07/21/25
Today, I looked into a unit plan on teaching friendship. This sixth grade unit plan on friendship includes great digital features that I believe students would thoroughly enjoy. Using engaging videos like Ron’s Gone Wrong and Partly Cloudy makes the lessons fun and relevant. The use of podcasts and online articles give student alternative ways to learn, instead of textbooks and lectures. My favourite part of this unit was probably the fact that students can create a Choose Your Own Adventure story using Google Slides!
I think this unit will work well because it connects with students via engaging videos and real stories. The mix of fiction and nonfiction, poetry, and media allows for every student to connect with something. Adding on class discussions about friendship really hammers these concepts in. The only change I would make to this unit is building in time for students to learn about Google Slides and how to use it, so the Choose Your Own Adventure is fun and not stressful.