No2+-+Rationale

This unit of layered curriculum has been devised for year 9 English students who are studying 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee.

It is expected that they will have 4 x 60min lessons a week, 8 lessons in all to complete the unit.

This unit offers choices in pedagogy; the students can work alone, in pairs or in small groups of four students.

The activities have also been developed to offer choices for students who have different learning styles; visual, kinesthetic etc.

Students can provide finished assignments in written form, or in audio or video form so as to remove performance pressure and to help those who have problems with written work.

Assessment will be informal formative and summative. Peer marking sheets will be used to contribute 30% of marks for particular activities with the other 70% coming from teacher observation and paperwork submitted.

Students will submit a project sheet with each completed assignment which includes a self analysis of what the student feels they have learned. All this and any problems can be discussed at any of the prearranged meetings.

Each page of this wiki is numbered to enable easy navigation and will direct a teacher to all necessary information needed by to deliver this unit.