Some might say that the art of planning beyond today is impossible, unit planning outdated, and forecasting learning goals, just plan crazy. But anyone who has heard phases such as common core, differentiation, or higher level thinking knows that planning is essential in the modern/data driven world of education. This book Unplanning Disasters provides high interest, easily differentiated units that have been tested revised to ensure optimal student centered success. This book is divided into two sections that will help you build high interest units. The units come complete with rubrics and extension ideas. I even included a bonus section with fun ideas to enrich these already fun-tastic lessons. These ideas work best in 4th to 10th grade language arts classrooms, but are open enough that with simple changes/additions, can fit easily into any content curriculum. The units are divided into: I. Language arts a. Hero’s quest b. Poetry centers c. CSI II. Other Ideas of Interest a. Scrap book b. Archeological dig c. Tourist agency d. Interactive timeline The strategies included are all research based but have been presented in teacher friendly packaging so you don’t have to wade through a bunch of scholarly mish mash to get to what you really want to get to. The pages are black and white copy friendly and you’ll note that some of the blacklines are half paged so you can save that ever precious paper. Thanks for all you do. I am sure if you are reading this, you agree that teaching is the one profession that truly impacts the world. And if someone hasn’t told you this lately…you are doing a great job.