Planning My Project - Activity 2

Developing Curriculum Framing Questions to Engage Learners - continued

40 minutes

• Step 1: Understanding Essential, Project, and Content Questions
  
  
• Step 2: Drafting My Curriculum-Framing Questions
  
  
• Step 3: Sharing Curriculum-Framing Questions
  
  

Step 2: Drafting My Curriculum-Framing Questions

Curriculum-Framing Questions are a challenge to create and usually require many revisions. Some teachers find writing their CFQs easier if they start with the big idea and then work on the Focus and Content Questions. Other teachers find the process easier if they look at the learning outcomes and assessment standards they teach and then see how the project idea fits and how they can challenge thinking with a Focus Question. In this step, you write Curriculum-Framing Questions for your project.

If needed, use the following resources:

• If you want a more structured step-by-step process for writing your questions, use Tips for Writing Curriculum-Framing Questions
  
  
• Sample Curriculum-Framing Questions

1. Review your assessment standards and project goals.
   
   
2. Write a first draft of your Curriculum-Framing Questions in your Project Plan.
   
   Note: This table is available in Module 2, Activity 2, Step 2: Drafting Your Curriculum-Framing Questions of your downloaded Notebook.
   
   
3. Using the Curriculum-Framing Questions section of the Project Plan Checklist, review the draft of your questions.
   
   Note: The Project Plan Checklist helps you monitor your progress as you work on your Project Plan.
   
   
4. Revise your questions, if necessary.
   
   
5. Save the Project Plan Checklist in the project_plan folder of your Portfolio folder for future use.

Step 3: Sharing Curriculum-Framing Questions

1. Break into small groups of three or four and share the first draft of your Curriculum-Framing Questions.
   
   
2. Use the Curriculum-Framing Questions Rubric to provide feedback to each other on your questions.
   
   
3. Take notes on the ideas provided by your colleagues.
   
   
4. Revise your questions based on the feedback.

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