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= **__ THREE CUPS OF TEA SUMMATIVE UNIT __** =



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Unit Title Three Cups of Tea

= Developmentally Appropriate (10 ) = Addresses important cultural questions and the issue of Third World Aid. You could stress the critical questions of whether we should try to transform another culture to meet our standards and whether assimilation is an appropriate response to an alien culture.

__ Allowance for Process __ (18) Much of the writing and speaking is to comprehend the differences in Western and Middle Eastern cultures. What formative assignments could prepare students to write the summative project? Should they write about religious and cultural restrictions on women in the USA? What could they write about their own struggles to preserve or compromise cultural identity? When is assimilation appropriate? When is it deception or manipulation of others’ opinions?

__ Integration (language reading, writing) __ (9) You do apply vocabulary to context, but later in the reading. Word study should take place at earliest contact with the language, so students devise strategies for reading unfamiliar words.

__ Congruence of Assessment with Goals __ (18) The final projects choices do not seem parallel to me. The first just asks for an analysis of events in the book, but the second requires a strategy to be devised for promotion of a cause. It would make sense for both projects to result in promotion of their respective causes. What if they created multi-media promotions for one of the three institutions? They would have to address the isolationist attitudes of their audience in any of the cases, as well as establish substantial goals for the fund-raiser. Such a project would entail some study of multi-media tools, but those are valuable skills as well. 55/60