Week #3

Assignment #1

STAGE 1 DESIGN-READING

Common Core Standards READING
Established Goals: Students will understand the author’s main idea and lesson of the reading. Students will be able to analyze how key individuals, events or ideas are developed throughout a text. Students will use a variety of strategies to determine word meaning in informational texts.
Understandings: Students will comprehend a full reading and be able to dissect all the parts of it. Students will understand the main lesson of the article and apply it to life.	Essential Questions: What is the main idea of the reading? What is the lesson brought out in the reading? What is the author’s point of view? And how is it conveyed? Which strategies can be used to determine word meaning in the text?
Students will Know: The main idea of the reading. The main lesson of the article. The author’s point of view. The author’s strategies to enable his/her readers to comprehend the full text.	Students will be able to: Dissect the reading and understand all the aspects to it. Gain a lesson from the reading. Apply different strategies to understand the reading.

(For example: My established goal is for students to learn the meaning of global warming, what it's all about, understand how it effects us today, and what they can do to help the situation. Students will understand what causes global warming, and its effects to our planet.

Some essential questions: What is the definition of global warming? What causes global warming? What are the effects of global warming? Is there anything I can do to help?

At the end, students will know that global warming is the increase in temperature over the past 50 years. They'll understand that global warming occurs when Co2 and other air pollutants collect in the atmosphere and absorb sunlight that have bounced off the earth's surface. These pollutants trap the heat, and cause the planet to get hotter. That's what's known as the Greenhouse Effect. Furthermore, it can cause rising sea levels lead to coastal flooding, and the disruption of habitats could drive many plant and animal species to extinction. America is trying to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels, and to start using clean energy instead.

Students will be able to make conserving energy a part of their daily lives. They can reduce their emissions by taking public transportation or carpooling when possible.)

Assignment #2

STAGE 1 DESIGN-WRITING

Common Core Standards WRITING
Established Goals: Students will be able to write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and to convey ideas, concepts and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Understandings: Students will understand what data to include in their texts, based on the idea of their writing	Essential Questions: What information is applicable to the topic at hand? What else can I include in my writing to make it an interesting read?
Students will Know: What’s important to include in their text, and what is unnecessary, to convey his/her idea	Students will be able to: Format a proper text, whether informative or explanatory