What is Unit Plan

This chapter provides practitioners with a blueprint for developing a unit plan to teach expository writing to neurodivergent deaf students. Teachers are challenged to support the needs of these students. The authors provide a structure for teachers to focus on minimizing barriers and making learning accessible to all students using a universal for design (UDL) framework. The chapter includes a sample unit plan using the profiles of fictional target students. A clear process is described to unwrap the standards and determine the skills and concepts to be taught. The process for developing goals, objectives, selecting materials, assessments, and strategies is also included. Throughout the course of this chapter, each step of the process is clearly outlined by using a think aloud process and providing a rationale behind each decision.