This chapter is both a summary of much of the material to this point as well as more information about working with and perfecting differentiation in the classroom. Looking rather specifically at a health example, the chapter looks at how an entire unit looks when done with backwards design. It comes down to really making the enitre process, including the environment and curriculum, entirely about the benefit of the student. The better we do of this the more signs we'll see in assessment and overall student attitude.
We all found this chapter to be very helpful, not so much in content as in it helped tie a lot of stuff together. I think that its more of how its written that I feel will help us progress in our teaching. As Dr. Grace pointed out in class, when we start teaching we're going to really have a lot to do in our first few months and sometimes slowing down and really thinking about what we need to do and what has been done will be really good in helping us get the important materials across to the students. Finding the "big picture" is so very important to proper planning.
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