Summative+Unit


 * Unit Standards
 * @Rationale
 * @Lessons 1-20
 * @Final essay and grading rubric
 * @Unit's Resources

Unit Title The Holocaust

= Developmentally Appropriate (10 ) = The readings are appropriate and scaffolding the historical experience of the Holocaust. The connections between the historical and the thematic assignments not clear.

__ Allowance for Process __ (16) The Journal project appears to ask for a timeline of events of the Holocaust, but it does not seem well-connected to the thematic essay at the end, which emphasizes contemporary events. The purpose and format of the journal is not clear to me. It seems like it should do more than summarize. The Discussion questions deal more with character and themes and relate better to the summative assessment. However, the relevance of the events of the novel to contemporary life could be more publicly discussed in class, so social justice can be defined as a broader theme of the novel. The literature circles could be a place to make these connections.

__ Integration (language reading, writing) __ (6) I’m not finding any language activities. You refer to poetic terms of analysis (imagery, tone, figurative language), but you never teach these or help students apply them to the poems.

__ Congruence of Assessment with Goals __ (18) I like the final essay, but it does not feel well-connected with the formative activities of the unit. Both the assignment and the rubric neglect to assess a process of writing. If the Journal was more relevant, it could serve as a formative (process) assessment. The essay itself could be broken down into a proposal, a draft, a final draft and reflection with feedback between each stage.

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