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**Lesson Title**: Digital Resume- Characters from //Of Mice and Men// **Grade Level:** 10th Grade **Subject:** English- Persuasive Unit
 * __Week 7- Digital Story-Telling Lesson __**


 * Brief Description of lesson **: In this lesson, students will take the written resume they produced from the last lesson, and will use it as an outline to create a digital resume for their selected character from //Of Mice and Men.// Students will highlight the characters resume strengths by combining pictures with a six-word story that would be the most persuasive in encouraging the hiring of their character. Students will work in the same groups as the last lesson and will use the Flikr Six Word Story software ([]) to complete their digital story-telling project. They will present their projects to the class and will upload them to the class website.

**Content Standards**:
 * __GOALS __**
 * The student will compose to persuade. LA.E10.20.06.
 * ‍The student will use various information retrieval sources (traditional and electronic) to obtain information on a self-selected and/or given topic. Electronic sources include automated catalogues, CD-ROM products, and online services like Internet, World-Wide Web, and other. LA.E10.20.04
 * ‍The student will synthesize information from two or more sources to fulfill a self-selected or given purpose. LA.E10.20.05
 * ‍The student will select and organize informational ideas from multiple texts. LA.E10.20.05a
 * Students will change the diction to accommodate audience (peer, adult, younger, formal, official, informal). LA.E10.40.03c.
 * The student will rehearse oral texts for effective application of diction, intonation, and rhetorical strategies, such as introductions, sequence, illustrations, and conclusions. LA.E10.20.02
 * The student will demonstrate the advantages and limitations of speech and writing when communicating in various situations for specific audiences and purposes. LA.E10.30.02


 * ISTE NETS-S **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Communication and collaboration ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Research and information fluency ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Technology operations and concepts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Instructional Objectives **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will locate and evaluate internet sources for images to include in the digital resume.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will utilize technology to construct a digital resume to accompany their written resumes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will collaborate with peers to plan, create, and edit their digital resumes.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will include persuasive techniques in the writing and oral recording of their six word stories for the digital resume.

<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Day one: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-Students will be presented with the question: How could you use Flickr to enhance your character’s job application? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Students will be presented with the rubric for their digital resume project, and we will review the requirements together as a class. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- As a class, we will discuss the process of selecting elements of the resume to highlight, choosing pictures that illustrate the strengths, and writing the six-word story for each element. I will model my own digital resume for students to see the process at work. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Students will spend this class period working in their previous groups choosing the elements from their resume that they think will be the best to highlight in the digital resume. Students will then create a storyboard for their digital resume where they will brainstorm their ideas for the pictures and six word stories for their digital resume. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- This will guide their work in the computer lab the next day. <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Day Two: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Students will get into their groups from the previous lesson, and will work in the computer lab to locate pictures for their digital resume that will best illustrate their six-word story for each of the character’s strengths. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Each group will work together and piece together a rough draft of their digital resume on Flickr. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- As a group, they will collaborate and revise their six word stories as they decide what will work best for with the selected picture and the character’s resume. (They will type their parts in a Microsoft word document to look for any spelling or grammar errors) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Groups will assign parts for reading and recording their digital resume and will rehearse their parts with one another discussing the most effective intonation and fluency for the most persuasive delivery of their six word stories. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Students will rehearse parts until they feel confident and polished enough to record, and then they will record and edit in their digital resume. <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Day Three: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Groups will put the final changes on their digital resumes. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Each group will upload their final product to the class website, and we will view the products as a class. **Creative Thinking:** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The creative thinking portion of this lesson comes with the emphasis of visual literacy. Students must think creatively as they evaluate and select pictures that best illustrate the element of the resume and the six word story they crafted to explain each of the character’s strengths.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">ACTION __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Before-Class Preparation **<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Prior to this lesson, students will be asked to take a look at the Flikr six word story webpage and take a look at some example six word story projects to prepare for this group project. Additionally, students will be asked to review their previously written character resumes and highlight 7-10 strengths that would want to highlight in a job interview.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">During Class/Instructional Activities **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">:


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">MONITOR __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Ongoing Assessments **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: I will monitor students as they are working through the creative process. I will circulate in the computer lab to ensure students are on task and ask questions to determine how they are thinking critically and creatively in the selection of the pictures for their digital resume product. I will also informally assess each group by reviewing their storyboards to make sure they are thinking persuasively and including persuasive techniques in the writing of their six word stories.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Differentiation and Extension **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Students are grouped according to birthday month, so that groups will be evenly disbursed and cover all learning styles and levels. For those groups who may struggle with organizing their ideas for the digital resume, a graphic organizer can be provided to help guide their storyboard brainstorming. In addition, For those students who struggle with speech, modifications can be provided with the recording of their six word story where they can write the story but have another group member record it for them. IEP modifications will be implemented For groups who excel through the process; one extension made would be that they could create their digital resume to cover all elements of their written resume rather than just a selection of 7-10 strengths.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Management: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will be working in groups and will be expected to work collaboratively, respectfully, and responsibly. Management for groups will be that students will have assigned roles in their group, and the groups will complete evaluations on their own members giving points for their work ethic. They will hold each other accountable for working, and the teacher will act as more of a facilitator in the room and move between groups to offer insights and observe progress. Direct teacher management will be monitoring the groups work in the computer lab through the Vision software that will allow me to see what is on each computer screen, so I can make sure all groups are on task and including school appropriate pictures.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">EVALUATION __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Summative assessment: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students’ content learning will be evaluated through the final digital resume product. The final project will be evaluated for creativity, connection to the character, and persuasive element with the digital resume rubric presented at the start of the lesson.

====<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">‍ **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Lesson Reflections and Notes **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: ==== <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">*Reflections and additional notes will be added after implementation. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**Lesson Title**: Character Job Search- Of Mice and Men
 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Week 6- Online Collaboration Lesson __**
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Grade Level: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> 10th Grade
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Subject: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> English- Persuasive Unit


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Brief Description of lesson **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: In this lesson, students will further connect the characters and historical background of the text Of Mice and Men to modern day current events. Students will conduct an internet job search finding appropriate jobs for each of the main characters in the novel; they will create a social bookmarking page on Delicious.com documenting the resources they found in their research. In groups, they will search the class delicious pages and select a specific job they think would be a good fit for the character they were assigned. As a group, students will create a resume and write a persuasive cover letter to apply for the chosen occupation.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">GOALS __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Content Standards **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">‍ <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">The student will compose to persuade. LA.E10.20.06.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">‍The student will extend or further develop meaning by explaining the implications of the text for the reader or contemporary society. LA.E10.10.04
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">‍The student will use various information retrieval sources (traditional and electronic) to obtain information on a self-selected and/or given topic. Electronic sources include automated catalogues, CD-ROM products, and online services like Internet, World-Wide Web, and other. LA.E10.20.04
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">‍The student will synthesize information from two or more sources to fulfill a self-selected or given purpose. LA.E10.20.05
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">‍The student will select and organize informational ideas from multiple texts. LA.E10.20.05a

ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Communication and collaboration ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Research and information fluency ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Technology operations and concepts
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">ISTE NETS-S **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Instructional Objectives **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">:


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will locate and evaluate reliable internet sources for their job search.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will utilize technology to build a resource base for writing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will collaborate with peers to select and apply for an occupation that is appropriate for their assigned character from the novel.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">ACTION __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Before-Class Preparation **<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Prior to this lesson, students will be given directions for setting up a page on Delicious.com, and will be asked to create a page and practice bookmarking by adding the school’s website to their page. I will show an example of my own page and model the process in a mini-lesson prior to this activity.

<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Day one:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">During Class/Instructional Activities **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">:

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-Students will be presented with the question: How would someone who needs a job use the internet to help them find one?

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Students will be presented with the job search project and the directions and requirements for their internet search and the setting up of their Delicious page.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- As a class, we will review how to effectively evaluate websites to determine their reliability, and I will model some examples of reliable and unreliable websites.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Students will spend this class period searching the internet for websites they could use to locate and/or apply for a job for each of the character in //Of Mice and Men//. They will bookmark the pages they believe are the best on their Delicious page.

<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Day Two: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Students will be broken into groups of three or four (according to birthday month), and each group will be assigned a main character from the novel.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Each group will work together and search the class’ Delicious pages looking for links that are a good fit for the character they were assigned.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- As a group, they will collaborate and discuss the job openings, and will decide on one job they think would be the best fit for their character from the story.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Groups will then work together to create a list of qualifications their assigned character has that would make them a good fit/hire for the job they have selected.

<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Day Three: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- As a class, we will examine the Resume and Cover letter writing process, and students will read and evaluate several samples of work.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- Groups will write collaboratively by creating a resume and cover letter they can submit for their assigned character from the novel to apply for the job they selected from their research.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-Groups will peer edit and revise each other’s work using the rubric they were given at the start of the project.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Online Collaboration: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The use of the social bookmarking pages with Delicious.com promotes online collaboration, as students will be able to access each other’s research and receive insight for their own group work based on the pages of their classmates. Additionally, the collaborative writing of the resume and cover letter in their groups also encourages social networking and online collaboration, as the groups have to evaluate the information found in the Delicious pages.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Creative Thinking: **

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The creative thinking portion of this lesson comes with the role -play aspect of this assignment. Students must be creative in putting themselves in the shoes of the character from the novel as they select and write a resume and cover letter in application for a job in the current world.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">MONITOR __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Ongoing Assessments **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: I will monitor students as they are working through the initial research process and developing their Delicious pages. I will circulate in the computer lab to ensure students are on task and ask questions to determine how they are finding reliable web resources. As groups work through the research and begin the writing process, I will continue to monitor in the computer lab, and I will conference with each group about the job they have chosen for their assigned character.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Differentiation and Extension **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Students will be grouped according to birthday month, so that groups will be evenly disbursed and cover all learning styles and levels. In addition, students who may require it will be given lists of possible websites or resources to consult. Additionally, for those groups who may struggle with selecting a job to apply for, a graphic organizer can be provided to help guide their search and evaluation of the possible occupations. In addition, examples of resumes and cover letters will be distributed to give students an accurate picture and a model for their own written job applications. IEP modifications will be implemented For groups who excel through the process, one extension made would be that they could select an additional character from the novel and create an extra job application for that character for additional points.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Management: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will be working in groups and will be expected to work collaboratively, respectfully, and responsibly. Management for groups will be that students will have assigned roles in their group, and the groups will complete evaluations on their own members giving points for their work ethic. They will hold each other accountable for working, and the teacher will act as more of a facilitator in the room and move between groups to offer insights and observe progress. Direct teacher management will be monitoring the students’ Delicious pages to make sure no inappropriate content is being posted to their pages.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">EVALUATION __**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Summative assessment: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students’ content learning will be evaluated through the written resume and cover letter for their assigned character from the novel. Both pieces will be evaluated for organization and key elements with rubrics crafted in Rubistar.com. Additionally, student Delicious pages will be evaluated informally for valid web resources related to the job search project.

====<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">‍ **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Lesson Reflections and Notes **<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: ====

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">*Reflections and additional notes will be added after implementation.

__<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Week 5- Problem Based Learning Lesson Plan:** __

 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lesson Title **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: Our Modern Day Great Depression (Student Service Learning Lesson)
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Grade level **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">10th grade
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Related Lessons **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> The reading of //Of Mice and Men// and the study of the Great Depression as it related to the novel. Additional lessons on the introduction of persuasive appeals and writing techniques.
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Unit **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Persuasive Writing
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Brief Description: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> In this lesson, students will relate the historical background of the Great Depression from the novel Of Mice and Men to the current economic state in their own country and community. They will research how they could help as a school, and will develop a plan to address the job and hunger needs of people in their own community. Students will work together in groups to plan and outreach for the school to participate in and will create a 30 second commercial persuading the student body to participate in their outreach.


 * __<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">GOALS __**
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Content Standards **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">:

ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Communication and collaboration ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Research and information fluency ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making ü <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Technology operations and concepts
 * ===== The student will compose to persuade. LA.E10.20.06. =====
 * =====The student will extend or further develop meaning by explaining the implications of the text for the reader or contemporary society. LA.E10.10.04=====
 * =====The student will use various information retrieval sources (traditional and electronic) to obtain information on a self-selected and/or given topic. Electronic sources include automated catalogues, CD-ROM products, and online services like Internet, World-Wide Web, and other. LA.E10.20.04=====
 * =====The student will synthesize information from two or more sources to fulfill a self-selected or given purpose. LA.E10.20.05=====
 * =====The student will select and organize informational ideas from multiple texts. LA.E10.20.05a=====
 * =====The student will choose an appropriate organizational structure to create meaning for the audience using the appropriate purpose (chronological, spatial, order of importance, comparison, and cause-effect). LA.E10.20.05d=====
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">ISTE NETS-S **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">:


 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Instructional Objectives **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will research and design a persuasive campaign to persuade the community to become involved in an outreach to address the current job and hunger crises in their area.

<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">**__ACTION__** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-Students will locate and read a newspaper or magazine article addressing the rising unemployment rates or the issues with those going hungry in our own country, and will come in the next day prepared to discuss the major points of the article they read. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- I will create and make copies of a comparison sheet between economic issues in Of Mice and Men and in our society now as well as a worksheet introducing the problem and solution process students will be working through. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- I will make sure all students are registered with the class blog and will coordinate computer time for research and presentations.
 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Before-Class Preparation **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">:


 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">During Class/Instructional Activities **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">:
 * __<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Problem/Question asked: __**<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> **What can we as a class/school do to help with the issues of unemployment and hunger in our community?**
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">This problem is relevant to my students because the school is in an area with a very high poverty level, so almost all students know someone who has been impacted by the current economic status in the U.S.


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Time: First 15 minutes **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">- In a whole-class setting, we will review the impact of the Great Depression on society as well as its role in influencing the lives of the characters in the novel //Of Mice and Men.// Students will then discuss their articles read before coming to class today, and students will work together in pairs to complete a comparison sheet on the lives of people in the U.S. during the Great Depression versus the lives of people in the U.S. today impacted by the recent financial decline.

====**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Time: 45 minutes: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">After discussing the similarities of the Great Depression and the financial state today, students will be introduced to the problem that people in their own community are dealing with unemployment and hunger today. I will pass out the outline for the PBL lesson and go over the question students will be answering: **<span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">What can we as a class/school do to help people in our own community who are struggling with unemployment and hunger? **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">After introducing the question, students will watch a clip from a recent episode of the Dr. Oz talk show where he addressed the ever-increasing problem of hunger in the United States. After watching the video clip, I will put students in their preselected groups and discuss the steps in answering the problem question. Students will be introduced to the project requirements of researching and designing a specific outreach or event that the school will put on to address the problem. I will introduce the two main products of the proposal and commercial students will be creating, and we will look over the rubrics that will be used to assess both products. Finally, students will wrap things up by brainstorming ideas in their groups and developing a plan for research in the following days. ====

====**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">(Homework) **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will create a list of ideas for outreaches and will create a list of five questions that they will use to guide their research as they create their group proposal. Students will post their ideas and questions on the class blog, and will ask their group members for feedback. ====


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Time: The next 2-3 class periods: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will research their ideas for outreach activities as well as look for facts, statistics, and other information they can use for their outreach proposal and their commercial. Students will use the questions they generated for homework to guide their research. After researching, students will draft an outreach proposal and present it to the teacher for evaluation. Finally, students will synthesize learning by creating a 30-second advertisement to promote their outreach and persuade their school community to become involved. Groups will present their proposals and commercials to the class at the conclusion of the lesson.


 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Technology used ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students will use the class blog website to collaborate and communicate throughout the lesson, and the internet and search engines will be used for research. Word processing software will be utilized to create the outreach proposal, and the presentation software on Animoto.com will be used for creating 30- second commercials.


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 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Ongoing Assessments **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: Monitor student responses during class discussions, ask probing questions to motivate thought, and research. Walk around observing student groups as they engage in the research process; complete group conferences where I will check in with groups and discuss their proposal for the outreach they want to coordinate. Class blog entries between group members will also be monitored to check for understanding and reflection.


 * <span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Accommodations and Extensions **<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Students will be grouped according to technology experience so that at least one person will be more confident with using technology. Additionally, for those groups who may struggle with research, a graphic organizer can be provided to help guide their research and organizing thoughts for their proposal. In addition, examples of written proposals will be distributed to give students an accurate picture and a model for their own written proposal.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">IEP modifications will be implemented for those students will IEPs including: Read assigned material orally; summarize and clarify, and allowing extra time for assignments, projects, and tests when necessary.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">For students who excel through the process, one extension made would be that they could produce a commercial longer in length so that they can experiment with the graphics and software on Animoto.com.

<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">**S****ummative assessment:** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Students’ content learning will be evaluated through the outreach proposal each group must write along with the 30 second commercial students will create with Animoto.com. Both pieces will be evaluated for persuasive elements with rubrics crafted in Rubistar.com
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**<span style="color: #00b050; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Lesson Reflections and Notes **<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">:
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">*Reflections and additional notes will be added after implementation.