English+(Science)+T4

=Critical Content and Skills=
 * Content Area:** English (Science)
 * ===Students will know...=== || ===Formative Assessment=== || ===Students will be able to...=== || ===**Product** Summative Assessment=== ||
 * 1. what the four lobes of the brain are and the major responsibilities of each. || Quizzes || 1. **Show** how the brain affects actions and learning. || Comic Life: Create a story with cause and effect. ||
 * 2. who they are as a person and how to continually take care of themselves, especially their brain. || Self-Assessment || 2. **Recognize** their own strengths and weaknesses. || Glogster: Include what you believe is important based on the tests you have taken. ||
 * 3. how to give advice through writing letters. || Prompts || 3. **Assume** the role of an advice columnist (like Dear Abbie). || Podcast: Read Dear Abbie letters and then respond to them, recording both sides. ||
 * 4. how peer-advising is presented in literature. || Prompts, Quizzes || 4. **Analyze** author's characterization techniques including the character's thoughts, words and actions; the narrator's description; and the thoughts, words, and actions of other characters. (A2) || Blog: Respond to prompts based on the novel and its relation to psychology. ||
 * 5. what it means to actively listen to someone. || Dialogues || 5. **Read between the lines** of what people say when they describing a problem in their life. || iMovie: You and a partner will participate in an active listening activity, making sure to include body language and the listening piece. ||
 * 6. what psychologists do on a regular basis. || Observation || 6. **Design** an informational webpage regarding the field of psychology. || Wikispace: You will individually create a wikispace that describes what it means to be a psychologist. Include schooling needed, salary, what they do, etc. ||

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


 * Letter Writing
 * Active Listening
 * Peer-advising
 * Personality Tests
 * //Define Normal//
 * Guest Speakers
 * How the brain works


 * ~ Understandings ||~ Essential Questions ||
 * **3. English (Steph):** Students will understand that English comes in many forms (writing, reading, speaking, and listening) and that all of these are necessary in order to be successful, especially in the field of psychology. || **3. English (Steph):** How will the different areas in English help me to become successful in the field of psychology? ||
 * **7. Science (Steph):** Students will understand that the brain plays an important part in how people act and how people learn. || **7. Science:** How does the brain affect my actions and ability to learn? ||