Lesson/Unit Plan - Student PBL

Author Study Blogging Project

Grade – 9th Grade Beginners (Low, Intermediate, Advance) No. of ELL’s – 21

Topic/Aim: Students will use the technology of blogging and the author study curriculum to present their final group projects.

Curriculum/Academic Area Involved:
Standards: New York State ESL/ELA
• Standard 1: Students will listen, speak, read and write in English for information and understanding.
• Standard 2: Students will listen, speak, read and write in English for literary response, enjoyment, and expression.
• Standard 4: Students will listen, speak, read and write in English for classroom
and social interaction.

Standards: NETS
• Standard 1: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
• Standard 2: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
• Standard 3: Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
• Standard 6: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.

Objectives:
• Students will be able to navigate the web.
• Students will recognize blogging as a new form of peer communication.
• Students will understand elements of an author study.
• Students will be introduced to author study curriculum.
• Students will be introduced to new vocabulary and terminology associated with author study.
• Students will know specific terminology and media tools used for their blogs.

Instructional Materials/Resources
Pencils, chart paper, journals, projector, laptops, scanner

What students have been working on after they have been introduced to the author study project but prior to Day 1 of the blogging project...
-Read significant parts of Junot Diaz's books "Drown" and "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao".
-Been put into groups of 3.
-As a group, chose and read about another author and book of choice to compare/contrast to Junot Diaz's style of writing.
-Students have been through the writing process for their persuasive essays.
-Students have been introduced to teachers main blog page, ingles4ward.blogspot.com, as the model source and go to page for all instructional information to complete project.

Daily sessions and elements of blogging project are detailed below.