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After reading an adventure story, students will take on the role of set designer and create a representation of a key setting from the story. The written or recorded summary will be presented to the movie production team (teacher and classmates) for consideration.
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The Perfect Plan for Publishing
Students will utilize their skills in graphic organization and story mapping to plan an autobiographical presentation about an incident in their lives. This plan can be represented in a variety of ways.
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Coal Mine Proposal
Students will assume a role and orally or in written form present a point of view based on their knowledge of socio-economic/environmental issues.
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A Question of “Uniform-ity”
Students will experiment with language and a variety of communication formats that appeal and convince different audiences regarding an issue of significance to the student.
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Bring On The Brochures!
Students will design a brochure for a literary conference. They will research an author whom they would like to present at the conference, provide compelling reasons for their choice and use principles of design to enhance the final product.
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The Other Side of the Story
Students will identify the point of view in a current newspaper article, summarize the content and rewrite the article from a different point of view.
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From Experience to Insight
Students will prepare for an audition completing an analysis of a character’s motivation.
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Social Justice Hall of Fame
Students will use note-taking and research skills to create a presentation that introduces an inductee into their schools’ “Social Justice Hall of Fame”.
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Poetry is for the People (20-2)
Students will respond to a poem and use evoked emotions to each write their own poems. They will then present their poems to an audience at a poetry festival.
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Mathematics Research Project (20-2)
Students in Mathematics 20-2 are required to complete a Mathematics Research Project.
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- Engage students in their learning
- Develop critical thinking skills
- Encourage innovation and problem solving
- Provide quality assessment evidence
- Are based on Alberta curriculum
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