TE+408-08+Unit+Plan+Info

Unit Plan Basic Requirements


1) 3 minute marketing (Pretend you are trying to "sell" your unit to a curriculum committee) - Present the highlights, intended learning outcomes, why students would be interested, etc. Should be compelling - you're vying for the contract! 2) 6 minutes questioning based on principles of SLA and L2 pedagogy (you'll randomly select 3 concepts and the audience will ask you related questions)
 * Unit Plan Defense**:


 * Final Project Description:** Create a new page linked from your unit "home page" for your final project materials. (Note: this is not what you will give to your students -- that assignment sheet is due later.) For 3/31, please post the following:

1) An exciting title for your final project 2) A brief description of the project 3) Why might students feel the project is worthwhile? 4) In what specific ways will the project promote communicative language proficiency? 5) What knowledge will be required to complete the project? (Be specific!) -- What vocabulary will students need? What linguistic structures? What cultural/general background knowledge? What technical/academic knowledge (e.g. specific computer skills, research skills, writing skills)? 6) What materials will students need to complete the project? 7) How many hours do you predict it will take to complete the project? How much time do you intend to spend in class? How many hours out of class?

This is an expansion of your unit plan introduction. It includes a list of major activities, key vocabulary, grammar, and other concepts you want to teach.
 * Unit Plan Web**

Each lesson plan should include the following components:
Remember that you are writing the plans in such a way that another teacher could also use them!
 * Title
 * Level and age of learners you are targeting
 * Brief description (2-3 sentences summarizing the lesson so people can see at a glance what is involved)
 * Rationale - What is the purpose of the plan? How does it fit into the unit? Why do you think students would care? What type of language proficiency will it build? (short paragraph)
 * Objective - What will students be able to **do** after participating in this lesson? How will you/they know if they've achieved this goal? (Be very specific)
 * Standards addressed (add a description next to the numbers)
 * Materials needed
 * Sequence of events with the time allotted for each step

//**Choice lesson plans**// - You choose two lessons to write up.

//**Technology-based plan**// - This is separate from the power-point plan. This lesson should incorporate tech-based tools to help students learn **and** show their learning. For instance, to learn they might browse certain websites; to show their learning, they might use audacity to create an audio file in which they record a mock radio broadcast related to what they learned. Here are some helpful resources http://languagelinks2006.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Technologies http://teensntech.wikispaces.com/

//**Learning centers plan**// - This plan should incorporate four learning centers, one of which is a teacher-center. Include learning objectives, materials, and a brief description of each center and guidelines for organizing groups and implementing the learning centers (e.g. how would a teacher keep the class productive and not chaotic?) Here's a template you could use to divide groups -

//**Substitute plan -**// This is a plan that could fit into any day of the unit and could be taught on the spur of the moment by a substitute who doesn't know the target language. Be sure to also include necessary information about class rules, etc.


 * //Powerpoint -//** Create a powerpoint that goes with a lesson. (If you are in a group of three, the powerpoint needs to go with an additional lesson beyond the requirements.) Be sure that the powerpoint uses visuals that are not copyrighted - wikimedia.org is a good source. Scroll down to the copyright section on this page to find other places where you can get legal images and sounds http://languagelinks2006.wikispaces.com/21st+Century+Technologies


 * //Unit test -//** Create a unit test that connects to the instruction in the unit in both form and content (test what you taught and how you taught it). Also include an answer key. Use a variety of question types. Here are some helpful handouts.


 * //Unit project -// P**Follow the guidelines we used last semester to create the assignment sheet and rubric for our final project.



Links to Unit Plans
(Note: Be sure that you have a back-up copy of any material you post on the Wiki!)

Sample (This can give you ideas how to set up your unit plan space)

a. Lizzie, Whitney, Erika a. Stefanie, Lauren
 * French**

b. Jade, Alex, Julia
 * German**

c. Kerry, Jessica, Alison c. Linda, Katie L. d. Aubrey, Amy e. Erich, Laura b. Sarah, Melissa e. Katie H., Caitlin e. Lindsay, Lisa
 * Spanish**