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This chapter presents about how to plan a unit plan along with many useful strategies. The author
uses the term integral unit as a combination of having internal unity, external consistency and
applicable thematic statement in planning a unit. The suggestions on designing a unit plan is
actually what we have been applying in class. As a Christian teacher, when planning a unit plan,
we need to consider about connecting the lessons with Biblical worldview. We want our students
to know the Grand Narrative CFRR; Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Restoration. This is crucial
because students need to understand that they are made in the image of God and God wants them
to take care of his creation, his great commission and great commandment. Although some
subject areas might not actually fit into this (CFRR) category, we need to think a way to integrate
Christian world view. The second step is about using a chart or web diagram to help drawing out
the ideas. This is a great help for start outlining the unit plan as it provides a big picture. We can
check which area is missing, what we should add more for the benefits of students learning as we
want to make sure that our topic is not vague and general. Then, consider about the main claim,
guiding questions, objectives and the length of time that we may use. In this case, it is very
important to make clear and meaningful claim. And the objectives should be measurable and
achievable within the framework of time length. Later, we can decide what kind of activities will
be using in each lesson and plan a draft lesson plan. In order to motivate an engage students
during learning process, we need to make sure that our activities have varieties and not repeating
the same thing each time. The activities need to be in line with the topic and matched learning
purposes. Actually, this is the area that I am trying to develop to differentiate learning activities.
Moreover, when it comes to lesson delivery, textbooks only will not be sufficient and resources
from outside might be required for content knowledge. Not only the deliver is important, but the
assessment is also crucial. In my unit plan, I include daily quiz, worksheet, and class
Nevertheless, it is also required to be cautious about matching the assessments with the
objectives of the unit. Finally, reviewing the unit plan is required in order to examine whether it
will be effective or not. Although it seems to be many steps to follow, all of these steps would
help us to create a great and effective unit plan as we prepare to teach in a real classroom.