Jungle Book Unit Portfolio Presentation

Unit Summary Meeting Mowgli in the jungle! Students use the Visual Ranking tool and oral presentations to prioritize and rank the good things that Mowgli enjoys while living in the jungle. They compare the Jungle Book with other similar stories or movies. They also analyze the factors affecting Mowgli’s safety in jungle using Seeing Reason tool. They reflect about the safety of the jungle for humans through a creative writing activity. Finally, they use Showing Evidence Tool, to collect evidences and decide where Mowgli should live. They write a persuasive letter to the village Sarpanch communicating their argument. The Jungle Book show is held as a culminating activity where the students exhibit their work and debate as what Mowgli’s future should be.

Curriculum Framing Questions Essential Question How do my surroundings affect me? Unit Questions Can we live in jungle? Can animals take the place of family? Content Questions Why did mother wolf decide to keep Mowgli as her own child? Why did Sher Khan want to kill Mowgli? Why did the villagers not accept Mowgli?

Helping them to analyze perspectives This project will help my students develop 21st century skills and Higher-Order thinking by: Helping them to analyze perspectives Classify reasons and develop inductive reasoning Compare and construct support which will lead to development of analysis, Synthesis and evaluation skills Investigate, question and pose problems, to make decisions individually and interdependently Think flexibly

My Goals for the Course Find ways to get my students more interested in reading and listening Learn about different kinds of technology my students and I can use Share ideas with other teachers

My Goals for students Understanding the need for humans to live together as a society, considering animals as friends and allies Organizing thoughts to understand situations and constructing arguments to drive home individual opinion

Request for Feedback Different stories I could find for my students to listen to in a classroom, to develop their interest in reading Ideas for helping students take more responsibility for their own learning Suggestions for helping students hone creative writing skills