Welcome to our high school American Literature Unit on Mark Twain
Content Description
Our intention is to introduce Mark Twain as a personality, a writer, and a representative of his time and place in history. Students will access biographical information on Twain from two sources and read one of his short stories to determine how his life and times are reflected in his work.
Audience: American literature students, grade eleven
Team Member Contributions:
Sara Lee: Contributed to the overall direction of project, recorded introductory power point in a Jing screencast, and designed Weebly website. Sara also contributed to Lesson 3 rubric and tracked down links in lesson 2.
Jane Shipman: Developed all of our content, choosing what material we would cover, and developed our assessments and writing rubric.
Will Isley: Contributed to the overall direction of the project and input content into web format using Weebly.
Goals: To develop a sense of time and place for Twain’s writing.
To make connections between Twain’s life and writing.
Objectives: English III Standard Course of Study Objectives:
4.04 Demonstrate ability to read and listen to increasingly complex texts identifying and
analyzing personal, historical, or cultural influences, contexts, or biases.
5.02 Analyze the relationships between United States authors and their works by showing
similarities or differences in themes, characters, or ideas.
Audience: American literature students, grade eleven
Team Member Contributions:
Sara Lee: Contributed to the overall direction of project, recorded introductory power point in a Jing screencast, and designed Weebly website. Sara also contributed to Lesson 3 rubric and tracked down links in lesson 2.
Jane Shipman: Developed all of our content, choosing what material we would cover, and developed our assessments and writing rubric.
Will Isley: Contributed to the overall direction of the project and input content into web format using Weebly.
Goals: To develop a sense of time and place for Twain’s writing.
To make connections between Twain’s life and writing.
Objectives: English III Standard Course of Study Objectives:
4.04 Demonstrate ability to read and listen to increasingly complex texts identifying and
analyzing personal, historical, or cultural influences, contexts, or biases.
5.02 Analyze the relationships between United States authors and their works by showing
similarities or differences in themes, characters, or ideas.
Theory Description and Application
We
have chosen the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) model for
this learning experience to provide students with individual success
through mastery of content. Through this model students will read a
variety of source material and demonstrate ability to make connections
through a quiz and a personal reflection. The table below demonstrates the reasons we have chosen Personalized System of Instruction.
Principles of Personalized System of Instruction Content Focused
Information Presented in clear units
Self-paced
Positive Reinforcement
Emphasis on student action rather than teacher lecture
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Strategy Information is clearly stated at the beginning of each lesson page with directions indicating the steps to take in completing the tasks.
Content is divided into manageable units with assessments appropriate to each of those lessons.
Navigation allows students to proceed as necessary. The content allows for review and retesting as well as communication with instructors where necessary.
Immediate feedback is built into each assessment.
Students are able to complete content without teacher assistance, but have access to instructors as needed.
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