Category Archives: Project-Based Learning

The Secret War of Independence

Posted on May 26, 2021 by mileshenle

Near the beginning of The Shadow King, Aster is presented as this sort of mean stepmother, who uses Hirut as an outlet for her anger that should be directed towards her husband, Kidane. As readers, we learn that Hirut was … Continue reading →

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Shuggie Bain Minecraft Scene Proposal

Posted on May 25, 2021 by 21mjk

Themes:  Temperament- Big shug has anger issues. They stem from his frustration with his life/standing in society. He then takes this frustration and blames it on Agnes effectively gaslighting her.   He tells her he is leaving her because he cannot make her … Continue reading →

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Social-Emotional Learning in Real Life

Posted on May 21, 2021 by 21kbros

One really interesting angle to understand Brandon Taylor’s Real Life is through a Social-Emotional Learning lens. Mark Bracket describes the difference between an “emotional scientist” and a “emotional judge” in his work. A “emotional scientist” recognizes, examines, learns from emotions and accordingly regulates their response. An “emotional judge” decides if feelings are “right” or “wrong” without much reflection … Continue reading →

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Appreciating Our Literature Circles aka #LitCircles

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Bill Sullivan

How can we measure growth or create a capstone assessment at the top of a vertical design? What makes a novel literary? How do we locate a novel’s literary qualities? How can a project encourage opportunities for life-long reading? How … Continue reading →

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Keeping it Real: A Podcast on Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Posted on March 2, 2021 by daviswarren2

To conclude our PBL project, we took to the mic and created a podcast centered around our discussions of Brandon Taylor’s Real Life. Listen to it here on Soundcloud.

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Assault on the Black Female in This Mournable Body- Reagan Russell and Max Santopietro

Posted on February 15, 2021 by msantopietro

In this novel Mournable Body, assault on the black female body is a reoccurring theme. So far in the novel, there have been two different physical attacks on two different women. The first woman to be attacked is Gertrude, one of Tambudzai’s hostel mates. She is described … Continue reading →

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An Appreciation of Sonnet XXIX Through Emojis

Posted on March 5, 2020 by acaine13

Here, I’ve used emojis in a video format to break down each line of Sonnet XXIX. This exercise helped me gain a better understanding of the poem whenever I attempted to choose an emoji that best fit the authorial intent … Continue reading →

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Let’s Celebrate Divergent Thinking!

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Bill Sullivan

Do you see how one thing these two thinkers have in common about explaining divergent thinking involves school? With that in mind, let’s leave behind your school brain and enjoy this moment to foster a new cognitive skill that helps … Continue reading →

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Let’s Have Each Student Design a Project in our British Literature Survey

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Bill Sullivan

What is project-based learning? Let’s start by celebrating this diagram that will explain our instructional goals during this creative and meaningful learning process. After deliberate reflection, the way for us to enter into this great mode of learning is for … Continue reading →

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Why #PBL for Students Today?

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Bill Sullivan

While this recent PBS documentary Cyber Work and the American Dream reports serious concerns about the future, there are some positive suggestions about how to get this current generation ready for their turbulent careers ahead of them. Students today must … Continue reading →

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