Design Quality Implementation Log
6th Newsletter Project

Name: John Semprini       Month:
Content Area Class:
Standard/Benchmark:
Iowa Teaching Standard:  4D, 4E

Design Qualities of Context

Content: (Instructional Objective)
Their students will develop their writing skills creating a newsletter.

Organization of Knowledge: (Strategies)
-Create a newsletter as a group.
-Talk about topic and detail sentences.
-Import one picture for each story from clip art. This will add writing novelty.
-When students are finished with group project, they will create their own newsletter.
-Students will spell check and proof read each story.
Clear and Compelling Product Standards
(Assessment)
Students will assess their own work. Teacher will ask questions to help students in process. 		Protection from Adverse Consequences for Initial Failures
Teacher will provide feedback to students to keep them on right track.


Design Qualities of Choice (All That Apply)

Product Focus
The end product is a newsletter with a header, 3 stories, and 3 pictures.

Affirmation of Performance
The students enjoy showing their newsletters to other students.
Affiliation



 Novelty and Variety
The main novelty for the students will be that they can place pictures with their stories. This adds enjoyment and incentive for the students to create stories.
Choice
The students choose the subject for their newsletter. This will help to engage them in the activity. They will pick which pictures will go with each story. 		Authenticity
The project will be real to the student because of the real world application of newsletters.


1. Explain which Design Quality of Context was most important for this lesson.
The quality of choice was important to engage the students in the writing process.

2. Reflect on 1 or 2 Design Qualities of choice used in your lesson.
The students choose the subject for their newsletter. This will help to engage them in the activity. They will also pick which pictures will go with each story.

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