Unit of Instruction is the framework of extended curriculum because they organize a variety of experience, skills, knowledge , and assignments. This allows students to master many things. A unit is broken up in several individual lesson plans that breakdown skills into parts. There are several different parts to a unit plan, which includes, b ig idea, c ontent standards & Objectives (direct instruction), es sential questions, k now, u nderstand, Do (Skills), Research-Based Instructional Strategies, Materials/Resources, and Multiple Assessments/Rubrics ( Formative & Summative). To be honest I'm not sure what I'm going to do well because I have little experience with making unit plans. I'm just hoping that I can learn from this class and make good unit plans and lesson plans. I believe that i'm going to have a hard time with many of the key parts because this is new to me and the only experience was with a professor...