Week ________1_________ Main goal for this week: ___Introduction to the Unit/ Project Introduction________ Description of activities Monday

-Creation (class brainstorming) -Listen to music of creation (free write) -Play-doh creation activity (discussion) -Play the creation of everything video to end class and get students excited for next day -Critically thinking, discussing, and writing about what creation means to them, prior to any instruction Tuesday -Introduction to Unit Project -Christianity, Judaism, Islam -Analyze two stories of Genesis in groups -Present analysis to class on board Wednesday -Christianity, Judaism, Islam Creation Stories continued -Compare Koran and Genesis -Examine symbols in Genesis and Koran Thursday -BuddhismHinduism -Group work (1 group reads Buddhism, 1 group reads Hinduism) -Each group then watches YouTube video of the story - Listen to podcasts by teacher -Present their story -Listening to podcasts for directions -Read assigned story in groups -Watch YouTube Video -Create an interactive presentation of story -Create podcast prior to class -Find YouTube videos of stories -Guide reading in groups -Evaluating presentations Friday -Greek Creation Story -Shared reading of story -Each student Tweets as if they are one character in story

What students will be doing

-Group work on 1 Genesis story -Presenting main points of story on board

-Listening to information and critically thinking about Koran-Genesis differences

-Shared and engaged reading of creation story -Microblogging (tweeting) -Sharing tweets with class -Social networking

What/how youll teach

-Guide discussions and writing through asking discussion questions -Allow students to think freely without lecturing -Keep students ontrack, but do not interfere with productive discussion

-Hand-out guidelines and instructions to Unit Project -Explain and answer questions about project -Guide Discussions

-Lecture and present two different texts -Guide discussions through discussion questions

-Guide the shared reading and discussion questions -Guide the tweeting -Keep students on task and keep them from internet browsing

What will be learned (and how will you know?)

-Students should learn to critically think -Learn to creatively write, inspired by multi-media -(See responses to journal questions, see responses on butcher paper

-How to compare and contrast 2 stories -(See presentation on board)

- Identify and explain symbols -(Listen to student responses about symbols in story) -Compare two different cultures literature

-Comparing and contrasting two cultures and their literature -Multi-media experiences -(Presentations show understanding and cultural awareness)

-Learn to identify traits and characterizations of characters -(Look at tweets from students and see if they have represented character accurately)