Backward Design Unit Theresa Smith Azusa Pacific University

Stage 1 Desired Results

Established Goals The learner will identify 4 different points of view in literature and expository writing The learner will write paragraphs and create videos using the 4 different points of view The learner will create and essay explaining how the choice of narrator affects characterization, tone, plot, and credibility of the narrator

Transfer Students will be able to independently use their learning to Identify which point of view a text is written in and create brief narratives using each of the 4 points of view

What kinds of long-term independent accomplishments are desired? Students will explain in an essay how choice of narrator affects a text and use reading strategies to analyze point of view

Understandings Students will understand that An authors choice of narrator impacts the text in many ways

What specifically do you want students to understand? What inferences should they make? Students will infer the reasons why an author chose to write in a specific point of view

Essential Questions Students will keep considering Why does an author choose a specific point of view?

What thought-provoking questions will foster inquiry, meaning-making, and transfer? How has the point of view and choice of narrator affected the characterization, tone plot, and credibility of the text?

Acquisition Students will know The 4 main categories of point of view How the point of view impacts the text

What facts and basic concepts should students know and be able to recall? Student will recognize which point of view has been used in a text

Students will be skilled at Identifying the 4 different points of view.

What discrete skills and processes should students be able to use? Students will be able to write from each of the 4 different points of view.

Stage 2 Evidence
Evaluative Criteria *Accurate *Creative *Well-Crafted *Grammatically Correct

Performance Tasks *The learner will create a paragraph in each of the 4 different points of view. *The learner will design 4 short videos, using each of the 4 different points of view. *The learner will pre-write, draft, edit/revise, and publish a 5-paragraph analytical essay.

Other Evidence *In a quiz, the leaner will accurately recognize which point of view is used in example texts. *The learner will use a 4-point rubric to critique peers' videos. *The learner will use an editing/revising checklist to self-edit and revise their essay drafts. *The learner will create a 5-paragraph response to literature essay that analyzes how an author's choice of narrator/point of view affects characterization, the tone and plot of a story, and the narrator's credibility, which the teacher will score with a 4-point rubric.

Stage 3Learning Plan

What pre-assessments will you use to check student's prior knowledge, skill levels, and potential misconceptions? *Teacher-created pretest on point of view *Drafts of essay LEARNING EVENTS --Student success at transfer, meaning, and acquisition depends upon applying their learning in a variety of learning events, which will be assessed both formally and informally. --The learner will watch a Brainpop video on Point of View and complete a quiz on the video, which will be corrected as a whole group. (M) --The teacher will disseminate at handout that describes the characteristics of each of the 4 main types of point of view. (M) --In pairs or small groups, the learner will create a Thinking Map (Tree Map) that identifies the 4 main types of point of view and the characteristics of each type of point of view. (M) --In pairs, the learner will create a Powerpoint presentation that illustrates the characteristics of each of the 4 different points of view and present it to the class.(T) --As a whole group, the class will read 3 short stories--"The Storyteller," "Typhoid Fever," and "Evacuation Order No. 19." (M) --The learner will create a Thinking Map (Tree Map) that illustrates the point of view and characteristics of the narrator in each of the 3 stories (M)

--As a whole group, the class with go through a pre-writing process that will lead to the development of individual response to literature essays that compare the narrator in the 3 stories and analyzes how an author's choice of narrator/point of view affect characterization, the tone and plot of a story, and the narrator's credibility. (A) Prewriting Process:

Students will use the Point of View Tree Maps to help them organize their 1st drafts Using the Step Up to Writing color coding writing system, students will develop 3 paragraphs, one for each of the 3 stories read (The Storyteller, Typhoid Fever, and Evacuation Order #19) in which the students will describe the point of view of each story and analyze how the point of view affects the characterization, tone, and plot of the story, as well as the narrators credibility. Each paragraph will have a topic sentence (green), 3 supporting sentences (yellow), and a conclusion sentence (red). With the help of teacher created sentence frames, students will create an opening and closing paragraph for their essays. Once the full 1st draft in completed, students with switch drafts with a partner. Each partner will proofread the draft using a proofreading checklist. Using the completed proofreading checklist, students will revise their drafts to complete a final draft.

PROGRESS MONITORING --Formal and informal assessments Pretest (formal) Drafts of essay (informal) Final draft of essay (formalrubric) Posttest (formal)