Appendices
Appendix A
DE ELA Standard One: Use written and oral English appropriate for various purposes;
DE ELA Standard Two: Construct, examine, and extend the meaning of literary, informative, and technical texts through listening, reading, and viewing.
DE ELA Standard Three: Access, organize, and evaluate information gained through listening, reading, and viewing would be addressed in this unit.
DE Geography Standard Three: Develop an understanding of the diversity of human culture and the unique nature of places.
In this unit students will be viewing and reading (ELA #2) various types of texts which they will organize the information acquired (ELA #3) to comprehend the uniqueness of a place (GEO #3). They will make connections to themselves (#4) in their discussions with their group members and write a series of descriptive pieces representative of the uniqueness of their place of origin (ELA #1 and GEO #3).
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