Nicole Jacobsons 766 Alignment Template

Project Description:
The project is designed to improve 11th grade Honors students literary analysis writing skills, specifically in
the areas of essay organization and content development ( writing topic sentences, writing thesis
statements, embedding quotes, etc). The delivery method will be exclusively online and asynchronous.
Terminal Objective: Write practice topic sentences for three body paragraphs
Enabling
Assessment Idea
Absorb Activity
Do Activity
Objectives
Complete
analyze good This specific
Students will
enabling objective
and poor
watch an iSpring worksheet where
could
be
assessed
students are given
examples of
presentation
formatively by
sample
topic
about topic
having
students
paragraphs and
sentences,
sentences in
write one body
and explain
informative/pers then have to fill in
paragraph
on
a
the topic
the specific
uasive writing.
sentence.
qualities that specific topic (the
same
topic
for
all
make them
students). Then,
good/poor.
the
instructor/designer
will give students
peer partners who
will evaluate their
partners topic
sentence using a
teacher-created

Connect Activity
Students will write
a body paragraph
with a topic
sentence (the
topic sentence will
be highlighted in
yellow).

identify the
main ideas
for each of
the three
body
paragraphs.
recall
transitional
phrases from
a list

checklist. Peer
feedback will be
recorded and used
as a grade for the
activity.
Summative
assessment (Quiz)the quiz will have
five multiplechoice questions.
Each question will
contain a
paragraph sample.
Students will have
to choose from four
possible answers
which best explains
the main idea of
that paragraph.
Then, students will
have to pick (circle)
from a list which
words are
examples of
transitional
phrases.

Students will
watch a brief
presentation
(using Camtasia
or any program
that allows
screen-sharing)
where the
teacher
physically
highlights main
ideas in sample
papers
Students will
read a short
article on
transitional
phrases

Students will
complete a
worksheet where
they have to
choose the main
idea, given
several sample
paragraphs.

Students will write

a body paragraph
with a clear main
idea and several
transitional
phrases (students
will highlight in
yellow their
transitional
phrases).

Terminal Objective: Identify from the list of examples given which paragraphs contain improperly
incorporated quotations and which ones are embedded correctly.

Enabling Objectives
explain
strategic use
of quotation
placement

recall the
rules for
embedding
quotations

Assessment Idea
Quiz- two multiplechoice questions
about embedding
quotes, two true
and false questions
about the general
rules of quote
placement one
pick two question
where the student
must choose two
examples of
correctly embedded
questions from the
four possibilities
and lastly, one
essay question
where students
explain the
importance of
embedding quotes.
See above

Absorb Activity
Students will read
an article that
discusses rules of
strategic quotation
placement.

Do Activity
Students will be
given a short
sample paper with
improperly
embedded quotes.
Students will have
to write-in their
corrections and
explain why their
alterations make
the paper better.

Connect Activity
Students will write
a body paragraph
with three properly
embedded quotes.

See above

See above

See above

Terminal Objective: Write an introductory paragraph that contains 100% of the following elements: a hook,
avoidance of plot summary, pertinent background information, a solid transition and a thesis statement.

Enabling Objectives
define what a
hook is and
articulate its
importance

identify and
rate hook
statements in
a sample
essay
find
background
information
that pertains
to the
specific topic

Assessment Idea
Students will work
with peer partners
or groups and rate
20 examples of
sample hooks and
explain to the class
why using hooks
make a better
essay and why they
rated each hook as
they did. Students
will be graded on
their explanations.

Absorb Activity
Students will watch
a brief iSpring
presentation that
explains hooks and
gives specific
examples.

See above.

Students will watch

a video of two
teachers (acting as
students) critiquing
one anothers hook
statements .

Quiz- there will be

four sample
introductory
paragraphs.
Students must
highlight in blue
examples of
background

Students will read a

checklist about how
to decide
pertinent/essential

Do Activity
Students will
complete a
worksheet with
three sample
introductory
paragraphs that
need improvement.
Students will have
to write in their
corrections/suggesti
ons and then post
their ideas in a
discussion forum.
Students will
engage with their
peers on this topic.

Connect Activity
Students will write
an introductory
paragraph for a five
paragraph essay.

and evaluate
what is
essential/non
-essential to
place in the
introductory
paragraph

information and
highlight in yellow
examples of
extraneous
information. Then,
they must briefly
explain their
choices in a short
answer question.
For the last
question, students
will be given a
topic ( the theme of
Dark Romanticism
in Edgar Allan Poes
works) Students
must briefly find a
reputable website
about that author
and decide/ jot
down which
biographical
information might
be good to use in
an introductory
paragraph (with
the topic above in
mind).

background
information to
include in an
introductory
paragraph.