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- 1. PROJECT OVERVIEW Name of Project: Reading Bless Me, Ultima by Rodolfo Amaya Duration: 4 weeks Subject/Course: English 9A Teacher(s): Carlos Garcia Grade Level: 9A Other subject areas to n/a be included, if any: Project Idea Summary of the issue, challenge, investigation, The main idea is for the freshmen to start acquiring higher comprehension skills by making this book connected with their past scenario, or problem: regardless of ethnic background. Driving Question What does Antonio Marez learn from his friendship with Ultima? Content and Skills Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening Standards to be addressed: T+A E T+A E 21st Century Skills Collaboration Y Other: to be explicitly taught and Y assessed (T+A) or that will be encouraged (E) by Presentation Y Y project work, but not taught or assessed: Critical Thinking: Y Y Presentation Audience: © 2008 Buck Institute for Education 1
- 2. Group: The students will work in cooperative groups preparing posters and listing all of the 9th Culminating characters in the book. Class: Products and HHS Performances School: L.A. Community: Experts: Yes The student will have quizzes and final exam. Individual: Yes Web: Other: Community Resources PROJECT OVERVIEW Entry event to launch inquiry, engage students: Assessments Quizzes/Tests x Practice Presentations x Formative Assessments Journal/Learning Log x Notes x (During Project) Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes x Checklists x Rough Drafts x Concept Maps x Online Tests/Exams x Other: Graphic Organizers, Thinking Maps x Written Product(s), with rubric: The students x Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with rubric: x Summative will do daily journals and turn in about three Posters Assessments essays MLA style. __________________________________________________ (End of Project) __________________________________________________ Oral Presentation, with rubric x Peer Evaluation x Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test x Self-Evaluation x Essay Test x Other: x . © 2008 Buck Institute for Education 2
- 3. Resources On-site people, facilities: Classroom Needed Equipment: Laptops, boom-box for cd Materials: Audio of the book, pencils, laptops, notebooks, giant post-its Community resources: Possible visit to a local “Botanica” Reflection Journal/Learning Log x Focus Group x Methods (Individual, Group, and/or Whole-Class Discussion x Fishbowl Discussion x Whole Class) Survey Other: Socratic Discussions x © 2008 Buck Institute for Education 3
- 4. PROJECT TEACHING AND LEARNING GUIDE Project: Course/Semester: Knowledge and Skills Needed by Students Scaffolding / Materials / Lessons to be Provided to successfully complete culminating products and by the project teacher, other teachers, experts, performances, and do well on summative assessments mentors, community members © 2008 Buck Institute for Education 4
- 5. Knowledge and Skills needed by students Scaffoling/Materials/Lessons to be provided The students need to finish reading the book to I will make sure that I check for comprehension as we are successfully pass the final exam. reading the book. Along the way I will also use personal stories and ask them for their input. They also need to have successfully passed the quizzes I will make sure that students get prep time before quiz so that so that I know that they are following the story. they pass it successfully. They need to have all the journals completed in order to I will make sure that this becomes a daily routine so that the demonstrate that they are comprehending the material. students get used to it. The students will complete all the group work such as I will make sure that students are only in groups of four so that the post-its that they have been doing in their group things stay under control. work. They need to be able to do presentations in their classes I will allot time so that all the students present their work to the on the group work that they have done, classroom. They need to be able to have submitted their essays in I will make sure that students do graphic organizers, venn on time along with their rough drafts. They need to have diagrams, they learn MLA style so that they can learn how to submitted their essays typed in MLA format. write essays. They also need to have submitted their autobiographies, They will have to turned all of this material on the due dates so story books, venn diagrams, and graphic organizers. that I can see where they are having difficulty. © 2008 Buck Institute for Education 5
- 6. Project Calendar Project: Start Date: Week One Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Week Two Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Week Three Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Week Four Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday © 2008 Buck Institute for Education 6
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- 9. P R O J E C T C A L E N D A R Project: Start Date: M O N D A Y T U E S D A Y W E D N E S D A Y T H U R S D A Y F R I D A Y PROJECT WEEK ONE Journal Writing: “Who Journal Writing: “Who Journal Writing: “What is Your Family?” Journal Writing: Tell us am I ?” is your families’ what you like or dislike Journal Writing: culture?” & about your & “Who are My Friends?” neighborhood or & Reading and Listening community. Introduction to the & to audio of “Bless Me, author along with a Reading, Listening and Ultima” & handout. Reading and discussing “Bless Me, Listening to audio of Ultima” & Take the quiz “Bless Me, Ultima” Prepare for weekly quiz & Start Post-It on Characters in the book PR O JEC T WEEK TWO Journal Writing: What Journal Writing: Tell me Journal Writing: Tell Journal Writing: What Journal Writing: “What do you know about what you think about me what you think of are you planning to do do you like doing an know about New Mexico the book so far. the characters so far. this weekend. what do you dislike the (they will be given a most?” handout about New Reading the book Quiz Mexico) Finish the posters Presentation of the Reading the book Prepare for the quiz posters by the groups. PR O JEC T WEEK TH R EE © 2008 Buck Institute for Education 9