Unit Title/Focus Grade Level/Course Authors Date

Linear Systems Algebra I Bowers, Maxie, Wu, Valdez,

Uyematsu-Senaga, Nakashima
10/15 11/1

Step 1:
Determine the Unit of Study

2 to 4 weeks of instruction
Ch. 6 Linear Systems & Inequalities

Step 2:
Identify Matching Priority
Standards

Essential knowledge and skills



A.REI.5 Prove that, given a system of two equations in two variables,
replacing one equation by the sum of that equation and a multiple of the
other produces a system with the same solutions.

A.REI.6 Solve systems of linear equations exactly and approximately,
focusing on pairs of linear equations in two variables.

A.REI.12 Graph the solutions to a linear inequality in two variables as
a half-plane, and graph the solution set to a system of linear inequalities
in two variables as the intersection of the corresponding half-planes.
Step 3:
Unwrap Matching Priority
Standards

Analyze wording:
Underline concepts (nouns)

Circle or bold skills (verbs)

Step 4:
Create a Graphic Organizer

Outline Concept Map
Bulleted List T-Chart

Represents the unwrapped
concepts and skills

Identifies the level of rigor of
the skills (Blooms Taxonomy,
Webbs Depth of Knowledge)


Prove (2, 3) one equation (A) can be equal to the sum of that equation
(A) and the multiple of another equation (B).

Solve (1, 2) systems of linear equations both graphically and
algebraically (using elimination method).

Graph (1, 2) both equations/inequalities and the solution to the
equations/inequalities.











Common Formative Assessments Template


Steps 5 and 6:
Determine the Big Ideas
Write the Essential Questions

Big Ideas: Foundational
understandings students will
remember long after instruction
ends. Students responses to the
teachers Essential Questions.

Essential Questions: Guiding
questions used to stimulate
student curiosity and to focus
assessment and instructional
planning.
Big Ideas Essential Questions
Find the solution to a linear system
by graphing and by elimination
method

Determine how many solutions a
linear system has


What is a solution to a linear
system?
What is the solution to the linear
system?
How many solutions does the linear
system have?





Step 7:
Write Selected-Response Items

Students must choose
from the answer options
provided:
Multiple Choice
Binary Choice
(True/False, Yes/No)
Matching
Fill-in (with answers
provided)

Write questions to assess
student understanding of
the unwrapped concepts
and skills

Write student directions for each
type of selected-response item

Match items to rigor of skills

Make distracters plausible
and/or representative of common
student misconceptions

Provide enough items
to make accurate inference
about student understanding
of the unwrapped
concepts and skills in focus
Selected-Response Question
Student Directions:
1. Choose the best answer: A solution to a linear system is (an ordered
pair that makes both equations true)
2. How many solutions does the linear system below have?






Step 8:
Write Constructed-Response
Items

Students must generate
the answer

Requires a matching
scoring guide

Specific directions cue students
to the scoring guide

Can be short and/or
extended:

Short: word, phrase,
sentence, single
problem

Extended: several
paragraphs, essay,
multi-step operations
in math, problem
solving
Constructed-Response Questions
Short
Student Directions:

1. Graph both equations on the same graph to solve the linear system.
2. Find the solution of the linear system algebraically.


Extended
Student Directions:


Step 9:
Create Scoring Guides

Constructed-Response Scoring Guide
Advanced Proficient Progressing Beginning



Step 10:
Write Big Ideas/Essential
Question Directions

Directs students to respond to the
Essential Question with their own
Big Ideas refer to Essential
Questions in Step 6.
Essential Question:



Corresponding Big Idea:


Student Directions:



Generic Scoring Guide
Advanced


Proficient

Progressing


Beginning