The Unit Organizer
4
NAME
DATE
BIGGER PICTURE
Environmental and technological
2
LAST UNIT/Experience
NEXT UNIT/Experience
3
CURRENT UNIT
1
Surviving and Conquering
8
UNIT SCHEDULE
5
UNIT MAP
by defining
Unit / Concept Intro
Elements of Story
Narrative
Literature Circles
*Role
Sheets/Questions
surviving and
conquering
examining and portraying the triumph
of the spirit and body in the face of
overwhelming physical, emotional,
and/or social/environmental
difficulties
by
researching
and
examining
Language/Writing Skills
*Character ProfileDescriptive
by
analyzing
Parvana’s Journey
through
literature circles
by applying
real life survivors
of nature, abuse, etc
the writing process to
a character analysis
*Bio Poster/Presentation
on a survivor
4. How do real life survivors make it? What is an example of a real life survivor?
5. How can a work of fiction help us to understand the challenges in our life and other people’s lives?
6. What knowledge and understanding of survival was gained from researching and presenting a survivor?
7. How does one write an effective character analysis of a survivor/conqueror?
8. How does your own faith help you survive and conquer, that is, thrive in your life?
6
Compare/Contrast
Cause/Effect
Examples
Problem/Solution
LEARNING
7
1. What does it mean to survive? What does it mean to conquer? How are they different?
2. What internal and external obstacles do people have to overcome to survive in society and the environment
3. What qualities help people deal with conflicts and issues successfully to be a survivor?
PROCESSES
UNIT FOCUS
QUESTIONS
Unit End Evaluation
The Unit Organizer
9
Surviving and Conquering
Expanded Unit Map
by defining
survival and
conquering
Real life survivors of
nature, abuse, etc
NEW
UNIT
SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS
by
analyzing
examining and portraying the triumph
of the spirit and body in the face of
overwhelming physical, emotional,
and/or social/environmental difficulties
by
researching
and
examining
10
NAME
DATE
Parvana’s Journey
through
literature circles
by applying
the writing process to
a character analysis