EDPC605 Curriculum Design and Instruction Week 4 - Backward Design Stage 2, Assignment 1

·                  *  Explain how you identify the desired results, how you come up with essential questions and determine what understandings are desired.

First of all, I thought about what should students understand, know and be able to do at the end of my lesson. Secondly, I thought about what content is worthy of understanding and what kind of questions that I would like my students to answer, and will lead them to learn the skills that I'm aiming for. For an example, my established goal is  RI.6.6.Determine the author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. The essential questions that I would like to ask my students are: What is the author's point of view or his purpose in a text? How the author's purpose is conveyed in an informational text?

• Explain how you determine what knowledge and skills that students should acquire as a result of learning (connecting to college and workforce readiness)

In order for me to determine what knowledge and skills that students should acquire as a result of learning, I thought about the long-term understandings that are desired. I also examined the content standards and the curriculum expectations. For determining the author's point of view, My students at the end of the lesson, will learn how to determine the author's point of view and analyze the text to find how it is conveyed in the text. Students will be able to read an informational text and determine the author's purpose. Students will find evidence that explains the author's point of view.