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Starting a Unit

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on April 7, 2010 at 1:04:51 pm
 

Possible Methods of Starting a Unit

 

In this section of the unit plan you are to provide at least three (required) or maximum five (exceeds) Starting activities - Anticipatory Sets - for the unit plan.  Be creative - imagine you teach 3/5 different groups of students and want to be different with all of them. Choose a poem, or a video clip, or a puzzle. Remember it should be brief -- 3 to 5 minutes.

Provide the descrition of how you will pre-assess students' prior knowledge, focus them on the new theme and motivate them to study this unit plan.  Keep in mind, you invite your students to the unknown topic.

Follow the following format for each of the 3 (5) Starting Activities:

1. Set # + "A Catchy title."

2. An Objective.

3. A Description of the set: what and how you will do it to:

  • pre-assess students' prior knwoledge,
  • focus, transfer and
  • motivate them to learn the new unit plan theme.

4. In the end of all the anticipatory sets write the conclusion: what the unit plan will be about and why it is important to study it. Address this wrapping up statement to the students. 

See a AS sample

Voki Starting Activity 

 

II.                  Possible Methods of Starting a Unit                                                                                     

8.  Methods 
     used to     introduce 

    unit and

    engage

     students

  

      Score____

There are fewer than 3 ways to start the unit or those included are unclear, minimally motivating, or not related to unit goals. Explanation for selecting starting methods is missing or does not relate to students’ life experiences. 

There are at least three clear and valid ways to introduce the unit.  Explanation for selecting starting methods relates minimally to students’ life experiences. 

 

 

 

 

There are at least three clear, valid, and motivating ways to introduce the unit.  Explanation for selecting starting methods relates to students’ life experiences. 

 

 

 

There are at least five clear, valid, and highly motivating ways to introduce the unit. Explanation for selecting starting methods reveals strong relevancy to students’ life experiences. 

 

 

 

 

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