Assessment Plan

Before project work begins

Students work on projects and complete tasks

After project work is completed

Venn Diagram Journals Questioning

Self-Assessment

Journals Questioning Self-Assessment Teacher-Student Conferences Rubric

Myth Planning Guide Myth Storyboard Wiki Rubric Peer Conferences

Rubric

Unit Reflection

Journal writing is used throughout the unit to respond to informal questions as well as Curriculum-Framing Questions. Questioning is also used throughout the unit to spark discussion, monitor learning, and promote higher-order thinking.

The unit begins with tapping students’ prior knowledge about mythology with the Venn diagram assessment. Teachers review the myth planning guide as well as a myth storyboard to monitor student understanding and progress during the unit. Students use the writing self-assessment form to set goals for their writing and to think about their myths before meeting with their writing group. A project rubric is used by students and the teacher to guide and assess student work. Peer conferencing and student-teacher conferences are conducted to assess student work along the way and give students an opportunity to revise and edit work before turning in a final product. Students who choose to create a wiki use the wiki rubric to monitor their work. A reflection is given at the end of the unit to allow students to reflect on the unit and their understanding of a hero’s journey and how it relates to them personally.


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