Literacy+(2-3+Week+Identity+Unit)

__**Brief Outline:**__ This unit will be the introductory session to Year 9 Term1: Identity. The content will focus on three main areas:
 * 1) Family History: an online family tree
 * 2) Personal History: an autobiographical account - either of a specific memory that gave the individual's life shape, or a general recount of major life events
 * 3) Values/Changing Identities: SP Studios to create avatars that represent the changing identity over time or alter egos. A 'Mission Statement' detailing the likes/dislikes,interests and aspirations of the individual - as well as those attributes/qualities they seek in friends

__**1. Acquiring Prior Knowledge**__: (what do the students bring to this topic? How can you text prior knowledge?)

__**2. Clarify Expectations:**__ (What will the students be able to do at the end of the unit? What are the essential teaching aims?)

__**3. Tuning In**__: (How can you hook the kids in and get their interest? What rich materials could be used to introduce this topic?)

__**4. Information Producing:**__ (What resources are necessary for modeling end products and assist learning?) http://www.southparkstudios.com/avatar/ http://www.geni.com/home __**5. Information Processing:**__ (How can you assist students understanding your resources?)

__**6. Applications/Doing:**__ (What will students do in terms of authentic tasks to demonstrate the skills they are to learn - ALSO - what parts of the content must be taught explicitly?)

__**7. Reflection:**__ (Have the students reached the learning goal? How can they assess their own work? How do you assess your own planning?)