Unit+plan+templates+and+formats

Give students the big picture and the smaller pictures from the outset. (Organization and communication) When assigning projects or introducing new units, give students a checklist of some sort for the whole project, ideally with an example of the type of work you expect from them. At the same time, let them know that there are X number of steps they'll have to complete to finish the project. It's a nice idea to give them weekly checklists too, so they see not only the huge amount of work they'll do this unit (which will make them proud!), but also that they can do it because this week they only have to do x, y, and z.