Yearlong+Plans+2011

Resources for Preparing Yearlong Plans
This document was handed out in class.

Some Examples of Yearlong Plans for Your Consideration
This is one publisher's way of organizing a yearlong curriculum in three courses for grades 6-9, with a total of 8 units per year: []. What do you think of this organization? What would you change? If your school were using this program, how would you use it and what would you add or modify?

Springboard is a College Board pre-AP curriculum. Schools around the country use this, including some PSD schools. Full disclosure: I've done a little consulting for them over the years but nothing with a major impact on what you'll see on the links. You can see an overview (a version of a yearlong plan) for each grade, 6-12. This might give you a way to organize your yearlong plan, although you would need to modify the columns.

Reading Lists
You could use these lists to get ideas and as a rough guide to what some people think is grade-appropriate. http://www.mw.k12.ny.us/documents_download.cfm?getfiles=12
 * High School Reading Lists for a NY District **

**Reading Lists from Smagorinsky's Virtual Library of Conceptual Units**
These outlines list sources and readings from various genres rather than complete units. http://www.coe.uga.edu/~smago/VirtualLibrary/Unit_Outlines.htm


 * Reading Lists for Several Classes at a Colorado High School **

Yearlong Plans from Fall 2010
These plans, used with the permission of the designers, display some different and interesting features. See what might be useful to you.

Your Yearlong Plans
You will post your yearlong plan to your individual page. To read and comment on the plans of others, you can go directly to the individual pages from the navigation menu.