I've decided that my final product will be a poem, Recipe for the Blues.
I loved all the product suggestions that Annette lists under the Wiggling step. I always wondered how the different projects could really be equal in value, but as I've gone through this I see that it works as long as the student submits his or her research to show that they've done the necessary work. I'm a big fan of rubrics and use the 6+1 Traits of Writing as part of my evaluation process, so I would need to take some time to see how that would fit.
I always provide planning tools, guidelines, samples, and checklists for student projects. I marvel how I got through my own schooling without them. Our teachers never gave us much to go on- other than a general topic and format (narrative, descriptive, informational, etc.); we just had to guess what they wanted and hope for the best!
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I decided to create a poem because poetry is a unit that we will be starting in my classroom soon and this gave me the opportunity to write some poetry to share with the class.
ReplyDeleteI spent quite a bit of time creating a list of facts to incude in my poem and then narrowing down that list to a managable level. Then I had to decide what in order I wanted to present my information. Next, I brainstormed a list of "cooking" terms/verbs. I also googled "cooking" terms on the Internet to find additional possibilities. Then I played with several combinations of terms + information. (drafts) until I came up with one I liked.
The Wrapping & Waving stages are similar to:
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6. Preparing to Present
Big 6
5. Synthesis