Section 3: Overview

Deepening Our Understanding about Change Agents

Working as a team, we will synthesize our information to determine what we have learned and how best to communicate our findings to our audience. We will begin planning and drafting our final presentations.

• Lesson 1:

  If we need additional practice with engaging in formal text-centered discussions, we will practice by answering five open-ended questions in writing. We will then use these questions to engage in discourse with a peer or the teacher.

• Lesson 2:

  We will examine the expectations of the Culminating Task. We will synthesize our research to draft an overarching claim and a series of supporting claims to address the task question.

• Lesson 3:

  We will select a presentation format and begin planning our presentations. We will reflect on and evaluate our progress on planning and preparing for the Culminating Task.

• Lesson 4:

  We will examine effective presentation techniques and develop a team plan to assign roles and responsibilities for drafting the presentation.

• Lesson 5:

  We will work with our research teams to draft our pathway presentations. We will reflect on and evaluate the progress of our research.

• Lesson 6:

  We will refine and revise our Section 1 Diagnostics to demonstrate how our understanding of a change agent expanded or changed after reading additional texts.

• Lesson 7:

  We will review feedback on the Section Diagnostic. We will use the feedback to make revisions to our work.

• Lesson 8:

  We will share the analyses we have made about our independent reading texts and make connections to the unit. We will plan a final product to share our experiences from reading independently and the knowledge we have gained.