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Learning by Doing: Unit Planning That Gets Learners Doing! Presenters:. Lia Conklin: ELL Instructor/Team Leader, EL Civics Grant Coordinator & Designer, Ronald Hubbs Center, St. Paul, MN ( lia.conklin@spps.org)
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Learning by Doing: Unit Planning That Gets Learners Doing!Presenters: Lia Conklin: ELL Instructor/Team Leader, EL Civics Grant Coordinator & Designer, Ronald Hubbs Center, St. Paul, MN (lia.conklin@spps.org) Jennifer Asp: ELL/Workforce Ed. Instructor, EL Civics Grant Designer, Ronald Hubbs Center, St. Paul, MN (Jennifer_asp@hotmail.com) EL Civics Grant materials available at: hubbs.spps.org/elcivics
Session Learning Goals Name: _______________________ Date: _____________________ Circle the picture that shows how you feel about each leaning goal. = Hard, = So-so, = Easy
Discuss w/ group. Section Product: Discuss one’s current unit planning practices. • Unit Product: • Design a unit plan that: • Describes an authentic unit product. • Identifies benchmarks. • Outlines section & activity products. Describe unit product • Benchmarks • Identify real-life & work scenarios • Describe unit products • Identify benchmarks • Design a unit plan Learning by Doing: Product-Based Unit Plan Fill in lang. skills. Self survey. Fill in Scenarios. Section Product: Complete theme chart w/ examples Fill in work skills. Describe a unit product. Housing section products Housing unit product Identify scenario Section Product: Navigate the product-based unit plan model. Section Product: Deconstruct unit product example: Housing Simulation Identify work skills Find online resources Housing activity products
Unit Planning Self-Survey: • What unit/theme are you currently teaching? • On average, how long do your units last? • With whom do you regularly collaborate? • What is your greatest strength when designing lesson plans? • What would you like to improve when designing lesson plans?
Product-Based Unit Plan Description • A “product”describes what skills will be demonstrated and HOW they will be demonstrated. • Choose an authentic Unit Productthat promotes authentic life & work skills. • Outline benchmarks that integrate a variety of skill types and are achievable w/in the Unit Product. • Segment Unit Product into Section Productsor instructional “chunks” that scaffold to Unit Product. • Break down Section Products into Activity Productsthat scaffold to Section Product.
Section Product: Unit Product: Work Skills Product-Based Unit Plan: Template Section Product: Section Product: Section Product:
Team Evaluation Instructions: Read each question. Circle your answer.