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Learning from Play (Grades 8-9)

Learning from Play (Grades 8-9)

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In this unit, students explore the relationship between video games and learning, as well as extend their understanding of methods for comprehending, interpreting, analyzing, and synthesizing the ideas from complex texts. The unit’s culminating task asks students to use evidence from the unit texts to write an essay that explains the relationship between games and learning.
  • Three informational texts
  • 4-6 weeks instruction
  • Explanation writing

What is this unit about?

A primary focus of this unit is learning how to comprehend and synthesize complex texts. Through engaging in this unit, students learn how to analyze complex text. Students will begin by working at a comprehension level and moving to more interpretive and analytical work, such as analyzing the author’s structure and analyzing how an author develops and supports a claim.

The texts in this unit present information on the features and characteristics of games and how learning and problem-solving can result from game play. Through the course of this unit, students deepen their understanding of games by reading, writing, and talking about the ideas that are being presented in the texts.

Finally, this unit is about learning how to write an essay where the students explain the relationship between games and learning by synthesizing the related information from all three texts. The focus is on working across texts and supporting claims with textual evidence.

In this unit, students read, write about, and discuss four texts to deepen their understanding of the following overarching questions:

  • How does learning happen through playing games?
  • How do you synthesize complex texts about playing games?

What content will students learn?

Students will expand their knowledge base about:

  • the features and characteristics of games.
  • how games relate to learning and real-world problem-solving.
  • how authors use evidence to develop and support their claims.
  • how authors structure their writing to support their argument.
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