* * * * * * * * * Students Peer Edit and revise their personal statements to include "heartbeat�" Students share their FINAL personal statements� 18: adding heartbeat 19: personal storytelling event Practice reading aloud . Review expectations for engaging read-alouds . Read personal statements aloud . Reflect on unit's learning . Discuss the use of sensory details to evoke setting and tone . Define "heartbeat," figurative language, and plot . Peer Edit personal statement first drafts . Revise and edit a FInAL personal statement . Students will summarize personal strengths . Differentiate between showing and telling . Explain why stories have power . Freewrite about their strengths . Goldmine their freewrite to choose a story to tell . Write a draft of their personal statement . * * Students practice performing well under highstakes testing conditions� 21: managing your test anxiety * * * * * * * * * Students identify the basic format and different sections of the SAT and/or ACT, and register for the test� 20: introduction to the SAT and ACT Practice taking a low-stakes quiz under standard testing conditions . Define test anxiety and describe how anxiety can impede test performance . Develop strategies for self-care before, during, and after a standardized test . Take a practice standardized test under standard testing conditions . Practice self-care before, during, and after the real SAT or ACT . Differentiate between high-stakes and low-stakes testing . Define "standardized" testing and explain its importance . Compare and contrast the SAT vs . the ACT . Identify the style and structure of the SAT and ACT . Identify standardized testing needs . Register for the SAT or ACT (OPTIOnAL) . Objectives Outcome Lesson Title unit 5: SAT/ACT and standardized tests * * * * * Students draft a personal statement that shows their strengths� 17: goldmining and drafting Objectives Outcome Lesson Title FInAL Personal Statements Reflection FInAL Personal Statement Reflection Goldmine Reflection Personal Statement, first draft Reflection * * * * * * Test-Taking Self-Care Plan Reflection What is a standardized test? chart Overview of the SAT and ACT worksheet My Testing Needs and My Test-Taking Plan Reflection Assessments * * * * * * * Assessments IntroductIon GRADE 11 SCOPE AnD SEqUEnCE XV