Text+Set+Planning+Guide


 * Text Sets Planning Guide: **

(Topic or Theme)

 * Critical Thinking Notes ** : for example, building a foundation for a solid argument, seeing multiple perspectives, questioning credibility of evidence (Do you believe everything you see and hear?), having a global or cross-text discussion, connecting the new to the known, metacognition … etc.
 * Essential and Content Questions ** : `

Writing Grounded in T/E, CEI-Exp. Pillar, Make Thinking Visible, etc.
 * Strategy Notes ** : Paired Readings, TDQ&A, Close Reading w/ Annotations, GOs, Paideia,
 * Big Ideas / Key Vocabulary: **

Texts Possibilities: (Instructional strategies: Paideia seminar, repeated readings, carousel brainstorm, paired reading, reading detective, IWB digital text, public journal dialog, annotation, context clues jeopardy, etc.)


 * Artifacts
 * Songs
 * Textbook
 * Newspaper
 * Picture book
 * Novel
 * Poems
 * Coffee Table Books
 * Cartoons, sketch notes
 * Graphic organizers
 * Charts, graphs, data, infographs
 * Field guides
 * Brochures, post cards, posters …
 * Timelines
 * Magazines (Kids Discover Magazine, Kids Discover Online, Discovery Kids, Time for Kids, Comprehension Toolkit, National Geographic, [|History Alive], History.com, Biography.com …

Media:
 * Website
 * Webquest or virtual field trips
 * Video (Utube, Teacher Tube)
 * Artifact (Library of Congress)
 * Picture
 * eCard, tweets, blogs, etc.
 * Public Service Announcements

Audio:
 * Podcast
 * [|Song][|Lyrics][|Analysis] (Teaching Tolerance- Southern Poverty Law Center)
 * Radio Broadcasts
 * Digital Essay

Art:
 * Paintings (picture of the day)
 * Galleries (gallery walk)
 * [|Exhibits] (student showcase)
 * Favorite Museums [|____________]

Community Resources :
 * Monuments
 * Traveling trunks
 * Field trips
 * Museums

Culmination/Possible Outcomes:
 * Student Presentations [|w/ data]
 * Publication (Writing for change)
 * ‘Zines, essay contests, letter to editor, commercial, PSA
 * Petition Signing Ceremony
 * [|Service][|Project] (Student Action Teams)
 * [|Multimedia]: webpage, blog, prezi, brochure, posters, digital essay
 * Interview an expert
 * Wax Museum …… ..etc.

Topics/Themes: Preserving the Past: Lost and Found New Beginnings: Possibilities, Problems and Solutions (Colonies, Pioneers, Westward Expansion) Overcoming Challenges in Sports Becoming the Best Version of Me Histories Mysteries America The Beautiful This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land Coming to America: Immigration Dreamers: How to Live Your Dreams Pushing Boundaries/Breaking Barriers Heroes, Leaders, Creators and Innovators Explorers: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Building America Out to Sea: Survivors Imagine Resolving Conflicts Wonders of the World Country Mouse/City Mouse Smelly Locker Testing, Testing, 123 …