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Whose Concern Is It? In this task, students will work in groups to gather and analyze information about multiple viewpoint of public concern. This task includes: |
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Whose Work Is it? The Issue of Plagiarism In this task, students will create a multimedia presentation to give to the class on plagiarism. This task includes: |
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Working Well with Others In this task, students will explore the skills necessary to collaborate with others. This task includes: |
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Write On The Write On task is focused on developing students' writing skills in four domains of writing: Persuasive, Expository, Narrative and Descriptive. Emphasis is placed on the importance of clear and thoughtful writing. Students are encouraged to share their reflections or reviews on any shared article or book they have read, and invite others to discuss these writings. In addition, students can use a news article or heading/caption of the news article as a debate prompt, and can invite others to add comic writing by adding dialogues in blank speech bubble. |
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You Gotta Get This! (Co-teaching PBL) In this task, students will create a marketing campaign for a re-invented product to be presented. This task includes: |
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Youngcast Project The Youngcast Project task is a tandem exchange project in English-Spanish and just in English which provides a structured program of student activities using audio and video podcasting to help students to exchange their ideas and to improve their second language. The task includes a description of the phases of the project. |
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Zines The Zines unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 5 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources. Unit description from source: In Zines, students discuss, investigate and evaluate popular print and online media and publish their own work. Building on their interests, students develop skills in researching, gathering information, and writing and presenting different kinds of texts and images through the publishing process. Students use information and communications technology, including the Internet, for researching and for publishing their own work online or in ‘hard copy’ publications. |
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