Artifact # 9
Artifact 9: Literature Circles
Context:
This unit plan was created as a part of my RE 3142 course, at Appalachian
State University, to accommodate the different reading levels within a
classroom.
Impact:
This unit plan is on Slavery and the Civil War that accommodates the
different reading levels that can be found within a lesson plan.
The students will be divided into four groups and given specific books
on their reading level to read. As they make their way through each
of the books, each student will complete a job task that relates to a specific
section of the book.
Alignment:
At the completion of this unit plan the each student will have read
books on their reading level. The classroom will be divided into
4 groups – 2 below grade level (3rd grade), below grade level (4th grade),
on grade level (5th grade), and above grade level (5th grade) (INTASC
# 3). Each group will complete a series of task in six sections that
ask the students to locate and analyze information as well as draw conclusions
and use media to present their findings in group discussions (Tech
Comp 12.1) This unit plan incorporates cooperative learning, each student
will have a specific job to complete. At the end of each section
the groups will discuss their finding s with their group (INTASC
# 6). Through having each reading group discuss their findings and
collecting the projects (example: character map) that they produce (Tech
Comp 12.5). During this unit plan it will be the Investigator’s
job to do research on a topic that took place during the time period of
their book. Before completing their research, each student will have
to conference with the teacher about computer ethics, so that they begin
to understand copyright laws and security. Before using the Internet
the student’s will get a permission slip signed by parents giving them
permission to access the Internet. They will then notify the teacher
of what they are looking up and at the completion of their research they
will have to write down the website addresses that they have looked on
and gathered information from (Tech Comp 14.1).