Quarter One: The Idea (Key Knowledge, Understanding and Success Skills, Driving

Question)
Date

Lesson

Homework

8/5
Day One

Identifying Community Issues

*Create Senior Project Folder

*Brainstorm 2 ideas using
graphic organizer

8/12
Day Two

Design Process
Peer Feedback

*Project Idea Part 2

*Put graphic organizer in
Brainstorm doc

8/26
Day Three

Gallery Walk
Peer Feedback

*4 sources on annotated bib

9/2
Day Four

Key Knowledge,
Understanding, and Success
Skills

*Mad Lib
*3 personal sources add to
bib

9/9
Day Five

Writing a Driving Question

*Revise Madlib
*Driving question on Project
Proposal doc

9/16
Day Six

How to write a Project

Proposal

*First draft proposal

9/23
Day Seven

Peer Edit-Proposal

*Revise Proposal

9/30
Day Eight

Proposal ctd
Solidifying Product Ideas

*Final Proposal Due 10/3

10/7
Day Nine

Proposal Sign off

*Set three goals and

document work towards
those goals over the break.
Add to project journal

Quarter Two: The Plan (Product Development, Sustained Inquiry, Authenticity)

Date

Lesson

Homework

10/21

Check In-group share

Did you reach your goals
and update your blog?
Timeline

Journal Entry #2
Create a timeline Page
on portfolio

10/28

Senior Pictures

Journal Entry #3

11/4

Check In-product
development/meeting
notes

Journal Entry #4 (meeting

notes)

11/11

Holiday

Journal Entry #5

11/18

Check In-product
development/meeting
notes

Journal Entry #6 (meeting

notes)

11/25

Holiday

Journal Entry #7

12/2

Check In-product
development/meeting
notes

Journal Entry #8 (meeting

notes)

12/9

Group share-

Journal Entry #9

12/16

Group share-

Journal Entry #10

Quarter Three: The Knowledge (Research, Critique and revision, Presentation)

1/13

Research Paper
MLA Format

*Introduction and
Description of Issue (RP)
*Journal Entry #11

1/20

Check ins

History and Significance

(RP)
Journal Entry #12

1/27

Check ins

Proposal and
Conclusion(RP)
Journal Entry #13

2/3

Check ins

First Draft Research Paper

Journal Entry #14

2/10

Presentation Skills
Sign up for presentation
times

Final Draft Research Paper

Journal Entry #15
Note Cards

2/17

Presentation practice
Peer Review

Fine tune presentation

Journal Entry #16

2/24

Presentation practice
Peer Review

Fine tune presentation

Journal Entry #17

3/3

Presentation practice
Peer Review

Fine tune presentation

Journal Entry #18

3/10

Presentation practice
Peer Review

Fine tune presentation

Journal Entry #19

3/17

Presentation practice
Peer Review

Fine tune presentation

Journal Entry #20
Project should be complete

Quarter Four: The Execution (Presentation, Public Product, Reflection)

3/31

Presentation practice
Peer Review

Fine tune presentation

Journal Entry #21

4/7

Presentation practice
Peer Review

Fine tune presentation

Journal Entry #22

4/21

Presentation practice
Peer Review

Fine tune presentation

Journal Entry #23

4/28

Graduation Defense (aka

Exit Interview)!!!

Present!!

5/5

Presentation Reflection
The final blog

Post reflection on portfolio

(Trifold Poster for
exhibition)
Journal Entry #24

5/12
(5/16 is senior exhibition
night)

Exhibition prep
Students who pass
graduation defense do not
need to attend

Prepare for senior

exhibition night

5/19

Stragglers finishing up

5/26

Grades in

Graduation!