To date, the planning for the collaborative unit is going well. Stephen and I have a clear direction, have well defined roles, and are working well together. Stephen has taken on the role of media specialist, and has been mindful of finding diverse resources that will appeal to students of all backgrounds. I have taken the role of classroom teacher, and have tried to develop activities that will appeal to diverse learning styles and will not over-emphasize any one instructional modality. Additionally, in our most recent chat, we agreed that some group work will allow us to accommodate for lower level students that may struggle with writing, technology work, or both.
We have given some consideration to assessment techniques in the most recent chat we've had. The thinking now is that the final project will be enough of a culmination, meaning that mid-point formal assessment is not needed. However, we will be building in some formative assessment measures to be sure that the students are staying on pace both in the library instructional phase and in the classroom portion.
Finally, we've settled on some clear unit goals, or essential questions. These include: What is style and how do poets use it? What types of styles are most suited to me? What poet, then, do they most want to write like? To achieve these goals Stephen and I will both be establishing specific objectives - Stephen's related to resource searching and evaluation and technological issues, mine focused on writing practice and reading strategies.
All in all, the planning is going well, and I'm confident that we'll put together a strong unit.
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