Goal 2.3
Goal 2.3 Design lessons which effectively differentiate
instruction.
Objective(s): Students will read an assigned section of a book,
complete a written assignment, make an object, and do a
presentation based on their reading. Instruction: Prior to the
beginning of the unit, students will be asked to take an interest
survey. The survey will ask them to number from one to four (with
one being very interested and four being not at all interested)
whose role in the Civil War they would like to know more about:
African-Americans, women, children and family, or soldiers. Based
on the results of this survey, student reading ability, and
numbers, I will assign every student a section of a book. Ranging
from easiest to hardest, the books are: The Civil War by Sadleback
Publishing (entire graphic novel), Hear the Wind Blow by Mary
Downing Hahn (chapters 1-17), Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (July
2, 1863), and Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (chapters
7-9). On the first day of the unit, the students were given the Tic
Tac Toe assignment sheet. Students will come into class and turn in
one of the writing assignments from the first row and one of the
object projects from the third row. The remainder of class time
will be students doing their chosen presentations from the second
row.
Assessment: The project serves as a graded summative assessment
for their assigned reading.
