Teacher+Resources

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Teacher Plan:

= Curricular Connections =

General Outcome 1:

 * experiment with language, image and structure
 * express preferences and expand interests

General Outcome 2

 * understand and interpret content
 * engage prior knowledge
 * use reference strategies and reference technologies
 * evaluate the verisimilitude, appropriateness and significance of print and nonprint texts

General Outcome 3

 * focus on purpose and presentation form
 * plan inquiry or research, and indentify information needs and sources
 * select, record and organize information
 * evaluate sourcesm and assess information
 * form generalizations and conclusions
 * review inquiry or research process and findings

General Outcome 4

 * develop content
 * use production, publication and presentation strategies adn technologies consistent with context
 * enhance thought and understanding and support and detail

General Outcome 5

 * recognize accomplishments and events
 * cooperate with others, and contribute to group processes

Communicating, Inquiring, Decision Making and Problem Solving

 * plan and perform complex searches, using more than one electronic source
 * select information from appropriate sources, including primary and secondary sources
 * communicate in a persuasive and engaging manner, through appropriate forms, such as speeches, letters,
 * reports and multimedia presentations, applying information technologies for context, audience and purpose that extend and communicate understanding of complex issues
 * assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information
 * demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information that is relevant to a particular topic
 * use appropriate strategies to locate information to meet personal needs
 * analyze and synthesize information to determine patterns and links among ideas
 * use appropriate presentation software to demonstrate personal understandings

= Triggering Some Wondering: "The Hook": = We've chosen to use a magazine article to generate interest and "hook" students into the topic of inquiry. For other great ideas, check out Jane Krauss' post at Classroom 2.0: [|How to Create a Culture of Inquiry]

Our Hook: "After the Quake"
Estime, Danae Victoria. "After the quake: a Haitian teen on helping her country's earthquake victims and her hopes for Haiti's future." //New York Times Upfront// 20 Sept. 2010: 21. //Global Issues In Context//. Web. 30 Sep. 2011. Retrieved September 26, 2001 from [] = =

= Some Readings on Inquiry: =

Alberta Education: [|Focus on Inquiry]

[|Nudging Towards Inquiry]

[|Deep Learning Through Concept-Based Inquiry]