Parks, Poems, and Wild Wonders

📚 Ranger Brochures Under the Magnifier

🗺️ My Park Choice Pitch

🪨 Park Landforms Evidence Sort

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Edit Phase

Define

Students will define what makes their chosen National Park worth protecting by organizing early research, studying how landforms were shaped, and turning notes into a clear problem statement for a real audience. They will use evidence, peer feedback, and teacher conferencing to decide what readers most need to know in a visitor guide zine.

Days 5 - 8

📝 Paraphrase Notes for Park Facts

🎯 Why Protect This Park Claim

📂 Research Organizer Checkpoint

🗂️ Visitor Guide Feature Sort

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Edit Phase

Ideate

Students will generate and compare possible ways to organize and communicate what makes their National Park worth protecting, using science evidence, audience needs, and peer feedback to choose a strong direction for their visitor guide work.

Days 9 - 12

🏞️ Landform Ideas Sketchboard

Project Work 45m

💬 Two-Peer Zine Feedback

✅ Park Page Plan Checkpoint

🗂️ Visitor Guide Section Map

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Edit Phase

Draft

Students will turn their park research into first drafts for their National Park visitor guide zine by organizing information, drafting sections with text features, explaining landforms with science vocabulary, and revising through structured peer and teacher feedback before moving into testing.

Days 13 - 18

📝 Paraphrase Notes to Paragraphs

⛰️ Landform Science Diagram Draft

📚 Visitor Guide First Draft

Deliverable 50m

💬 Two-Peer Zine Feedback Round

Project Work 45m

✅ Draft Conference Checkpoint

🧭 Visitor Guide User-Test Moves

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Edit Phase

Test

Students will test their draft National Park visitor guide pages and poem choices with real readers, gather evidence about what is clear and engaging, and use feedback to plan meaningful revisions before the next critique phase.

Days 19 - 22

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

👥 Park Zine Peer Test

🏞️ Ranger Question Rehearsal

Knowledge/Skill Building 30m

📝 Research Organizer Test Checkpoint

🧭 Visitor Guide Critique Moves

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Edit Phase

Critique

Students will use structured critique, peer feedback, and revision to strengthen their National Park visitor guide zine pages and park poem choices so their science explanations, research writing, and design decisions are clearer for a real audience.

Days 23 - 26

Knowledge/Skill Building 35m

📝 Zine Section Feedback Round

🔍 Park Pages Gallery Walk

Project Work 45m

✏️ Revision Conference Checkpoint

🗣️ Exhibition Talk Practice Cards

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Edit Phase

Notice & Reflect

Students will synthesize what they learned about their National Park, share their polished zine and poem with an authentic audience, document how feedback shaped their final choices, and reflect on how science, research, writing, and performance helped them answer what makes a place worth protecting.

Days 27 - 30

🖼️ Zine Display Feedback Round

🌲 National Park Night of Voices

Assessment 50m

📝 Growth Letter and Rubric Check