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PBL ideas for Language Arts
Good evening! I'm new to group and have been intrigued by the wonderful ideas/resources I've learned about by scrolling though the posts. This year will be my first time really going full-steam ahead with PBL. I'm excited, but I'm also feeling overwhelmed because I'm not exactly sure where to begin. I've done a ton of research this summer about PBL, but I'd like to hear from those who have been there, done that...especially middle school language arts teachers. What types of projects are you planning for this school year?
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Middle School Literature & Language Arts
Dear MelH,
Welcome to Edutopia, it's a new school year here too, so we are creating new resources for our community of teachers, educators, and parents etc.
We are just beginning a new Edutopia Wikispace for teachers to share their curriculum and classroom resources and management tools...
Since you are doing Middle School ELA, I can share a wonderful wikispace link exactly from a Middle School ELA colleague in Illinois: Christina Nakazaki.
http://edutopia.wikispaces.com/
http://wikizaki.wikispaces.com/home#.Tl_Bf47msZQ
Middle School Literature & Language Arts Wiki by Christina Nakazaki
You can see that she is very organized and has specific lessons and writing
process assignments and handouts already loaded online...
I like her student introductory essay: "3 Things About Me", which is in her "Writing Process Notes and Handouts" section. She has about a dozen other "slideshow" presentations at her wiki to explore and contact her about...
At Edutopia you are not alone, we are working to create Professional Learning Networks online and our wikispace is (literally :-) just beginning...
Check back in the coming weeks to see our links of colleagues growing quickly...and join in...
"Prompt, Pre-write, Rough Draft, Peer-responding, Self-reflection, Editing, Final Proof..." Hand it in... :-)
Always Remember to Stagger the Class Writing Assignments, so you have a Life on the Weekends... :-)
to be continued...
Allen
First Year of PBL
I have completed one PBL unit around The Apprentice and I'm in the middle of another one where learners create board games for younger learners to find out about Shakespeare. I'm happy to share what I've done so far, including what didn't go so well. Feel free to get in touch.
Any ideas on curriculum for
Any ideas on curriculum for Charles Dickens if we are reading "A Christmas Carol?"
More details?
What age are you doing this with and what is your learning goal - context, analysis or something else? If you provide more info, I'm happy to bounce ideas around.