Inquiry Unit Plan

Tanya and I are working together on this project and creating an inquiry unit for English. We made a lot of progress yesterday -- got a ton of ideas flowing. In last week's class, we got an initial idea for the unit and yesterday we developed it further. We sort of planned backwards, deciding that the culmination of the unit would be a seminar the students (seniors) conducted for the freshmen. We made a list of all the literature, videos, etc. we would like to use throughout the unit and then planned which order to use them in and how long to spend on each section. We brainstormed a bunch of activities that the students will do, and considered how literacy would be taught throughout. For those having trouble, I would suggest just brainstorming first -- that's kind of what Tanya and I did... just start throwing some ideas out and one of them will stick... search the internet. I was overwhelmed before starting this project, too, but now I'm actually looking forward to working on it (I mean, I'm lazy and would rather not do the work like most of us, but I see the value in this and I'm glad we're working with partners... it lessens the stress.) If this unit comes out good, then it's something I can actually use in the future.