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3.4.2: review research process identify strengths and areas for improvement in
personal research skills
General Outcome 4: Enhance the clarity and artistry of communication
- 4.1.2: revise and edit
- 4.2.1: attend to grammar and usage distinguish between formal and informal
conventions of oral and written language, and use each appropriately depending on the
context, audience, and purpose
General Outcome 5: Respect, support, and collaborate with others
- 5.1.1: appreciate diversity discuss how ideas, people, experiences, and cultural
traditions are portrayed in various oral, print, and other media texts
- 5.1.3: Celebrate accomplishments and events select and use appropriate form and
tone for specific audiences to celebrate special events and accomplishments
Learning Tasks
Champion Research students will conduct
independent research to learn about the life of
their champion and how that person affected
either Alberta or Calgary identity.
Story Planner following a series of minilessons on each feature, students will create a
planner for their story that incorporates both
their creative ideas as well as historical facts
from their research.
Final Story Students will write a story of
850-1100 words and submit for grading
Assessments
For Learning teacher will check-in with
students frequently throughout the research
process to evaluate understanding and to
encourage students to ask deeper questions
about their topic.
As Learning students will be required to
self-assess the reliability of research sources
and determine whether or not the information
they have found is reliable.
Of Learning research will be assessed as
part of the students final story. Story will be
assessed for inclusion of historical details,
accuracy of these details, and how these
details are related to todays identity in
Calgary or Alberta
For Learning Teacher will review the
planner before students begin writing to
provide feedback on both strengths and areas
that might require more attention. Students
will also peer assess their plans before
writing.
For Learning Teacher will provide
formative feedback to students throughout the
writing process.
As Learning students will complete a selfassessment to evaluate where their work was
strongest and what their greatest learning was.
They will then be asked how they can apply
this new or improved skill in other areas of
school or life.
Of Learning final story will be assessed for
creativity, inclusion of historical details,
accuracy of details, and analysis of how these
historical events have contributed to our
identity as Calgarians and Albertans
Formal Email Students will practice
For Learning students will receive both
writing in a professional tone by crafting an
peer and teacher feedback for their emails
email to the judges of the story contest to
before sending them.
accompany their submission.
Of Learning Students will send their final
email to the teacher as well as to the contest
judges (if they choose to submit their work).
Emails will be evaluated based on inclusion
of necessary information as well as the
formality of the email being appropriate to its
purpose.
Differentiation
Students who require extra support for this unit will be provided with the following:
work in groups instead of independently to talk through their ideas and share the
workload, as well as make use of and learn from each others strengths
extra support from the teacher during work periods to provide guidance, ask and
answer questions, and give more in-depth direction when needed
opportunity to work in the resource room
Daily Tasks
Day
Task
Resources
1
Introduction to contest and unit.
- albertachampions.ca
- contest rules and requirements
Mar 29 Who are the 30 Champions?
- chart of champions
Select champion to write about
2
How to do research:
- internet access via learning commons
Mar 31 What to look for and where to
or student cellphones
look
3
Apr 4
Begin Research
What is historical fiction?
Plan setting
4
Apr 6
Finish research
Watch suggestions video
Story planner focus on character
and conflict.
5
Apr 8
6
Apr 12
7
Apr 14
8
Apr 18
9
Apr 20
planner
blank paper or computer access
computer access
computer access