Hannah Nagi

TE 408
MG Research Unit

Unit Calendar
Daily Plans
 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
• Wrap-Up of  Research topic is • Dialogic discussion • Students have whole  Rough draft of
Hannah Nagi previous unit due in writing for about letters and class period to work letters and interview
TE 408 teacher revision! interviews…types, on their letters and questions are due for

WEEK ONE
MG Research•Unit
Introduce the
assignment with
handout and class
• Lesson #1: “The
Research
good vs. bad,
formatting, etc.
interview questions

• If needed, students
teacher revision!

• Students given
discussion Revolution!” • Students are shown are allowed passes “Research Plan”
good examples of to the library to type handout and
• Students are given • What is research? professional letters their letters and allotted class time to
time to pick groups How? Why? When? and appropriate interview questions work in
or pairs interview questions groups/pairs or
• What is Multi-Genre • Each group/pair’s individually
• Once groups/pairs Research? • Students have the work and progress
chosen debating opportunity to ask will be evaluated at • Students are also
order is created • Creditable sources questions and the end of the hour given the weekend
collaboratively vs. multi-modal receive feedback to decide what
sources modes they would
• Students begin • Students have the like to research
drafting possible • Create definitions to rest of the hour to
research topics revisit at end of unit work on letters and
interview questions

(FINAL TOPIC DUE (PLANS DUE

TOMORROW!) MONDAY!)
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
 Group/Pair and • Lesson #2: “Ready, • Circle up and share • Previous day’s WORK DAY
Individual Research Set, Debate!” free writes from wrap-up
Plans Due! previous lesson • Class is allotted time
• What is a debate? • Transition into in the library to
• Students are given • Transition into watching clips of research and work
back letters and • What makes a watching clips of “bad” debates on projects
K EEW

interview questions debate good or bad? “good” debates

with comments • Teacher shows clips • Each group/pair’s
• Qualities, set-up, • Teacher shows clips of debate “spoofs” work and progress
• Teacher conferences issues, relevance, of High School will be evaluated at
with each high stakes vs. low Debates (local if • Teacher shows clips the end of the hour
group/pair to stakes, etc. possible) of good debates
discuss research gone bad
plans • Dialogic discussion • Teacher shows clips
and free writing of various • Students must be
• While conferences about personal Presidential Debates taking notes on the
outlook on debates characteristics of
Hannah Nagi
TE 408
MG Research Unit

Unit Calendar
Hannah Nagi
TE 408
MG Research Unit
Daily Objectives