Collaborative+Unit+Lesson+10

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 * __Title: __** Final Group Presentations and Unit Overview

**__Unit Goal__**
 * 1) **Analyze their own beliefs (and those of the characters) and what affects why they believe what they do **
 * 2) Define the difference between family love and romantic love and decide which is more important in what situations
 * 3) **Identify moments in their own lives (and in the texts) as examples of positive or negative rebellion **
 * 4) **Track the changes in their own and the characters' moral codes over time (and what experiences influence that change) **

**__Standards (Common Core):__** [] **RL.9-10.1.** Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. **RL.9-10.10.** By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9–10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. **RI.9-10.3.** Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them. **RI.9-10.7.** Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account. **W.9-10.3.** Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

**__Rationale__:** Students will receive time at the beginning of class in order to polish and/or complete their group presentations. ‍‍‍Students will have to post their presentations on the class wiki page in order to make presentations easily accessible and transitions between presentations go more smoothly ‍‍‍.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**__Lesson Objectives__**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">1. Students will gain a better understanding of character development through group obituary presentations.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">2. Students will gain practice with giving oral presentations, providing constructive criticism, and working collaboratively.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**__Materials:__** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- //Romeo and Juliet////- Street Love// <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Obituary and Power Point Projects <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Computers <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Student Comment Sheets <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Peer Evaluation Sheets <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Notebooks/Notes <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Bodies & Voices

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Fine Tuning Presentations (<range type="comment" id="58698">‍‍‍5 minutes ‍‍‍):** Students will be put into their groups in order to fine tune and complete their obituary/power point presentations and then post their power points on the designated page on the wiki located on the homepage under today's lesson.
 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Activities: __**

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Group Presentations (40 minutes):** Groups will take turns presenting their character obituaries. Students not presenting will receive <range type="comment" id="383232">‍‍‍a comment sheet to reflect on each presentation as it is happening ‍‍‍. After each presentation, students in their group will be asked to explain why they chose the certain things to include in their obituaries. What about the character made them choose the certain aspects they chose to include. The class will then discuss the presentation and give feedback to students’ work. <range type="comment" id="299276">‍‍‍Comment sheets will be collected at the end of class ‍‍‍. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**BIG QUESTION:** How does society affect the individual and how does the individual affect society? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**__Assessment:__** Students presentations will be evaluated with a checklist. Student comment sheets will be collected at the end of class. Students reflection on the Big Question and how their characters apply to the idea will demonstrate <range type="comment" id="909013">‍‍‍a better understanding of each character and the motives which drive an individual to challenge the norms of society. Students’ thoughts about the Big Question will also assess students’ thoughts and beliefs about the unit. Peer evaluation sheets will assess the students' involvement with the project and thoughts aboiut the project overall. ‍‍‍
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Big Question Review: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Wrapping up the unit, students will be asked after each of their presentations to reflect on the Big Question of the unit. Students in each group will state how they believe their individual character was affected by society and how their character individually affected their society.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Peer Evaluations (5 minutes): **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will fill out evaluation sheets about the project overall and their work with the rest of the groups which will be collected by the teachers at the end of class.