Song Personal How are We Title Letter to Yourself from the Storyboard Truism Representation Essay Alike Heart Learning Outcomes Type Summative Formative Summative Summative (Formative/Summative) Formative Summative Formative N/A Weighting 30 40 N/A N/A N/A 30 Discern and analyze context 2.1.1. d. identify the impact that personal context— experience, prior x X X x x knowledge—has on constructing meaning from a text Connect self, text, culture and milieu 2.3.1.a. identify and consider personal moral and ethical perspectives, as well as cultural perspectives, when x x X x x studying literature and other texts; and reflect on and monitor how perspectives change as a result of interpretation and discussion 2.3.1.b. respond personally and analytically to ideas developed in literature and X x x X x other texts Evaluate the verisimilitude, appropriateness and significance of print and non-print texts x x x X 2.3.2.f. assess the significance of a text’s x theme or controlling idea, and the effectiveness of the content in terms of adequate and relevant supporting details, examples or illustrations Appreciate diversity of expression, opinion and perspective 5.1.2.a. appreciate diversity of thought and expression, x select and monitor x x X x appropriate strategies for appreciating diversity, and modify selected strategies as needed 5.1.2.c. identify the underlying assumptions reflected in the ideas and opinions presented in a x x x text Assessment Tool Overview Assessment Assessment Assessment Assessment Tool Brief Description FOR AS Learning OF Learning Learning Students will write a letter to their future or past selves. They will give advice or Letter to Yourself provide caution about events or x emotions.
Students will find four songs that
Song Representation represent four scenes from the movie x “The Truman Show”
Students will create a truism and support
Support your their claim with two pieces of literature. Truism They must use a quote from each piece x of literature as evidence. Students will write a two paragraph analysis of the question “How are We How are We Alike? Alike?” They must use a personal x experience and evidence from a piece of literature we have read in class
Students will reflect on a past memory.
Knowing from the Heart They will also begin to familiarize x themselves with idea of a “truism”.
Storyboard Students will create a live storyboard of x
Students will write an essay about a
selected truism. They will defend their Personal Essay claim with a text, a film, and a personal x experience.