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The three unit plans I choose were “Wonders of Mythology and Folklore Unit”, “Fear, Darkness, and Mystery: A Unit on Gothic Literature”, and “Beowulf”. I choose these three unit plans because they were topics that I found interesting while in school and I think they would be good topics to teach at different grade levels. The unit plan I like the most is “Wonders of Mythology and Folklore Unit” by Mrs. Singer. I liked this one the most because she includes a table of contents to show what will be in the unit plan and she goes in depth for each topic in the table of contents. I like how she has the plan for each day broken down into how much time will be spent on each of the activities of the day. For the Beowulf Unit Plan I would change the rubric for the assignments. Instead of telling the students what they need for each grade I would break down each item needed and give at total number of points instead of just giving out a letter grade. I would also make the lesson plans a little more detailed by adding the standards for each lesson, differentiated instruction, and I would add a pretest at the beginning to see what the students already know in order to have a better understanding of what to teach and how to go about teaching it. All three of the unit plans have a rationale of why the unit is important to the students. Each unit plan gives the daily lesson plan and the activities. They all have a bibliography and rubrics for each of the assignments and goals for what they want from the class. Some differences that they have are not all of them have a table of contents. In the Beowulf unit plan they give pieces of the text. In the unit plan on gothic literature the teacher provides the students with words and definitions that they need to know. Criteria: Scaffolding, Cohesion, Diverse assignments and activities