This week I will be working on drafting my rationale and giving my unit objectives. I chose this because I think it is a logical progression from the work I did last week with my unit map. I had originally thought about doing the rationale as one of the first things I handed in for this assignment but thankfully chose otherwise. Having completed the unit map I feel like I have a better grasp on the scope of my lesson and because of this will be much better equipped to be able to describe and defend it.
Having written a rationale only once before and looking at the examples given to me I view the rationale almost like the mission statement of my unit. What am I trying to accomplish? Why am I trying to accomplish it? How will what I’m trying to accomplish benefit my students? These questions are the reasons why I chose to do my rationale following the unit map. With the map under my belt I feel that I have a much better understanding of my unit and what I am trying to accomplish day by day. I think it will also help that I can now specifically refer to certain dates within my unit calendar as examples of certain endeavors I am working on.
I think the biggest thing that I will struggle with working on the rationale lies in the faith I have in my unit. I think that my unit is great, not perfect yet but still a good use of my students’ time and a process from which they will take a great many skills and ideas. Because of this I have been having a hard time envisioning the problems with my unit that I know administrators will have. Perhaps I should give myself some time away from the rationale, and look at it again with new eyes a day or so from now. I also think that I will probably have someone else look at it before wednesday. Most importantly I know that in workshop I intend to ask my group mates to be especially critical and be the administrator worried about what I might bring to the classroom. I feel very good about where my unit is going this week and it makes me optimistic for the future.
Having written a rationale only once before and looking at the examples given to me I view the rationale almost like the mission statement of my unit. What am I trying to accomplish? Why am I trying to accomplish it? How will what I’m trying to accomplish benefit my students? These questions are the reasons why I chose to do my rationale following the unit map. With the map under my belt I feel that I have a much better understanding of my unit and what I am trying to accomplish day by day. I think it will also help that I can now specifically refer to certain dates within my unit calendar as examples of certain endeavors I am working on.
I think the biggest thing that I will struggle with working on the rationale lies in the faith I have in my unit. I think that my unit is great, not perfect yet but still a good use of my students’ time and a process from which they will take a great many skills and ideas. Because of this I have been having a hard time envisioning the problems with my unit that I know administrators will have. Perhaps I should give myself some time away from the rationale, and look at it again with new eyes a day or so from now. I also think that I will probably have someone else look at it before wednesday. Most importantly I know that in workshop I intend to ask my group mates to be especially critical and be the administrator worried about what I might bring to the classroom. I feel very good about where my unit is going this week and it makes me optimistic for the future.
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