Creating a Unit Plan Once you’ve gotten to know your students through learning profile inventories that identify individual areas of strength and learning styles, you can design multimodal lessons that incorporate instructional technology that engage the 21st century learner. This week, you will create a three-day unit plan outline that addresses students’ diverse learning styles and multiple intelligences, acknowledges cultural and language differences, and integrates digital tools and technology. Using the textbook as guidance, create a Unit Plan outline, using the provided template  that includes: Introduction: Describe the demographics of your current (or fictional classroom) including: Grade Level and Subject Area Total number of students – ability levels, gender, students with special needs, English Language Learners (ELLs) Other relevant information (such as socioeconomic status, family background, recurring behavior issues, etc.) Stage 1: The first stage is to determine the “Big Picture”; what you want students to learn, conceptually, at the unit’s conclusion. You must: Identify the content, unit title, unit subject, and at least one Common Core State Standard (CCSS) that aligns with the unit. Create at least two measurable unit objectives that align with the CCSS. Describe what you want the students to master including key concepts, “big ideas”, and major understandings (see the textbook, Chapter 4 for guidance). The following resources are helpful when creating Stage 1: Common Core Standards - The Standards Writing measurable learning objectives . P21 common core toolkit Stage 2: The second stage outlines evidence of learning including pre-assessments, formative assessments, and a summative assessment. Pre-assessment: Explain how you will measure student’s level of readiness and preexisting knowledge specific to the content chosen. Include how you will take into account student strengths, interests, and learning needs. Formative Assessment: Explain how you will use formative assessments to drive differentiated instruction throughout the unit specific to the content you’ve chosen. Be sure to include how these assessments address UDL principals. Summative Assessment: Design a summative assessment that will measure the student’s level of unit mastery. You must include how this assessment addresses UDL principals and DI theory and how the assessment takes into account your diverse student population. Stage 3: The final stage of the unit plan involves developing the activities and experiences, building upon what you determined in Stage 1. “This stage involves tailoring learning activities to the identified strengths, learning styles, and interests of students, organizing lessons in a meaningful way that emphasizes the relevance of the learning, and engaging the learners with active learning strategies”(Chapter 4, pp. 5-6). In addition, this stage should also incorporate self-regulation strategies (beh ...

1. Creating a Unit Plan
Once you’ve gotten to know your students through learning
profile inventories that identify individual areas of strength and
learning styles, you can design multimodal lessons that
incorporate instructional technology that engage the 21st
century learner. This week, you will create a three-day unit plan
outline that addresses students’ diverse learning styles and
multiple intelligences, acknowledges cultural and language
differences, and integrates digital tools and technology.
Using the textbook as guidance, create a Unit Plan outline,
using the
provided template
that includes:
Introduction: Describe the demographics of your current (or
fictional classroom) including:
Grade Level and Subject Area
Total number of students – ability levels, gender, students with
special needs, English Language Learners (ELLs)
Other relevant information (such as socioeconomic status,
family background, recurring behavior issues, etc.)
Stage 1:
The first stage is to determine the “Big Picture”; what you want
students to learn, conceptually, at the unit’s conclusion. You
must:

2. Identify the content, unit title, unit subject, and at least one
Common Core State Standard (CCSS) that aligns with the unit.
Create at least two measurable unit objectives that align with
the CCSS.
Describe what you want the students to master including key
concepts, “big ideas”, and major understandings (see the
textbook, Chapter 4 for guidance).
The following resources are helpful when creating Stage 1:
Common Core Standards - The Standards
Writing measurable learning objectives
.
P21 common core toolkit
Stage 2:
The second stage outlines evidence of learning including pre-
assessments, formative assessments, and a summative
assessment.
Pre-assessment:
Explain how you will measure student’s level of readiness and
preexisting knowledge specific to the content chosen. Include
how you will take into account student strengths, interests, and
learning needs.

3. Formative Assessment:
Explain how you will use formative assessments to drive
differentiated instruction throughout the unit specific to the
content you’ve chosen. Be sure to include how these
assessments address UDL principals.
Summative Assessment:
Design a summative assessment that will measure the student’s
level of unit mastery. You must include how this assessment
addresses UDL principals and DI theory and how the assessment
takes into account your diverse student population.
Stage 3:
The final stage of the unit plan involves developing the
activities and experiences, building upon what you determined
in Stage 1. “This stage involves tailoring learning activities to
the identified strengths, learning styles, and interests of
students, organizing lessons in a meaningful way that
emphasizes the relevance of the learning, and engaging the
learners with active learning strategies”(Chapter 4, pp. 5-6). In
addition, this stage should also incorporate self-regulation
strategies (behavior management).
In Stage 3 you must:
List the daily breakdown of lesson topics to meet the final unit
goal and that also addresses differentiated instruction and UDL.
For example:
9th Grade English, Unit: Character Analysis
Unit Goal: Students will use a word processing program to write

4. an analysis of Holden Caulfield (main character in The Catcher
in the Rye) and how his behavior is indicative of typical
adolescence
Day 1: Pre-assessment, introduction to book
Day 2: Watch parts of “Dead Poet Society” with discussion
Day 3: Writing Prompt (based on initial book chapters)
Days 4-5: Graphic organizer- begin building character analysis
with teacher-selected partner
Describe how each daily activity incorporates differentiated
instruction and UDL.
Discuss two technology tools that will be incorporated
throughout the unit including how each addresses differentiated
instruction, how each will be used to aid instruction and how
each is an example of universal design. Be sure to support with
evidence from at least one scholarly source.
Describe which self-regulation strategies have been built into
the lesson and how they are reinforced and differentiated
depending on the student’s level of need.
Instructive tools to consider for your lesson:
10 Emerging Education and Instructional Technologies that all
Educators Should Know About
(This list summarizes Emerging Education and Instructional
Technologies)

5. Tech Connections
(this website provides a chart that explains how to connect
technology with each multiple intelligence level and how it can
be used to differentiate instruction)
Ten Tips for Differentiation
(this website lists technology tools by area of motivational
needs to create a more engaging lesson)
LiveBinders
(this is a Live Binder that was created to provide teachers with
resources for using digital tools in the classroom)