures? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunshine State Standards **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">List each standard. Cutting and pasting from the website is allowed. //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These can be downloaded from the Florida Dept of Education __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0066cc; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">[] __. // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Language Arts Benchmarks: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">LA.8.1.6.2—The student will listen to, read, and discuss familiar and conceptually challenging text <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">LA.8.1.7.1-The student will use background knowledge of subject and related content areas, prereading strategies, graphic representations, and knowledge of text structure to make and confirm complex predictions of content, purpose, and organization of a reading selection. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">LA.8.1.7.3- The student will determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level or higher texts through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing, and identifying relevant details. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">LA.8.1.7.6-The student will analyze and evaluate similar themes or topics by different authors across a variety of fiction and nonfiction selections. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">LA.8.2.1.6-The student will compare literary texts that express a universal theme, providing textual evidence as support for the identified theme <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 9.2px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">th Grade Social Studies Standards: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">American History: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Standard.4: Demonstrate an understanding of the domestic and international causes, course, and consequences of westward expansion. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Geography: ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Standard.2: Understand physical and cultural characteristics of places. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Standard 3: Understand the relationships between the Earth's ecosystems and the populations that dwell within them. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Standard 4: Understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Standard 5: Understand how human actions can impact the environment. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unit Pre-Assessment: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Discussion/Circle Map- What do you know about Botswana culture? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unit Post-Assessment: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cumulative Scrapbook with elements of the Botswana Culture. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">On-going //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Assessment: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Different per day <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Student Activities & Procedures ==<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 24px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Exceptionalities == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What accommodations or modifications do you make for ESOL, Gifted/Talented students, Learning/Reading disabilities (SLD), etc. ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is the heart of the lesson plan. Be as specific as possible. // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Describe lesson in a step-by-step logical, **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">numbered ** sequence, including teacher and student activities. Be sure to include key questions for discussion, collaborative structures, etc. // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Don’t forget about anticipatory sets and beginning each lesson, Tuesday through Friday with a review of the previous days learning. // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In your lesson be sure to label (ESOL; ESE) appropriate activities and modifications made for ESOL and ESE students. // ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 18.67px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Daily Lesson Plan Day/Title: DAY 1- Introduction **
 * < =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 32px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 32px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Learning =
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NGSSS- Next Generation **
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Assessment **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How will student learning be assessed? Authentic/alternative assessments?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Does your assessment align with your objectives, standards and procedures?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Informal assessment (multiple modes): participation rubrics, journal entries, collaborative planning/presentation notes ||< <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 13.33px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be sure to include pre/post assessment for your entire unit plan and on-going/ alternative assessment for individual, daily lesson plans  //
 * < <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Design for Instruction //
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What best-practice strategies will be implemented?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How will you communicate student expectations?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What products will be developed and created by students?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Consider c//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ontextual factors // (learning differences/learning environment/learning styles) that may be in place in your future classroom.
 * < ==<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 24px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 24px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Resources/Materials == ||< =<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 32px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 32px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">·  =

=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 32px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 32px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Travels With =

=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 32px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 32px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Gannon and Wyatt: Botswana = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Discussion Notes: //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: "Times","serif"; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Makecomments here related to ideas for assessment measures, homework, parentinvolvement, field trips, or extension to the unit plan ideas. // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">