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Unit Plan
Unit Planning Organizer
Subject: Language Arts
Grade: Four
Unit/Topic: Application of Technology
Project Overview Description and link to student engagement (rationale):
Through this video project I want to take advantage of the one-on-one time I have with my
student and foster her excitement and knowledge of technology. The video project will be based
off of a paper that was previously written for her Language Arts class. She wrote about going
back in time and interacting with the dinosaurs and she wants to recreate her story using
technology.
My plan is to have her take control of the process, especially when it comes time to edit the
video. By doing this, it is my hope that I will engage her entrepreneurial spirit and grow her
technological and digital fluency. My student has told me that she learns best through working
with her hands and problem solving using little aid, so having her physically doing the editing
herself will be an effective way of helping her learn and grow.
That being said, this is not an individual project and we will need to work together to create our
presentation. Engaging her as a thinker is the key to success for this assignment. This is why I
wanted her to choose something that interests her as the topic for the video. By using her own
work as the basis for the video, will make her more eager to collaborate and take a leadership
role.

1. Unit Overview Critical Inquiry Question

The difficulties that producers face when parking in the process of creating a visual
representation from text.
2. General Learning Outcomes for Unit
(G.L.O #2) Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to comprehend and
respond personally and critically to oral, print and other media texts.

3. Focusing Questions for Unit (Related Questions)

The difficulties that producers face when parking in the process of creating a visual
representation from text.

4. The Framework for Student Learning

Entrepreneurial Spirit: Digital and technological fluency.
Engaged Thinker: Collaboration and leadership.

5. Specific Learning Outcomes for Unit

Main Heading goes here:
LA (S.L.O 2.1) Use strategies and cues: Use ideas and concepts, developed through
personal interests, experiences and discussion, to understand new ideas and
information.

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LA (S.L.O 2.2) Retell events of stories in another form or medium.

Outcomes from Cross Curricular Competencies: *

Creativity and innovation
Communication
Collaboration

Detailed Visual Organizer of Unit Lessons and Assessment

Dates/Topics Outcome Learning Activities Assessment

Tuesday Cross Curricular Since it has been a long while
March 7 Competencies: since I last met with my
Planning Creativity and student, I think it is only
innovation natural that we have time to
Cross Curricular catch up and re-familiarize
Competencies: ourselves (10 min). With the
Communication short amount of time we have
Cross Curricular together I think it best to begin
Competencies: planning our project and start
Collaboration by reading through the paper
she has previously written for
her Language Arts class (15
min). This paper will be the
basis for our video. She wrote
about going back in time and
interacting with the dinosaurs
and she wants to recreate her
story using technology. I
would like to see my student
start writing down her plans
for the assignment and we will
start to make a quick story
board for the scenes (15 min). I
want to close our time together
with asking about her thoughts
on the assignment and asking
about her familiarity with
technology (5 min).
Sponge Activity: Continue
with creating story board and
script.
Listening to the
vocabulary she uses
when describing how
she believes we are
to tackle this
assignment. This will
allow me to get a
better understanding
of her level of
confidence when
communicating and
what level of
collaboration she
plans for.
Furthermore, by
watching her transfer
her plans onto paper
I will be able to see
her level of creativity
and how she plans to
innovate to make her
ideas come to life.

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Cross Curricular Script: This will be our second By watching her

Thursday Competencies: session together and by the end during the planning
March 9 Communication of this time it is my hope that process I am hoping
Planning/ Cross Curricular we will have the script for the to assess her
Filming Competencies: video and the story board communication and
Collaboration completed. We will need to collaboration skills.
talk about the props that we As we begin to get
LA (S.L.O 2.1) Use may need as we work through more comfortable
strategies and cues: the creation of our story board with each other, I am
Use ideas and (30-40 min). hopeful that her
concepts, developed Video: We may have time to abilities in these
through personal start filming the beginning areas will shine
interests, experiences scenes. As long as one of the through. This one-
and discussion, to green screens is open for use, on- one experience is
understand new ideas then I think it is in our best seldom, so I want to
and information. interest to film at least one take advantage of the
scene (5-10 min). time we have and
LA (S.L.O 2.2) Retell Sponge Activity: Planning really work on her
events of stories in what we will accomplish the ability to effectively
another form or next day. communicate and
medium. collaborate with her
peers.
Cross Curricular Video: We will have a full I want to see her use
Tuesday Competencies: class of filming during this her previous
March 14 Creativity and session. I want to determine knowledge that she
Filming innovation her comfort level with using has with cameras, to
Cross Curricular the camera in todays class. It come up with
Competencies: is my hope that we will film strategies on how we
Communication the majority of the scenes in can get the best
Cross Curricular this session (30 min). visuals LA (S.L.O
Competencies: After filming, we will upload 2.1).
Collaboration the videos onto the computer I will encourage her
and watch them to ensure they to ask questions so
LA (S.L.O 2.1) Use are good quality. We may have that we may use
strategies and cues: to plan a reshoot of some discussion to help her
Use ideas and scenes to garner the desired understand new
concepts, developed look (15 min). information LA
through personal (S.L.O 2.1).
interests, experiences I will observe her as
and discussion, to she makes her story
understand new ideas come to life through
and information. the video and guide
her in her venture LA
LA (S.L.O 2.2) Retell (S.L.O 2.2).
events of stories in
another form or
medium.

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Cross Curricular Video: This is our last day to I want to see her use
Thursday Competencies: shoot video and at this point her previous
March 16 Creativity and she will be doing the majority knowledge that she
Filming/ Video innovation of the directing. I will be there has with cameras, to
Editing Cross Curricular to simply help when I am come up with
Competencies: needed and guide her if she strategies on how we
Communication gets off track (10 min). can get the best
Cross Curricular Video Editing: In order to help visuals LA (S.L.O
Competencies: her understand the video 2.1).
Collaboration editing software we will be I will encourage her
using; I have an IMovie to ask questions so
LA (S.L.O 2.1) Use tutorial video for her to watch that we may use
strategies and cues: (10 min). My hope is to use the discussion to help her
Use ideas and tutorial as a transition into understand new
concepts, developed actually editing the video (25 information LA
through personal min). (S.L.O 2.1).
interests, experiences Sponge Activity: If we have I will observe her as
and discussion, to extra time we can continue she makes her story
understand new ideas editing. come to life through
and information. the video and guide
her in her venture LA
LA (S.L.O 2.2) Retell (S.L.O 2.2).
events of stories in I want to see her use
another form or her previous
medium. knowledge that she
has with editing, to
come up with
strategies on how we
can get the best
visuals LA (S.L.O
2.1).
Tuesday Cross Curricular Video Editing: On this day we I want to see her use
March 21 Competencies: will be editing our video. I her previous
Video Editing Creativity and would like to see her take knowledge that she
innovation control of the editing process has with editing, to
Cross Curricular since she has seen the quick come up with
Competencies: IMovie tutorial in the previous strategies on how we
Communication class and has done a little bit of can get the best
Cross Curricular editing already. This will be visuals LA (S.L.O
Competencies: the last day, so we will be 2.1).
Collaboration working on the finishing I will observe her as
touches (25- 30 min). she makes her story
LA (S.L.O 2.2) Retell We will go through her come to life through
events of stories in original story once and follow the video and guide
another form or it with watching the video. By her in her venture LA
medium. doing this she will be able to (S.L.O 2.2).
see her story come to life and it I will have her
will be a good ending to our communicate what

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journey together. In this time I she has learnt

would like her to complete a through participating
short self-reflection (15-20 in this project. I will
min). get a good sense of
what she has learned
when I compare the
words she used on
the first day to
communicate her
ideas, to the words
she used to describe
what she has learned.
She will complete a
self-reflection to help
me complete my
assessment of her
and of the project.

Sponge Activity:

- Possible Activity #1
o After finishing the project, we can add to the video and extend it.
- Possible Activity #2
o Writing a part two of her poem so she may be able to use the
technology on her own to bring the second part to life as we did with
her original piece.

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Resources

https://education.alberta.ca/media/160360/ela-pos-k-9.pdf
http://open.alberta.ca/dataset/4c47d713-d1fc-4c94-bc97-
08998d93d3ad/resource/58e18175-5681-4543-b617-c8efe5b7b0e9/download/5365951-
2011-Framework-Student-Learning.pdf
http://ednewmedia.weebly.com/3-mmh-project-plan.html