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Sample Artifact for I-A-1 & I-A-3 : Close Reading Lesson Plan

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PresentPerfectUnitPlan.docx

I-A-1. Subject Matter Knowledge, I-A-3. Rigorous Standards-Based Unit Design

Plan for one of my weekly close reading lessons.

This unit plan shows proficient practice in both I-A-1.Subject Matter Knowledge and I-A-4.Rigorous Standards-Based Unit Design. It shows how, in planning each of my units in all of my classes, I begin by identifying what I want students to be able to do by the end of the unit. Then I find ways to engage students with the material in all modes of the English language: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Different students struggle with different facets of the language so it is my responsibility to make sure that they work with the language in as many contexts as possible. Additionally, I make sure that I have various forms of formative and summative assessments throughout the unit in order to ensure that I am fairly assessing the students' progress in varied and authentic ways. This unit plan highlights the main activities and projects of the unit as well as the two summative assessments, showing how I design units of instruction with measurable outcomes and challenging tasks (I-A-3) and consistently engage students in learning experiences that enable them to acquire complex knowledge and skills (I-A-1).

Artifact:

Present Perfect Unit Plan

Objectives:

a. Students will be able to recognize the present perfect tense in text and be able to explain its function (specifically why it was used instead of the past tense).

b. Students will be able to accurately incorporate the present perfect into their own writing of various types and for various functions

c. Students will understand the form and purpose of a cover letter, and be able to both take information from a resume and convert it to a cover letter as well as write their own fictional cover letters for a dream job

d. Students will understand the interview process and what behaviors as well as questions and answers are to be expected

e. Students will be able to role play either an interviewer or an interviewee in a series of mock interviews, and incorporate the use of the present perfect tense in these interviews

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Major Activities/AssignmentsThese activities will be the major focus of the unit, along with daily mini-lessons and review.

1. Readinga. “What Makes a Song a Hit” NY Times articleb. “Space Storm” Time for Kids articlec. My cover letter from when I applied to BPSd. Paragraphs describing accomplishments of celebritiese. Peer editing of classmate’s cover letter

2. Listeninga. Example job interview: identify uses of present perfectb. “When I Was Your Man” Bruno Mars: note change in tense, why?c. Paragraphs read by classmates to guess celebrityd. Classmates presenting Changes project

3. Speakinga. Mock interviews: schools/teaching candidatesb. Read paragraph about a celebrity to the classc. Present your Changes project to a group of classmates

4. Writinga. Your cover letter: apply for your dream job using past tense to explain your previous

experience, present perfect to describe your current position and experience gainedb. Resume to cover letter: use information from my sister’s resume to write a cover letter

for a particular job using past tense and present perfect where applicablec. Paragraph describing accomplishments of a celebrityd. Your life in numberse. Changes Project (described below)f. Weekly short quizzesg. Final exam

Summative Assessments

1. Present Perfect Change Project (100 Points)

Directions: You will each choose something that has changed over time (a city or place, some type of technology, the food industry, the environment, global issues, relationships between countries, schools, immigration, race relations, families, sports, etc). Through writing and images, you will write about how that thing used to be, how it has changed today, and how you think it will be in the future.

Requirements:

A. Writing

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a. Paragraph 1--Introduction: introduce your topic, why you chose it, why it’s important, main idea

b. Paragraph 2--Past tense: how it used to bec. Paragraph 3—Present perfect: how it has changed todayd. Paragraph 4—Future: how you think it will be in the future, and why

B. Picturesa. You will need an image to accompany paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 to show the changes

and predicted changes. Each picture should include a caption explaining the imageC. Presentation

a. You will present your project to a small group in class. You WILL NOT just read your paper, but rather will explain the most important parts and your pictures.

2. Final Written Exam (attached on the following pages)

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Name: ____________________

Present Perfect and Past Tense Quiz

A: Fill in the chart with the correct form of each verb

Past Tense Participle

Drive

Eat

Speak

Swim

Ring

Write

Forget

Begin

Grow

Be

B. Directions: Fill in the sentences with the correct verb and tense.

1. I _________________________ yet.

2. Ms. Marks ______________________ two apples yesterday.

3. Carlos and Randall ________________________ since 7:30 this morning.

4. My family ____________________ to Japan twice this year.

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5. ______________________________ in the ocean before?

6. ______________________________to the movies last night?

7. Why ___________________________ your homework?

8. The students ___________________________ two essays in Ms. Marks’ class so far.

9. Beyonce ______________________ one baby, but she might have another!

10. Pedro ________________________ a lot with his brother when he was little.

C. Directions: Write 5 questions using the present perfect for Ms. Marks.

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D. Answer the questions

1. What is something you have never done?

2. What did you do yesterday?

3. What have you eaten today?

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4. What have you enjoyed this year?

E. Directions: Write a paragraph (with a main idea, details and conclusion) about how your life has changed since you came to the United States. Use the present perfect tense.

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Example of student “Present Perfect Change Project”

Technology of phonesMy topic is Technology of phones. I chose it because in this time the technology of phones has increased a lot. Each month, comes out a different and competitive ones. Now it is important because it makes the life easier for us. Those smart phones have everything you want to have fun. And you also can make your works with these phones.

The phones used to be like those ones below.Before, telephones were very boring. You could only make calls and receive them. To catch signal, you had to get an antenna that the phone had. They had no entertainment whatsoever. At that time the phones were very expensive and not everyone could have one.

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this picture we can see the old phones. Theses phones were what the people used before.

The phone has changed today to smart phones. Today we have wireless phones that we can carry and use anywhere. Now, the phones have improved with the internet, more applications, and good games. Phones have saved lives, and destroyed relationship. Finally, the phones have changed our world.

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s picture shows the new phones or smart phones.

I think in the future it will be more intelligent. In the future the entire mobile phone casing will be display. This would mean that phone users will look at menus from any angle, including from back phone. Also, maybe the users will load the phone with sunlight. Cell phones will cover the role of computers for their intelligence. I think this because the technology of phones improves

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every day, month, and year.

This picture represents the futures new phones.