Understanding+by+Design+for+ELA

Check out what Hopkinton has done with UbD. This is the public part of their Atlas/Rubicon UbD site. They've been working for at least 5 years. It provides K-12 examples.

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The following is the ELA page on UBD Educators at: http://ubdeducators.wikispaces.com/ All of the links below work, so see what is on line!

Reading Journals/ Blogs
Want to read the reading journals/blog posts of others who are reading //Understanding by Design//? Want to post your own?
 * [|Dana]
 * [|Ms. Q]
 * [|clicketykeys]
 * Ms. Hunt-- my blog about adolescent literature

UbD Unit Plans
Want to see unit plans other English teachers have created? Want to share your own?
 * Dana
 * Erin
 * Ms. Q
 * clicketykeys
 * Meanwhile, I Keep Dancing
 * HighSchoolTeacher

Tools
Links to standards and other tools at the core of building UbD plans.
 * Dude, if you aren't on the English Companion Ning, you are missing out!
 * [|Georgia State Standards]
 * [|New York State ELA Standards]
 * [|NCTE Standards]
 * [|Complete NCTE Standards] (pdf)
 * [|Minnesota DOE Standards and Documents]
 * [|Developing Educational Standards]: this page provides a list of links to websites with information on state standards, listed both by subject area and by state.
 * [|National Educational Technology Standards]
 * [|UbD Related Web Sites]
 * [|English Companion]: Jim Burke's helpful site with lots of tools.
 * [|Web English Teacher]
 * [|Literature and Language Arts @ EDSITEment]
 * [|ELA Home Page @ Greece Central School District]: Great rubrics and ideas.
 * [|ReadWriteThink]: NCTE lesson repository.