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**Course: ** Language Arts
 * Teachers: **Ms. Lauren Burke and Ms. Julie Wozniak
 * Unit Title: **Self Discovery
 * Duration of Unit: **10 Days
 * Grade Level: **7th Grade

This unit is designed to help students discover themselves through reading a story and creating their own book. At the completion of this unit, students should have a clearer understanding of where they want to go in the future, what has inspired them to be who they are today, and how they can continue to better themselves. all this will lead them to the preparation of parent’s night.
 * Purpose of Unit: **

This unit topic is important for students to discover something new about themselves through literature. This can increase students’ chances of success in the future and throughout their education. Through reading stories and creating their own story from previous inspiration, the students are reflecting on who they are and who they want to be, along with what makes them who they are. By having to present something that the students are passionate about, the students will have a better time connecting with the class and creating a cultivating community within the classroom.
 * Rationale of the Unit: **

The goals of this unit are for students to… 1. Discover new things about themselves 2. Develop self-worth 3. Have a clearer understanding about their future 4. Discover inspiration through books
 * Goals of the Unit: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Upon completion of this unit of study, students should be able to… 1. Create a children’s book from pervious inspiration 2. Diagram their future 3. Demonstrate their understanding of vocabulary words from reading 4. Indentify and explain the inspiration from a children’s book 5. Describe themselves in autobiography form 6. Design an invitation for your parents for parent’s night 7. Demonstrate the proper abilities to work with others 8. Reflect on overall process and oneself
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Instructional Objectives of the Unit: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Throughout this unit the students will be developing a children’s book. Information for the book will be derived from group work, class discussions, a short story, journals, vocabulary skills, and one’s own inspiration. Important to this is an assessment that students discover themselves through reading and creating their own book.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Unit Overview: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">For this unit, assessments of student achievement will be both formative and summative. The formative evaluation is completed by grading of homework, vocabulary game, and autobiography. The summative evaluation is the overall children’s book and reflection journal.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Assessments of Student’s Achievements: **