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 * Module 2 **

**Logistics:**
 * Unit Title: Project Success
 * Grade Level: 10th
 * Subject: English
 * Duration: This will actually be a semester based project due to the writing samples which will cover a variety of pieces of literature (whether techinical, formal/informal, etc...).

**Goals:**
 * Problem: How can we prepare ourselves not only for the Georgia High School Writing Exam, but also English 101 using 21st century learning skills?

NETS-S 1,4 – Gather data, examine patterns, and apply information for decision making using digital tools and resources; Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers: a. Promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. b. Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. c.Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding, thinking, plannning, and creative processes. **Content/State Standards: All these standards will be embedded and infused within my unit.**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Technology Standard: **

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">ELA10W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals closure. The student ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Establishes a clear, distinctive, and coherent thesis or perspective and maintains a consistent tone and focus throughout. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Selects a focus, structure, and point of view relevant to the purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Constructs arguable topic sentences, when applicable, to guide unified paragraphs. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Uses precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifiers, and active rather than passive voice. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">e. Writes texts of a length appropriate to address the topic or tell the story. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">f. Uses traditional structures for conveying information (i.e., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question). <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">g. Supports statements and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts and statistics, and specific examples.

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">ELA10W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres. ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The student produces narrative writing that applies polished narrative strategies acquired in previous grades to other genres of writing such as reflective compositions, historical investigative reports, and literary analyses, by raising the level of critical thinking skills and rhetorical techniques. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The student produces expository (informational) writing to convey information and ideas from primary and secondary sources accurately and coherently; the student: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Engages the interest of the reader. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Formulates a coherent thesis or controlling idea. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Coherently develops the controlling idea and/or supports the thesis by incorporating evidence from primary and secondary sources. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Follows an organizational pattern appropriate to the type of composition.

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">ELA10W3 The student uses research and technology to support writing. The student: ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Formulates clear research questions and utilizes appropriate research venues (i.e., library, electronic media, personal interview, survey) to locate and incorporate evidence from primary and secondary sources. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Uses supporting evidence from multiple sources to develop the main ideas within the body of a researched essay, a composition, or a technical document. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Synthesizes information from multiple sources and identifies complexities and discrepancies in the information and the different perspectives found in each medium (i.e., almanacs, microfiche, news sources, in-depth field studies, speeches, journals, technical documents). <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Integrates quotations and citations into a written text while maintaining the flow of ideas. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">e. Uses appropriate conventions for documentation in the text, notes, and bibliographies by adhering to an appropriate style manual such as the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//<span style="font-family: times new roman,times new roman;">Modern Language Association // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">f. Designs and publishes documents, using aids such as advanced publishing software and graphic programs.

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">ELA10W4 The student practices both timed and process writing and, when applicable, uses the writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student: ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">b. Revises writing to improve the logic and coherence of the organization and controlling perspective. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">c. Revises writing for specific audiences, purposes, and formality of the contexts. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">d. Revises writing to sharpen the precision of word choice and achieve desired tone. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">e. Edits writing to improve word choice, grammar, punctuation, etc.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Prerequisite Skills**: I will be focusing on their writing skills;therefore, an understanding of both topic sentences and thesis statements is essential.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Objectives, Outcomes, or Framing Question**: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1. Students will be able to write a coherent essay or research paper. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2. Students will be able to analyze a piece of literature and be able to express their ideas in a coherent essay. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. Students will be able to create an e-portfolio. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">4. Students will be able to showcase their work through presentations. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">5. Students will skype in order to collaborate with peers and teacher to discuss their work. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">6. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Students will know and be able to understand credible website and how to cite references.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">PBL problem: How can we prepare ourselves not only for the Georgia High School Writing Exam, but also English 101 using 21st century learning skills?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Module 1 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In my PBL scenario, I will be working with 10th grade English students on an e-portfolio. In this e-portfolio, they will submit several writing samples based off the topics we have discussed in World Literature.