Unit/Chapter Number and Title: Self Assessment Estimated Unit Length: 1 Day

Course/Grade: 6th Date Created: August 28, 2019

Unit Components/Sub-Headings

Self Assessment

Knowledge—The students will know . . .

Unit Vocabulary/ Unit Vocabulary/ Unit Vocabulary/ Unit Vocabulary/ Unit Vocabulary/
Concepts/Topics Concepts/Topics Concepts/Topics Concepts/Topics Concepts/Topics

 Data  
 Plus
 Delta

Learning Targets and Standards: The students will be able to . . . Assessments/Evidence

Make sure that the objectives begin with a verb. Place the standards in parenthesis •Closed-ended selected response (e.g., multiple choice, matching,
next to the learning target. (e.g., ( ) true/false)

1. Evaluate my current grade •Open-ended constructed response (e.g., fill-in-the-blank, short answer,
label, graphic)

•Products (e.g., essay, model, project)

•Performances (e.g., speech, recital, demonstration)

•Process-focused (e.g., conferences, observations, logs)

•Student Self-Assessment (e.g., journal reflection, portfolio)

•Portfolio (e.g., collections of products, performances, artifacts, tests)

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 Instructional Resources/Materials

Print Resources Digital Resources

 Weekly Assessment Sheet 

 Classroom Learning Goal PDSA Sheet
 Plus/Delta Sheet
 Progress Reports

Choose one reading/thinking skill and one writing application to teach, model, and reinforce for each unit design.
Writing Applications Reading/Thinking Skills

1. Expressive
Expressive writing includes personal narratives, stories, poetry, songs, and dramatic pieces. Writing may be 1. Main/Central Idea
based on real or imagined events. 2. Significant Details/Evidence
2. Expository 3. Sequential/Order Relationships
Expository writing includes nonfiction writing that describes, explains, informs, or summarizes ideas and
content. The writing supports a thesis based on research, observation, and/or experience. 4. Comparison Relationships
3. Functional 5. Cause and Effect Relationships
Functional writing provides specific directions or information related to real-world tasks. This includes 6. Knowledge of vocabulary/key
letters, schedules, directories, signs, manuals, forms, recipes, and technical pieces for specific content
terms
areas.

4. Persuasive 7. Generalizations and

Persuasive writing is used for the purpose of influencing the reader. The author presents an issue and Conclusions
expresses and opinion in order to convince an audience to agree with the opinion or to take a particular
action. 8. Problem-Solution Relationships
5. Argumentative 9. Multi-step
The function of an argumentative essay is to show that your assertion (opinion, theory, hypothesis) about
some phenomenon or phenomena is correct or more truthful than others'. The author does not have to Instructions/Directions
completely prove his/her point; he/she only has to convince reasonable readers that the argument or 10. Author’s Purpose, Techniques,
position has merit.
Claims, Views, and Arguments
6. Literary Response
Literary response is the writer’s reaction to a literary selection. The response includes the writer’s 11. Knowledge of Maps, Charts,
interpretation, analysis, opinion, and /or feelings about the piece of literature and selected elements within it. and Graphs

7. Summary 12. Literary Analysis

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A summary is intended to concisely highlight information about a topic. It has a clearly arranged structure 13. Acquiring Information from
and is intended to illustrate the pattern of the text. Summaries can be written for each of the reading/thinking Researching
skills to the right.