ED3 PROCESS  Use the back button to navigate between elements in this page.

  1. Review the information about the backward design process. 
  2. Consider the three key questions that support quality planning. 
  3. View a video about establishing learning goals.
  4. Consider a range of instructional strategies that can be incorporated in the unit.  
  5. Questions are a critical tool to use in implementing a unit of study.  View a video about questioning. 
  6. What type of learning tasks will you use in the unit?  Plan to offer students an opportunity to demonstrate their learning through a range of learning products.
  7. How could you use poetry to support a unit of study?  Will the unit focus on poetry only?  Will the unit use poetry as a strategy to introduce a unit of study in another subject area?     
  8. Choose a poem that could initiate the unit from one of the following:
      -Early Primary Poem: Going on a Bear Hunt
      -Primary/Junior Poem: Smart or I have to Write a Poem for the Class
      -Junior/Intermediate Poem: I have to Write a Poem for the Class or The Road Not Taken
      -Intermediate/Senior Poem: The Road Not Taken or The Highwayman
  9. Refer to the MOE curriculum documents to identify learning expectations.
       -Elementary Curriculum    -Secondary Curriculum
  10. Work with a colleague to begin to brainstorm how you could deliver a unit that addresses the focus selected. Use the unit plan organizer to record your ideas.
  11. Review additional resources to support your planning:
       -Video of We're Going on a Bear Hunt
       -Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems
      -Poetry Teachers
      -Shel Silverstein Site
      -Poetry Webquests
      -Best Kids Poetry Websites
      -Poetry 4 Kids
  12. Confer with your Seminar Leader about the unit planning process.
  13. Talk to other colleagues about their planning experience. 

EVALUATION

Refer to the program planning checklist to determine the quality of your unit plan. 

Confer with your colleagues about the unit planning process.  What surprised you about unit planning?  What questions do you have?  What additional resources do you need to help you plan units?  What do you like about program planning? Compose a reflection about this experience and post it in your Moodle Journal to share with your Seminar Leader. 

CONCLUSION

Congratulations!  You have completed your quest for knowledge about unit planning.  Build on this knowledge by:
  • Getting to know the students in your host classroom.
  • Observing lessons taught by your Mentor Teacher.
  • Talking with your MT about how he/she plans.
  • Examining the long range plans of your MT.
  • Investigating module #3 in the Tutorial V Moodle. 
  • Exploring the planning resources in the Tutorial V Moodle.
  • Conferring with your MT to identify a focus for a unit that you could implement in the fall term.
  • Meeting with Vicky in late September to talk about program planning.