NTN Project Map

EARLY PHASE
Targeted Skills
Which skills will be targeted in this
phase of the project?

Standards can go here!

Other skills/content

CAPUNC
Sentence Fluency-- run-on
sentences, sentence
fragments, comma splices
How to write a Power
Paragraph-- topic sentences,
support, conclusions
Research skills and note
taking
Using reading strategies and
figuring out vocabulary in
context
Plot diagram
Writing interview questions

Anticipated Need-toKnows
What need-to-knows do I
expect/ anticipate students
will have after the Entry
Event?
Are there mandatory

need-to-knows?
Assessed standards are
mandatory workshops
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What makes someone a

legend?

How do I find sources

for a local legend?
How do I contact my
primary sources?
How do I conduct an
interview?

Scaffolding Activities
What research, activities, workshops, lessons, or discussions might help students prepare for the
Key Benchmarks?

Entry video (maybe scene Braveheart?) followed by maybe a

video of introduction from someone from the Historical
Building?
Field trip to Cemetery
Instruction of historical legends and what they are
Historical Legends from 7th grade curriculum possibly including:
Gilgamesh
http://www.learner.org/courses/worldlit/gilgamesh/watch/
https://sites.google.com/site/noms7thgradesocialstudies/unit-1_1213/epicofgilgamesh
Greek Mythology (pick a few myths -- Zeus, Hercules, Perseus)
Readings used in 7th grade ELA??
Romulus & Remus
https://sites.google.com/a/saintmarksschool.org/grade7rome/romulusand-remus

How do I take notes on

Julius Caesar
my research?

Social Studies text (ch.12/sect.4, p. 380-83)

How do I document my http://www.biography.com/people/julius-caesar-9192504

research?
King Arthur

Instruction on

Key Benchmarks

What are you going to assess?

What tasks will students

complete as they progress
toward the final products?

Students work on a plot diagram over a Greek Myth or legend

Formative
Assessments
What assessments will
provide students with
feedback throughout the
project and guide the
learning process?

Reflection
What journals, discussions,
or activities might help
students reflect on their
progress mid-project and
revise their work?

Plot Diagram Assignment

Power Paragraph over a myth or story (we could assess on both power paragraph structure and
punctuation/capitalization/sentence fluency)
Written out interview questions

Revision of power paragraph

Reflection on agency
Reflection on group collaboration

MIDDLE PHASE
Targeted Skills
5 paragraph essay - DBQ
How to conduct an interview interview etiquette
formal vs. informal voice
Effective visual aids

Anticipated Need-to-Knows
What is a DBQ?
What is the difference between
narrative and persuasive writing?
What is a 5 paragraph essay?

Scaffolding Activities
Alexander the Great (maybe do the DBQ?)
pre-dbq resource can be the background
essay from the DBQ
(https://drive.google.com/open?
id=0B8TZuMHeq55GUjZvR1JOU1ZLTFk)
Documents and questions/reflections
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J9kDs
4bILTO_C3PRUFyCixIJ4KtR-yzZUYvN-

What is a primary and secondary

source?

lTK8H8/edit
reading short biographies of legendary
figures of history
(analyze text by trying to answer the
question: How is this individual representative
of a cultures customs, values, and traditions,
and why is this person considered legendary?

Key Benchmarks
Formative
Assessments
Reflection

5 paragraph essay - DBQ (using Written Communication rubric)

Interviewee checklist/rubric
oral discussion (use sticky notes to answer the following:
What is going well?
What are you and the group struggling with?
What have you learned?

The End Phase

Targeted Skills
Choosing key accomplishments
- whats important for us to know
about your legend, whats not
Effective exhibitions (Critical
Friend)
Presentation Skills
Narrative Writing

Anticipated Need-to-Knows
What materials do we need for our
visual aid?
Where is the exhibition going to be
and what resources will be provided?
What type of visual aid is required?
How will we be graded?

Key Benchmarks
Formative

Bio/narrative on local legend

Scaffolding Activities
Workshopping (small group and large group)
critiquing examples of written biographies
critiquing oral presentations/visual aids

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Assessments

Oral communication - presentation of legend

Visual aid - museum exhibit

Reflection

oral discussion (How did you learn and how did you grow?)
1)What went well?
2)What would you change?
3) What did you learn about the PLP that will help you for the next project?
4) What have you learned? How did you grow? What do you aspire too?

MONDAY

Entry Event - (letter or

video)
Field trip to Woodland
Cemetery and
Historical Building

TUESDAY

Create Groups/Norms and

Contracts
E-vite Entry Doc
K/NTK
Create Problem Statement
Reflect on field trip/what does it
mean to be a legend create
working google doc

WEDNESDAY

NTN - Slideshow
Lesson on
Conflict/Resolution
legends document

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

NTN - Slideshow
SRI/Free Read

Lesson Hatshepsut
legends document

Timeline App MyHistro

Daily workshops:
Verbs/Simple
Sentences
5 min - whole class
Workshops

Lesson on Socrates
Revisit Ancient
Greece postits/Socrates
Myth: Theseus and
the Minotaur
Final Project:
Brainstorm Iowa
Legends/pull up Echo

Final Project:
Brainstorm/add to list
of possible legends
legend

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PD Day...

Lesson on Caesar
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add to legends document
Daily workshops:
Map Skills - quick

Lesson on Hammurabi
23
add to legends document
Daily workshops:
Map Skills - quick

Final Project:
Research on possible
chosen legend/Who is
creating the info that we
are researching?

Daily workshops:
Reading
Strategies/Inferencing

Hand back
pamphlet/edit/showcase
pamphlets

Final Project:
Brainstorm/add to list of
possible legends
legend
Add the oral presentation
piece - choose an ancient
legend - jigsaw

Lesson on Cesar
Chavez
24
Map Skills
hi-liting - questioning
- What made him
legendary? Add to
google
historical/literary
document

Lesson on Wilma
Rudolph 25
Map Skills
hi-liting:
questioning/connectin
g- What made him/her
legendary? Add to
historical/literary
document

Notes: Legendary
Legend 1. What
makes the
introduction to the
subject intriguing? An
effective bio narrative

Notes: Legendary
Legend
2. How does the
background hint at
the subjects
significance?An
effective bio narrative

Daily workshop:
Hi-liting important
information annotate
Final Project: Choose
and defend your
legend - Use the Top 5
document on

Daily workshops: Hiliting important

information annotate
Final Project:Begin
research on your
legend - google doc

google/echo - Legend
proposal due!

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30

Submit Top 5 Legends

Map Skills

Lesson on figure in packet

- group choice

Map Skills The First

Flight
Lesson on The Wright
Brothers in packet
hi-liting:
questioning/connecting/i
nferencing- What made
him/her legendary?
What made this an
effective bio narrative
My Histro lesson and
rubric - due Friday
Daily workshops/Final
project: Possible list of
people to interview think outside of the box Echo for resource called
Interview Notes for
Legend Research

Lesson on figure in packet Frida Kahlo

hi-lighting - what made her
legendary? questioning,
connecting/inferencing
What is the most
memorable
comment/image/quotation
in the ending? Why?An
effective bio narrative
Daily workshops:
Guest Speaker on
interviewing: Nancy Bell how to be a good
interviewer.
Final Project:
Creating interview
questions for Lisa Remy once okayed, then they can
move on to writing
questions for interviews on
their legend

hi-lighting - what made

this person legendary?
questioning,
connecting/inferencing
5. Does anything catch
your interest or seem
important? In what way?
An effective bio narrative
Daily workshops:
How to draft a formal
email.
Draft a group formal
email from the class for
Lisa Remy, Carol Seid, and
Janelle Green.

Final Project:
Begin drafting a formal
email for your own
legend.

10/1

Lesson on figure in
packet - group choice
hi-lighting - what
made this person
legendary?
questioning,
connecting/inferencin
g
Which bio-narrative
do you feel was the
most effective and
why.
Daily workshops:
Intro to whats going
to happen on Friday.
Appropriate
dress/Being
respectful/Assign
roles within your
group.

Final Project:
Drafting a formal
email for your own
legend.

on Echo - Melissa is
creating

10/2
Daily workshops:
Interviewing skills
Review of appropriate
interview behavior
and notes taking
during interviews
Interview LIsa Remy,
Carol Seid, Janelle
Green students dress
in interview
appropriate clothing
Interview revisited:
What went well, what
could be improved
Final Project: How will
you apply this for
setting up your
research interview

Possible interviews
during
5
class this week!
Mini-workshop organizing google files.
Making folders for class.
20 minutes
FIll in Notes:Legendary
Legends Google Doc 10
min
Daily workshops:
Writing - editing/create a
google slideshow
percentages from writing
response 1. Reminders
on writing response 2. 20
min
Final Project: Work on
assigned tasks within
Echo - research legend,
contact experts, finish
and send emails, work on
introduction to bio
narrative. - slideshow on
introduction to bio
narratives

12
Daily workshops:
Begin Alexander the
Great DBQ
Final Project: Interview
Expert

6
Final Project: Assign Tasks check off by facilitator revisiting note taking
options, save
sources/Works Cited page
Introduce Temperature
Checks - on google
presentation
10-15 min
Zac, Joe, Shane in for 5
minute workshops on
effective communication
9:10-9:40 and 12:00-12:30

7
Daily workshops:
Body paragraphs - 5
paragraph essay model
Choosing a pic to go with
bio narrative.
Final Project:
Weeding through
research/Outline bio
narrative

13
Daily workshops:
Alexander the Great DBQ

14
Daily workshops:
Alexander the Great DBQ

Final Project: Interview

Expert

Final Project: Interview

Expert

8
Share Final Rubric
Exemplary Exhibit
Examples - What Ms.
L.R. expects when she
attends the exhibit.
Daily workshops:
Pull in groups to look
at intros/outlines
Final Project:
Continue research,
turn interviews into
notes

15
Daily workshops:
Alexander the Great
DBQ
Final Project:
Interview Expert

9
Daily workshops:
Group research into
Exhibit Areas/topics
(early life, the world
around, important
events)

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Final Project:
Research on Legend
Completed/Check
research
Free reading time!!!
LR gone

16
Daily workshops:
Alexander the Great
DBQ completed by the
end of class - IAKT
Final Project:
Interview Expert

1
7

LR gone

19
Daily workshops:
MLA Format/Citation
Have students fill out the
conference google slides.

20

Final Project:
Work Time on Museum
Exhibit

Final Project:
Work Time on Museum
Exhibit

26 Daily Workshop:
Presentation skills

27

Final Project: Narrative

Biography Due Rubric/Checklist

Daily workshops:
Presentation by Art teacher
about visually appealing
exhibit.

Final Project: Practice

Visual /Oral Presentations
Possible DSM Register
Connection

21

Daily workshops: Proof

read and peer edit BioNarratives
Final Project:
Work Time on Museum
Exhibit

28

Final Project: Visual

Presentation Due by the
end of the period.
Rubric/Checklist - Critical
Friend help

22
Daily workshops: Peer
Edit Bio-Narratives
Final Project:
Work Time on
Museum Exhibit

23
Daily workshops:
Project Reflection

29

Daily workshops:
30

Final Project: Present

Projects

Final Project:
Work Time on
Museum Exhibit

Final Project: Oral

Presentation Done and practiced - Rubric
or Checklist/Critical
Friends

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