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Plan
By Phase By Day Calendar
Empathize
Students will build wonder about National Parks, study how real visitor guides communicate with readers, begin understanding landforms and park protection, and gather early evidence about audience needs for their own zine writing.
Days 1 - 4
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
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
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
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
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
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