Grade Level: 11th-12th
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Use online forums to get feedback on your essay | Exchange Ideas on the Worldwide Web | 9-10, 11–12
This instructional idea has students join a platform for writers to exchange their ideas with other members from diverse backgrounds and experiences. By giving and providing feedback about writing, students will be broadening their understanding.
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 9th-10th
Collaborate to solve a school problem | Become the School Librarian Team | 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
This instructional idea requires students to create a problem statement focused on increasing the amount of books their peers checkout from a classroom or school library, and that statement must include ideas for collecting and analyzing data. In a follow-up learning activity, students can implement their ideas, which will address … Read more
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
Collect and analyze data on books | Be a Hollywood Producer | 6-8, 9-10, 11-12
In this activity, students determine which book from class should be made into a movie, by gathering and comparing evidence through the internet about the profitability and customer sentiment of each book like a Hollywood Producer would. They will source their evidence evaluate its validity, ultimately making a claim as … Read more
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
Setting personal reading goals | Building Your Library | 3-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12
Students set a goal of reading a certain number of texts (e.g., online articles, young adult literature, short stories, etc.) over a period of time (e.g., a month, semester, or school year) and keep a reading log. In the reading log, students write an entry for each text that includes … Read more
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
Research mathematical principles | Math in Action | 3-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12
Students first select a mathematical principle (e.g., law, theorem, or other property). Next, students locate an article or image that represents the principle being used in daily life. For example, construction workers using the Pythagorean theorem when determining the length of a staircase. Students will then summarize the information – … Read more
Math | 11th-12th, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
Research and justify selection | Building Personas Using Historical Figures | 6-8, 9-10, 11-12
Students choose a significant person from history and conduct online research to develop and share a unique persona profile of that individual.
English Language Arts, Social Studies | 11th-12th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
Write explanatory paragraph | Understanding satire | 6-12
Students will learn more about the meaning, structure, and satire used by “A Modest Proposal” and craft a satirical essay about a chosen issue.
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
Explore local and global issues| Researching and Developing Legislation| 9-10, 11-12
This instructional idea requires students to use technology to identify a political issue and investigate different opinions about it. They then offer a piece of legislation as a “solution” to the issue.
English Language Arts, Social Studies | 11th-12th, 9th-10th
Explore local and global issues| Calculating Carbon Footprints | 3-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12
Students analyze their own carbon footprint and then share their results with group mates before posting an idea for reducing their footprint on a collaborative digital board.
Science, Social Studies | 11th-12th, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th
Know and use a deliberate design process | Designing a Writing Piece | K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12
Students will learn and utilize a design thinking process through the art of writing. The students will learn a systematic writing process that directly aligns to the design thinking process, focused on a purpose and pursuit of improvement.
English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th, Kindergarten - 2nd