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**UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON** **COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND REHABILITATION **  **LESSON PLAN FORMAT **
 * __Teacher’s Name __****: ** Mr. Lane **__Date of Lesson__: Self-Knowledge/Wikispace**
 * __Grade Level __****: 9-12 ** **__Topic__: Organization of Information**
 * __Objectives __**
 * Student will understand that ** one must outline their argument before writing it**.**
 * Student will know** key factual information such as proof, examples, facts, counter-arguments, and persuasion.
 * Student will be able to** create a Wikispace that thoroughly maps out all of the points of their argument and thesis, which will be directly connect with the support for their presidential candidate.


 * __Maine Learning Results Alignment __**

Maine Learning Results: English Language Arts B3: Writing: Argument/Analysis Grade: 9-Diploma Students write academic essays that structure ideas and arguments in a sustained and logical fashion. The focus of this lesson is meant to help students organized and outlined information into an visual analytical tool.
 * Rationale:**
 * __Assessment __**

Students will work together, using Think-Pair-Share, and help each other learn how to organize and maintain a Wikispace. Each student will set up their own Wikispace, organizing their argument and thesis about the presidential candidate they chose. The teacher will check it frequently to assess they are doing everything correctly and effectively, giving them feedback along the way.
 * Formative (Assessment for Learning) **


 * Summative (Assessment of Learning)**
 * Wikispace (125 points):** A Wikispace will be created, which will be express all points and facets of your argument for selecting, and lobbying for, your presidential candidate. Students will relay any and all information about anything relevant to their thesis and argument on their Wikispace. This information will come in the form of written text, video samples, audio clips, and any sort of graphics or pictures. The Wikispace should be structured and organized in a similar fashion to that of your argument and thesis. There will be a checklist in which the final product will be assessed by. The checklist will assess the Wikispace on organization, total summation of facts and arguable points, a clearly stated argument and thesis, and any creative use of graphics or images.


 * __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Integration __**


 * Technology: **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> The use of technology in this lesson will come from the Wikispaces that students will create about the presidential candidate of their choice.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Other Content Areas: **
 * Social Studies: **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> The Wikispace each student will create will relate to a former U.S. president, for whom they are lobbying for.

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Using the Think-Pair-Share technique, before they map out their Wikispace, they can brainstorm how to organize their arguments using Wikispaces. Once each student has brainstormed various sections of their Wikispace, they will get together with a random partner and discuss each others ideas.
 * __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Groupings __**

**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Strategies: ** ** Verbal: **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> The assignment entails each student to write out all of their ideas relating to their argument and thesis on their own Wikispaces. ** Modifications/Accommodations **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> (I will review student’s IEP, 504 or ELLIDEP and make appropriate modifications and accommodations.) If a student is absent on the day of the lesson, it is the student's responsibility to seek the teacher out and get the class notes for the day. The student will review the notes and post a blog entry regarding what they were able to gather from the class notes. Skype will also be available for absent students, if that student has access to the internet at home.
 * __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Differentiated Instruction __**
 * Logical:** The Wikispace each student must create will be formatted and organized in a logical fashion.
 * Musical:** Students may be allowed to apply music or music video clips onto their Wikispaces, as long as it is appropriate and relevant to their argument and thesis.
 * Visual:** Each student will be able to apply various pictures and graphics onto his/her Wikispace, if it is relevant to his/her thesis and argument.
 * Interpersonal:** The student will share their preliminary poster ideas with some of the peers in order to garner feedback.
 * Intrapersonal:** Students will be responsible for any personal creative decisions in relation to the overall appearance of their Wikispace, as long as it is relevant to his/her argument and thesis.
 * Kinesthetic:** Students must type up all of their notes in relation to their thesis and argument on their Wikispace.

Students will use Wikispaces as their type II technology, as each student will write up all of the information related to their argument and thesis on the Wikispace, where it will then be assessed by the teacher and the other students.
 * Extensions**
 * __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Materials, Resources and Technology __**
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Laptops/Computers
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Internet
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Projector
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Planning Chart graphic organizer handouts
 * __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Source for Lesson Plan and Research __**
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">[] (The homepage for the English section of Wikipedia. It won't be a research method, but more so a model of what is expected.)
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">[] (A step by step analysis of how to utilize/create a wikispace.)


 * __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Maine Standards for Initial Teacher Certification and Rationale __**


 * //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Standard 3 - Demonstrates a knowledge of the diverse ways in which students learn and develop by providing learning opportunities that support their intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and cultural development. //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: //**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This lesson enables students to create another visual element to explain each facet of the student's argument and thesis. This will be done using the developmental websites known as Wikispaces. Students will find that this assignment is very open-ended when it comes to adding graphics and other visuals to their respective Wikispaces, but as long as it's appropriate and relevant to their argument and thesis and if it's in support of their presidential candidate. If a student sees themselves as a "beach ball," they will find the open-endedness of the assignment to be the most beneficial. If a student considers themselves a "clipboard," they will find that the organization in relation to the assignment easy to follow with clear instructions. Students who may be defined as a "microscope" will be able to express the important finer details of their argument on the Wikispace. A "puppy" would find that the feedback sessions with the teacher will be encouraging in regards to the student's work ethic.


 * //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Standard 4 - Plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, curriculum goals, and learning and development theory. //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: //**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The focus of this particular lesson is to convert an outline into a visual aid to use in support of their argument. Students will be able to create a Wikispace that will be that visual aid. It will also feature various graphics and images that will clearly support the argument that the student has presented. The lesson is important as it will enable students to use other technological mediums to help them explain all of their finer points when leading an argument.

Maine Learning Results: English Language Arts B3: Writing: Argument/Analysis Grade: 9-Diploma Students write academic essays that structure ideas and arguments in a sustained and logical fashion.


 * //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Standard 5 - Understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies and appropriate technology to meet students’ needs. //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: //**
 * Verbal: **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> The assignment entails each student to write out all of their ideas relating to their argument and thesis on their own Wikispaces.
 * Logical:** The Wikispace each student must create will be formatted and organized in a logical fashion.
 * Musical:** Students may be allowed to apply music or music video clips onto their Wikispaces, as long as it is appropriate and relevant to their argument and thesis.
 * Visual:** Each student will be able to apply various pictures and graphics onto his/her Wikispace, if it is relevant to his/her thesis and argument.
 * Interpersonal:** The student will share their preliminary poster ideas with some of the peers in order to garner feedback.
 * Intrapersonal:** Students will be responsible for any personal creative decisions in relation to the overall appearance of their Wikispace, as long as it is relevant to his/her argument and thesis.
 * Kinesthetic:** Students must type up all of their notes in relation to their thesis and argument on their Wikispace.


 * Technology:** The use of technology in this lesson will come from the Wikispaces that students will create about the presidential candidate of their choice.


 * //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Standard 8 - Understands and uses a variety of formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and support the development of the learner. //**
 * //<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rationale: //**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Students will work together, using Think-Pair-Share, and help each other learn how to organize and maintain a Wikispace. Each student will set up their own Wikispace, organizing their argument and thesis about the presidential candidate they chose. The teacher will check it frequently to assess they are doing everything correctly and effectively, giving them feedback along the way.

A Wikispace will be created, which will be express all points and facets of your argument for selecting, and lobbying for, your presidential candidate. Students will relay any and all information about anything relevant to their thesis and argument on their Wikispace. This information will come in the form of written text, video samples, audio clips, and any sort of graphics or pictures. The Wikispace should be structured and organized in a similar fashion to that of your argument and thesis. <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Upon the start of this lesson, the desks/tables in the classroom will be organized in clusters. This will make the organization of student groups/pairings a lot easier as they will already be set up in a logical arrangement. It will also allow for ample space for the teacher walk about the room, while still being able to see all of the other students.
 * __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Teaching and Learning Sequence __****<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">: **

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Day 1: (80 min) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Day 2: (80 min) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Day 3: (80 min) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Day 4: (80 min) <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Students will understand that one must outline their argument before writing it. When one has a point they believe is worth defending, they need several pieces of evidence to defend that idea. Those ideas should be placed in a logical order. Students write academic essays that structure ideas and arguments in a sustained and logical fashion. The teacher will show students how Wikipedia.org is set up and organized. After, there will be a brief video shown (see sources/content notes).
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Class objectives (5 min)
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Hook: Looking over Wikipedia and how it's organized. Lead into YouTube video (found in sources/content notes). (15 min)
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Group work for students (Think-Pair-Share), Brainstorm organizational ideas, then get together with a partner and discuss (10 min)
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Show an example of how to set up a wikispace, show tools and widgets (20 min)
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Allow the rest of the time for students for start taking notes and outlining how to set up their Wikispace. (30 min)
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">After allowing students to get settled in, class time shall be dedicated to students working on developing their Wikispaces. The teacher will monitor the classroom, giving feedback and offering any kind of help to students who may be struggling with the assignment. (80 min)
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Same as day 2. (80 min)
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Same as day 2, but this is the last day in which students can utilize class time to finish their Wikispaces. They'll be due by the end of the class. (80 min)
 * Where, Why, What, Hook, Tailor:** **Verbal, Visual, Naturalist, Intrapersonal, Musical**

Students will know key factual information such as proof, examples, facts, counter-arguments, and persuasion. Using the planning chart graphic organizer, students will utilize the newly learned vocabulary and organize their argument. Using the Think-Pair-Share technique, before they map out their Wikispace, they can brainstorm how to organize their Wikispaces and arguments. Students will work together, using Think-Pair-Share, and help each other learn how to organize and maintain a Wikispace.
 * Equip, Explore, Rethink, Tailors: Verbal, Visual, Interpersonal, Logical.**

Students will create a Wikispace supporting their candidate, which will clearly support their argument and thesis. Using the planning chart graphic organizer, students will utilize the newly learned vocabulary and organize their argument. Students will work together, using Think-Pair-Share, and help each other learn how to organize and maintain a Wikispace. Each student will set up their own Wikispace, organizing their argument and thesis about the presidential candidate they chose. The teacher will check it frequently to assess they are doing everything correctly and effectively. Once the students complete their Wikispaces, the teacher will assess them using a checklist to ensure they have all of the necessary components**.**
 * Experience, Explore, Rethink, Revise, Refine, Tailors: Interpersonal, Logical, Visual, Verbal, Kinesthetic.**

Students will work together, using Think-Pair-Share, and help each other learn how to organize and maintain a Wikispace. Each student will set up their own Wikispace, organizing their argument and thesis about the presidential candidate they chose. The teacher will check it frequently to assess they are doing everything correctly and effectively, giving them feedback along the way. A Wikispace will be created, which will be express all points and facets of your argument for selecting, and lobbying for, your presidential candidate. Students will relay any and all information about anything relevant to their thesis and argument on their Wikispace. This information will come in the form of written text, video samples, audio clips, and any sort of graphics or pictures. The Wikispace should be structured and organized in a similar fashion to that of your argument and thesis. The teacher will assess each student's Wikispace, using a checklist, making sure that the argument and thesis are clearly stated, facts about the chosen candidate are relevant to the argument, and the Wikispace is organized.
 * Evaluate, Tailors: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Visual, Verbal**

<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1. [] This source will not be used as a means of research material for the students to find out information on the presidential candidate that they choose. Instead, the teacher will use it as a means of showing an example (or several) of how an effective Wikispace is set up. This will be most important for students as it will be a real life example that everyone can relate to, as they have probably used Wikipedia before. This will be the next logical step in turning their outlines into an effectively put-together visual aid that will inform the viewer on the presidential candidate that they choose. 2. [] This source is a video that fully explains the purpose of a Wikispace, the product that students will be producing. It shows that relaying information through multiple parties is not necessarily an easy task, but it can still be done. It also explains the steps in editing material and how easy of a process it is. This will be effective for students because it's not only easy to follow, but the steps in editing material are so simple that they will not have a hard time in adapting to the directions that teacher will eventually give them. The steps are also given in a way that is not too technical, but rather the very opposite approach one might take in thoroughly explaining Wikispaces. They will also understand that editing Wikispaces can be done by multiple parties, so that they should make sure that they aren't enabling others to mess with their own Wikispace.
 * __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Content Notes __**


 * __<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Handouts __**
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Planning Chart graphic organizer handout.
 * <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wikispace Checklist