Florante and Laura

Unit Portfolio Presentation

Zaluaga, Fatima P.
Abella, Grover John V.
Unit Summary
Students read Florante and Laura and relate it to
contemporary life. They research a problem from the play
that is still an issue today and collaborate to find a solution.
They create a publication or presentation about their
solution and share it with an audience. They will also create
their own ending of the chosen situation in the story.
CFQs
Essential Question: What does it mean to love and be
loved?
Unit Question:
What are the different situations in the story that value
relationships?
How can we overcome these situations in the story that
value relationships?
Content Questions: How can we apply the things we
learned in the story to our personal life experiences like
involving conflicts in a relationship towards family, friends,
and special someone?


Vision for Unit
By creating this unit, I want to
Try out new methods to make classic literature relevant
to my students lives
Think of ways to involve my students more in the
community
During this unit, I want my students to
Learn ways to connect literature to their daily lives
Use technology to communicate with different audiences
Value and appreciate the study of literature


Project Approaches
As my students work on this project, they

Connect the story to the real world
Collaborate with peers and community members
Create a product that shows what theyve learned
Share their learning with a real audience

21
st
Century Learning
Students will develop higher-order and 21
st
century
skills in this unit as they

Use the Essential and Unit Questions to guide their
analysis of the play to find themes that cross places and
times
Communicate their ideas to a community audience
Reflect on their reading, writing, research, and thinking
strategies, and modify and adapt them as necessary
Use project assessments to self-assess their work and give
feedback to their peers
Gauging Student Needs
Assessments
Use CFQs to learn
Students ideas about what a literature is
Background knowledge of characters and plot
of play
Assess 21
st
Century skills
Ability to see common elements in classic and
contemporary literature

Gauging Student Needs
Assessments
I can use the information from these
assessments to:

Focus on the elements of the story that students
have prior misconceptions about
Plan activities in which they will answer their
questions
Students can use the information from these
assessments to:
Compare their questions to those in previous units
Set goals for how they will adjust their reading style
for this kind of literature
Requests for Feedback
Need ways to help students understand
the play without paraphrasing and
summarizing it for them
Need help assessing students higher-
order thinking skills