Instructional Unit Rubric
 

The following criteria will be used to score the first 5 components of your Instructional Unit Template
15 points –  All five requirements (see below) for the assignment are present producing a framework for a quality unit of instruction. Summary information is complete including subject, grade level, recommended timeframe or quarter, unit title, and approximate duration. Standards and E-Skills are included. Enduring understandings and essential questions are stated so the intended audience can understand them. The essential questions represent issues that would need to be uncovered, and cannot simply be answered with facts or brief data. The enduring understanding has value beyond the classroom and would require uncovering. All elements in the WHERE model have been addressed. Some effort has been made to identify Internet or other appropriate resources. It was turned in by the due date and reflects an understanding of the backward design model. It is ready for public review with correct use of grammar and spelling.  
12 points – Most of the requirements for the assignment were met, however, one of the requirements lacks sufficient information to produce a quality unit. Either the summary information, enduring understanding and essential questions, Internet resources, or the WHERE model lack required information or represent misunderstanding of the requirements.  
9 points – Most of the requirements for the assignment were met, however, two of the requirements lack sufficient information to produce a quality unit. Either the summary information, enduring understanding and essential questions, Internet resources, or the WHERE model lack required information or represent misunderstanding of the requirements.  
6 points – Most of the requirements for the assignment were met, however, three of the requirements lack sufficient information to produce a quality unit. Either the summary information, enduring understanding and essential questions, Internet resources, or the WHERE model lack required information or represent misunderstanding of the requirements.
3 points – The majority of the requirements for the assignment were either incomplete or represent a misunderstanding of the requirements.
 
The Five Requirements
  1. Subject:
    Grade level:
    Recommended Timeframe or Quarter:
    Instructional Unit Title:
    Approximate Duration:
     
  2. Enduring Understanding
  3. Essential Questions
  4. Standards and E-Skills
  5. WHERETO
    1. Where is the unit going?
    2. Hook the student
      These two parts of the WHERETO model can be included in the overview you wrote for the unit. You will add the remaining parts, ERETO, as you complete your unit and lessons.

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