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1. The Course Organizer Teacher(s): Student: Time: Course Dates: Course Standards: This Course: Type your course title here 3 1 Course Assessments: Click here to type your course paraphrase which includes the “critical ideas” of the course is about Course Questions: Click here to type the “course questions” that you expect every student in the class to able to answer. Remember: “How” questions are more thought provoking than “What” questions. EALR’s Assessed Not applicable at this time

2. Course Map This Course: Student: includes Performance Options Community Principles Learning Rituals Critical Concepts Learned in these Units Your Course Title Here 8 6 7 Click here to type your expectations for students regarding general tone of your classroom. Click here to type your modifications for performance options. Click here to type your course learning rituals, routines, and methods of feedback for students. 4 Click here to type the important concepts that you are going to teach. To remove a box, click on it and hit delete. Type the titles of your units in these boxes. And move the box where you want it. 5 To add more boxes…. Select copy from the edit menu above…. Simply highlight one of the boxes…

3. NAME The Unit Organizer 4 BIGGER PICTURE DATE Type your course title here NEXT UNIT /Experience LAST UNIT /Experience 2 3 CURRENT UNIT CURRENT UNIT 1 Type the preceding unit here Type the name of this unit here Type the following unit here Student Activities or Assignments 8 UNIT MAP is about... 5 Paraphrase your unit in student friendly terms here Related pg. #’s here (if any) Click here to list the activities or assignments your students will complete in this unit. Then drag the box where you want it, and type in the new information. Use these boxes to illustrate your content map. As before, select a box and choose copy from the edit menu above... 6 Write questions that students should be able to answer when the unit is complete here. Type relationships that might be found within this unit here. UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS RELATIONSHIPS UNIT 7

4. NAME The Unit Organizer DATE Expanded Unit Map 9 is about... 10 NEW UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS Type your unit title here Click and type your unit paraphrase here Add your unit subjects here. Highlight and choose copy from the edit menu to make more boxes like this. Add your unit subjects here. Highlight and choose copy from the edit menu to make more boxes like this. Add your unit subjects here. Highlight and choose copy from the edit menu to make more boxes like this. Type a unit question here…...

5. UNIT or BACKGROUND LESSON ORGANIZER DATE:________ NAME:__________________ 4 2 Relationships 1 LESSON TOPIC 3 Task-Related Strategies Lesson Map 5 is about... Challenge Question 6 Self-Test Questions Tasks: 7 8 Specify which unit this lesson came from here Type unit concept here Type unit concept here Don’t forget to draw an arrow from the unit concept to the lesson concept down below-then delete this box Type unit concept here Type unit concept here Relationship words here (pg. 34) Student strategy here (pg. 35) Click and type 1 or 2 words for main idea here Paraphrase what the lesson topic is about here Type lesson concept here Type lesson concept here linking word linking word linking word linking word Type lesson concept here Type lesson concept here linking word Type lesson concept here Type a question that will spark discussion and stimulate background knowledge here 1. Type question that students can ask themselves here 2. Type question that students can ask themselves here 1. List activity or assignment that students will complete here 2. List activity or assignment that students will complete here EALR’s: List EALR’s MEASURED by this lesson here

6. CONVEY CONCEPT CONCEPT DIAGRAM Key Words 1 3 OFFER OVERALL CONCEPT 2 2 1 NOTE KEY WORDS 3 CLASSIFY CHARACTERISTICS 4 Always Present Sometimes Present Never Present EXPLORE EXAMPLES 5 Examples: Non-examples: PRACTICE WITH NEW EXAMPLES 6 TIE DOWN A DEFINITION 7 Overall Concept here Target Concept here key word key word key word key word key word key word key word key word key word key word key word Sometimes Characteristics here Always Characteristics here Never Characteristics here Sometimes Characteristics here Always Characteristics here Never Characteristics here Sometimes Characteristics here Always Characteristics here Never Characteristics here Sometimes Characteristics here Always Characteristics here Never Characteristics here Always Characteristics here Never Characteristics here Type examples here Type nonexamples here type examples to be tested here Type examples here Type nonexamples here Type examples here Type nonexamples here Type examples here Type nonexamples here Type a complete sentence that contains the name of the target concept, name of overall concept and the “always characteristics” that must be present in all members of the concept class and any unusual rule that defines the relationship among the characteristics.

7. COMPARISON TABLE COMPAR I NG Communicate targeted concepts Obtain the Overall Concept Make lists of known characteristics Pin down Like Characteristics Assemble Like Categories Record Unlike Characteristics Identify Unlike Categories Nail down a summary Go beyond the basics 2 OVERALL CONCEPT 1 CONCEPT 1 CONCEPT 3 CHARACTERISTICS 3 CHARACTERISTICS 9 EXTENSIONS 4 LIKE CHARACTERISTICS 5 LIKE CATEGORIES 6 UNLIKE CHARACTERISTICS 6 UNLIKE CHARACTERISTICS 7 UNLIKE CATEGORIES 8 SUMMARY Overall concept to be explored in this lesson concept to be explored concept to be explored characteristic of concept characteristic of concept characteristic of concept characteristic of concept characteristic of concept characteristic of concept characteristic of concept characteristic of concept Extension activity or question here-something that checks student understanding and gives them a chance to apply their knowledge of the concepts like characteristics like characteristics like characteristics like characteristics like categories here like categories here like categories here unlike characteristics unlike characteristics unlike characteristics unlike characteristics unlike characteristics unlike characteristics unlike characteristics unlike characteristics unlike categories here unlike categories here unlike categories here Type a written summary of the students’ understanding of the similarities and differences between the concepts here

8. ANCHORING TABLE UNIT: _____________________________ DATE:________ NAME:_____________ 3 2 Known Concept New Concept 1 Known Information Type the word or phrase that represents the new concept here Type the word or phrase that represents the known concept here known information known information known information known information known information known information 4 Characteristics of a Known Concept 6 Characteristics Shared 5 Characteristics of a New Concept Type shared characteristics of both concepts here Type characteristic of known concept here Type characteristic of new concept here Type shared characteristics of both concepts here Type characteristic of known concept here Type characteristic of new concept here Type shared characteristics of both concepts here Type characteristic of known concept here Type characteristic of new concept here Type shared characteristics of both concepts here Type characteristic of known concept here Type characteristic of new concept here Type characteristic of known concept here Type shared characteristics of both concepts here Type characteristic of new concept here 7 Understanding of the New Concept Type sentence(s) that represents the students’ understanding of the new concept here. ANCHORS Linking Steps: 1. Announce the New Concept 2. Name Known Concept 3. Collect Known Information 4. Highlight Characteristics of Known Concept 5. Observe Characteristics of New Concept 6. Reveal Characteristics Shared 7. State Understanding of New Concept

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11. Key Topic is about… Write key topic here Finish paraphrase here Main idea Main idea Main idea Main idea Write your main idea here Write your main idea here Write your main idea here Write your main idea here Essential details Essential details Essential details Essential details Write essential details here Write essential details here Write essential details here Write essential details here Write essential details here Write essential details here Write essential details here Write essential details here Write essential details here Write essential details here Write essential details here Write essential details here So What? (What’s important to understand about this? Write so what statement here