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DRIVING QUESTION: WHAT DOES IT MEANT TO BE AN AMERICAN? Time Frame: 6 weeks

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

PROJECT WEEK ONE

Key: ​//​Checkpoints//​ *Mini-Lesson* ​(Makerspace)

Entry Event *Small Group Skills* *Group Contracts* Pre-teach Vocab & Activity *Intro Concept Maps*
*Driving Questions* Listening Activity Contract Activity *Conflict & Video* (Brainstorm
Collaborate on Driving *Rubrics* & create Concept Map)
Question Rubric Activity
KWHL (K&W)

PROJECT WEEK TWO

Notes

*Content* *Writing effective interview //Interview questions// Field Trip Refer Back to KWHL
Refer Back to KWHL questions* *Interviewing skills and *Transcription*
Develop interview note-taking* (Transcribe interviews)
questions (Mock-test interviews)

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PROJECT WEEK THREE

Notes

//Vocab Quiz// *Crafting narratives* (Narrative) *Critical Friends Peer Refer Back to KWHL
*Intro content resources (Narrative) //Narrative Draft// Review How-To* (Narrative)
Reading Workshop* (Critical Friends w/
narrative)

PROJECT WEEK FOUR

Notes

(Narrative Final Revision) *Intro Presentations skills* *Presentation skills: slam Refer Back to KWHL
//Student-Teacher *Presentation skills: PSA* poetry* *Presentation skills: Skit*
Conferences//
(Critical Friends w/
Narrative)

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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

PROJECT WEEK FIVE

Notes

Regroup (Presentation Prep) (Presentation Prep) (Presentation Prep) Refer Back to KWHL
(Presentation Prep) (Presentation Prep)

PROJECT WEEK SIX

Notes

Review Rubric (Presentation Prep) Presentation Showcase Debrief Reflection

(Presentation Prep) Peer Rubric L (KWHL) Peer Feedback

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