CCTT Writing Institute: Unit Plan Organizer Design

1. Unit Title/Grade Level

2. What do you want students to understand?

What are the fundamental understandings?

What are the essential questions?

What should students know? What should students be able to do?

3. With which national content standards do the understandings align?

4. What are the relevance and significance of these fundamental understandings?

5. What is the context for this learning? (Prior and future understandings as well as developmental appropriateness)

6. Assessment - How will you know that the students have learned?

What summative performance assessment will be used to determine understanding?

What formative assessments will be used during the unit of study to assure that students develop the knowledge and skills required to reach understanding?

• Other performances:

• Written, oral or visual products in response to prompts:

• Formal observations or interviews:

• Student exhibits or models:

• Quizzes or tests:

• Student self-assessments, logs, and peer reviews:

7. What are the components (lessons/modules) of your unit and how will each component contribute to the learning of all students?

Consider the appropriate sequence to provide inquiry-based learning opportunities.