CS+English

=Critical Content and Skills=
 * Content Area:** Language Arts
 * ===Students will know...=== || ===Formative Assessment=== || ===Students will be able to...=== || ===**Product** Summative Assessment=== ||
 * 1. the events currently affecting the Haitian people. || Dialogues:We will have a class discussion about the different event occurring in Haiti. || 1. Compare the tragedies in Haiti to current and past events. || Wikispaces: Students ae going to create Wikispaces that will relate to the information they learn about Haiti. They will begin by making a home page and it will include information about the current events in Haiti. ||
 * 2. how to read news articles. || Observation: I will observe the students and how they react and use the news articles I give them. || 2. Make sense of news articles. || Wikispace: Students will continue to learn about Haiti through news articles and they will add to their wikispaces. ||
 * 3. how to research and write a new article. || Self Assessment: I will have students fill out facts sheets about Haiti. || 3. Create their own news articles. || Podcast: Students will be writing a news report and will be pretending they are news anchors and are reporting over the radio. ||
 * 4. the major religions in Haiti: Catholic, Protestant || Dialogues: Students will talk in groups about the different religions in Haiti. || 4. || Wikispaces: Students will be learning about the different religions in Haiti and will creste a wikipage for each of these religions. ||
 * 5. about the main character of Taste of Salt, || Quizzes: i will have a short quiz to see how much the students have read. || 5. Relate to the character from Taste Of Salt. || Blog: Students will create a blog relating to the novel Taste of Salt and will reflect on eahc chapter they read. ||
 * 6. how to relate their own experiences to the people of Haiti. || Self Assessment: Students will fill out a time line regarding the events in the Taste of Salt. || 6. Reflect on the experiences of the people in Haiti. || Blog: Students will reflect on the book as a whole and relate it back to the facts they have learned about Haiti. ||

Formative
Q - Quizzes WS - Work Sample SA - Self Assessment P - Prompts O - Observation D - Dialogues

**Product - Summative**
CL- Comic Life IM - Imovie B - Blog PC - Podcast W - Wikispace G - Glogster GE- Google Earth N- Noteshare