Heritage+2010

=Fifth Grade Unit 3: Heritage (Culture)=

Writing 2.1 Write narratives: Establish a plot, point of view, setting, and conflict. Show, rather than tell, the events of the story. || //Students will understand that. . .// Who are you? What is your culture? How does that make you what you are? || Some basic facts about themselves, their families, and their culture || ====//Students will be able to know. . .//==== • Through what other evidence (e.g. quizzes, tests, academic prompts, observations, homework, journals) will students demonstrate achievement of the desired results? • How will students reflect upon and self-assess their learning? || ask and learn about your family and culture understanding the questions you will be asking family members study questions and take them home to have family help you answer describe your culture share what you learned about your family and culture begin to fill in organizer for "I am" poem analyze your culture edit your poetry organizer do the first edit of your organizer explain about your family and your culture edit your poetry organizer second edit of your poem create a presentation about you and your family start the final work on your "I am" poem add poem to photo create a presentation about you and your family finish up work on your "I am" poem finish work on your poem
 * ==Stage 1 - Desired Results== ||
 * ===Establish Goals:===
 * ===Understandings:===
 * Who they are, and where they come from.
 * Misunderstandings include: Underestimating the role of broader cultural patterns in their family practices; Not understanding that some things their families do, may not be culturally typical. || ===Essential Questions:===
 * ^  || ===Essential Background:===
 * Where is their family from and what are some of their "practices"? ||
 * ====//Students will know . . .//====
 * Think of these as secondary skills / content ||
 * ==Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence== ||
 * ===Performance Tasks:===
 * A poem about themselves using “I am…” format || ===Other Evidence:===
 * ==Stage 3 - Learning Plan== ||
 * ===Lessons:===
 * Week One**
 * Week Two**
 * Week Three**
 * Week Four**
 * Week Five**
 * Week Six**

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