1. NAME DATE The Unit Organizer BIGGER PICTURE LAST UNIT/Experience CURRENT UNIT NEXT UNIT/Experience UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS is about... UNIT RELATIONSHIPS An Eye on our Natural and Technological Environment UNIT MAP 1 32 4 5 6 7 8 Rotating Groups * Expository Paragraphs It Says, I Say and So * Descriptive Narrative Memoir * Oral debates * Electronic collage Leaflet Design TRIMS * Technology leaflet * Persuasive Paragraph * Visual Representation Interview TRIMS * Interview powerpoint * Oral presentation > ELA 8 > considering the importance of technology in our past, present and future Sequencing Problem / Solution Cause / Effect Pros / Cons 1.How have technical inventions of the past affected your life? 2.How does technology impact society in positive and negative ways? 3.How will technology change your life as you grow older? 4.What are some potential benefits and risks related to present and future technological developments? 5.How can various texts keep us aware of the effects of technology on society? Technology and its role The advantages/disadv antages of technology.. by exploring Changes by evaluating by defining Impact on the environment and society by predicting Future Technological trends by analyzing

2. NAME DATE The Unit Organizer NEW UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS Expanded Unit Map An Eye on our Natural and Technological Environment is about... 9 10 considering the importance of technology in our past, present and future Technology and its role The advantages/disadv antages of technology.. by exploring Changes by evaluating by defining Impact on the environment and society by predicting Future Technological trends by analyzing

3. NAME DATE The Unit Organizer NEW UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS Expanded Unit Map An Eye on our Natural and Technological Environment is about... 9 10 considering the importance of technology in our past, present and future Technology and its role The advantages/disadv antages of technology.. by exploring Changes by evaluating by defining Impact on the environment and society by predicting Future Technological trends by analyzing Industrial Revolution Video clip Compare/Contrast life Writing FRAME Expository Paragraphs A Desk for My Daughter Memoir writing Learn with BOOK Satire Acronyms Oral debate Instant Messaging Colons Parenthesis Quotation Marks The Path of Our Sorrow Ride Forever Poem theme, setting Rhythm, Rhyme On the Trail to a Greener Future Reading Non-fiction Leaflet design A Mysterious Contraption A Close Match Foreshadowing Dialogue in stories Preserving a Culture Writing FRAME Newspaper Article The View form Here Responding to visuals Our Elders are Watching Imagery Interviews Power point presentations Oral presentations