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Lesson 6

We will share our arguments with other students in the class, reflect on what we learned, and preview possible connections of this unit to the Grade 9 Application Unit.

Lesson Goals

  • Can I reflect on what I have learned in this unit and connect it to potential areas for further learning in future units?

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Activity 1: Present

We will engage in a peer presentation and review our arguments before submitting them to our teacher.

Rejoin your peer review team from Section 3. Summarize your final argument.

Describe and reflect on the experiences and processes that led you to this final product. Compare your product and experiences with those of other students.

Activity 2: Write – Discuss

Individually and as a class, we will review and evaluate what we have learned in the unit, about its topic, and about argumentation.

Review the Central Question: How do we feed a growing population in a viable way?

Using the Culminating Task Progress Tracker for this unit, assess your own learning, work, and improvement. Use the following questions to help guide your reflection:

  1. How did the texts in this unit help you understand or think about the Central Question?

  2. Knowledge:

    1. What knowledge from the unit do you feel the most comfortable communicating?

    2. What areas are still unclear for you?

  3. Skills:

    1. What skills from the unit do you feel most comfortable applying?

    2. What skills are still unclear for you?

  4. Using the Culminating Task Progress Tracker as a guide, can you explain how your understanding of the texts and topic progressed throughout the unit?

Discuss with the class what you have learned about global food production, the unit’s Central Question, and the skills of delineating, evaluating, and developing arguments.

Activity 3: Discuss

We will examine and discuss possible connections among the unit, other units from the year, and the research we might choose to do in the final Application Unit.

Follow along as your teacher overviews the Application Unit and the collaborative and independent research project you will be doing to complete the year’s learning. Ask questions about what will be expected of you and what options you will have for completing the culminating project.

Individually, reflect on what interested you during this unit and what you might want to explore further. Capture these reflections on the Application Unit Potential Topics Tool. Use the following questions to help guide your reflection:

  1. Were there any particular topics or texts that captured your attention? Why?

  2. What about each text or topic do you still want to study? What questions do you still have? Write these down in the Questions or Subtopics to Explore column.

  3. How would you begin to research each text or topic?

As a class or in groups, have a final discussion about what engaged you in this unit as well as what and how you might want to study further for the final Application Unit.