English

=**English Department:**=

Using the following format, please add your PBL content.
 * 1) **Title:** In **BOLD**, please put the name of your project.
 * 2) **Name:** Please add your name.
 * 3) **Subject/Course:** Please provide the subject(s) covered.
 * 4) **Driving/Essential Question:** Please provide the project's essential question.
 * 5) **Objectives:** Please **bullet** 3-5 objectives of the project.
 * 6) **Planning Documents:** Using the "file" button in the tool bar above, after completing each of the items (1-5 AND 1-3), attach your planning documents to the wiki.
 * 7) **Example of Student Work:** Optional but desired. If you have a sample of student work, please add the file.


 * Reflective Questions:** For the project, please answer the following three reflective questions based on what you learned when completing the projects with your students.
 * 1) What went well with project?
 * 2) What did not go well?
 * 3) What will I change next time?


 * PLEASE LEAVE THE ABOVE FORMAT GUIDELINES AND ADD YOUR TWO PROJECTS BELOW USING THE FORMAT OUTLINED ABOVE.**

**Personal Narrative Project**

 * Name: ** ** Chris English, Brandon Hartley **
 * Subject/Course: ** English I, Global Studies I
 * Driving/Essential Question: ** How can one event define an individual?
 * Objectives: **
 * **understand components of personal narrative**
 * **increase receptive and expressive communication skills**
 * **develop voice, tone, and appropriate narrative skills**
 * **develop familiarity with audio software and production**
 * **develop peer editing skills**


 * Planning Documents: **

What went well with project? The students developed a strong sense of peer community. They took a lot of ownership in developing their personal narratives
 * Reflective Questions: **

What did not go well? Finding time for final production. We have all of the files, but need time to edit them all into one cohesive product, rather than all individual files

What will I change next time? Schedule time with audio production students so that the teacher does not have to do the editing.

**In Their Shoes**

 * Name: Zina Bennion**
 * Course: 8th Grade English**
 * Driving/Essential Question: What is it like to stand in someone else's shoes?**
 * Objectives:**
 * understand and demonstrate effective background research skills
 * understand, create questions, and conduct a face to face interview
 * develop service skills and passions
 * understand and effectively demonstrate ability to evaluate research sources
 * learn and demonstrate appropriate use of MLA formatting
 * learn and use appropriate research techniques including note taking, outlining, and organizing notes
 * develop clear, concise research writing skills
 * Planning Documents:**

What will I change next time? I would add a more authentic audience for their presentations about their research that would include other faculty and students outside the class
 * Reflective Questions:**
 * 1) What went well with project? The students really connected with their research topics because of the service they had done with that group. They were invested and passionate.
 * 2) What did not go well? 8-10 pages was a lot of writing for some students and at that level perhaps 5 would be more appropriate.

12th Night Sitcom
-Identify themes, stereotypes, plot devices, and arcs in the play -Use creative and imaginative ideas to re-contextualize this play in a modern setting and medium -Work collaboratively with your peers in the creative process -Present your concept and story board to the class
 * Name: Zina Bennion**
 * Course: 12th Grade English: Shakespeare**
 * Driving/Essential Question: Is Shakespeare's work still relevant today?**
 * Objectives:**


 * Planning Documents: **


 * Reflective Questions:**
 * 1) What went well with project? The students worked very well together, and really came up with unique and creative reinterpretations that were all very different.
 * 2) What did not go well? In some groups there were students who were leading too much and not letting other voices be heard.
 * 3) What will I change next time? I would love to have the students actually act out or produce part of their re-written play. The storyboards were fun, but I would like to take it to the next step and have them bring them to life.

**Personal Ethnicity Project**

 * Name: Alyssa Wolf **
 * Subject/Course: ** English IV, Ethnic Literature
 * Driving/Essential Question: ** Who am I? Where do I come from? How does my ethnicity inform my life?
 * Objectives: **
 * develop and improve research skills
 * develop clear writing skills through the vehicle of a personal narrative
 * create art as a visual representation of researched material
 * develop peer editing skills
 * learn and demonstrate appropriate use of MLA formatting


 * Planning Documents: **

**Reflective Questions:**

1. What went well with project? Many of the students learned much about themselves through family interviews and research. They also were completely immersed in the collage project and produced excellent works of art. Their writing improved through the process of writing the essay. 2. What did not go well? Some students could not identify with any specific ethnicity. Those students chose to write about their family culture instead and that worked for them. 3. What will I change next time? I will require each student to do an interview with a member of his/her family. Some students chose to do this and it was a fruitful activity.

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 * Cultural Exchange between Wasatch Students and Afghani Students **
 * Name: Alyssa Wolf **
 * Subject/Course: ** English IV, Ethnic Literature
 * Driving/Essential Question: ** How can we build personal and cultural bridges between people of other countries/cultures via internet and regular mail using traditional writing skills, 21st century skills, studio art skills, and verbal communication skills?


 * Objectives: **

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 * Develop and improve communication skills
 * Develop clear writing skills through the vehicle of writing letters, stories, and poetry
 * Create art as a visual representation of experiences and also to express ideas/emotions in a concrete form.
 * Build bridges between Wasatch Students and students in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
 * Planning Documents: **

** Reflective Questions: ** 1. What went well with project? Many of the students learned much about themselves and their Afghani “pen-pals” through the exchange. They broadened their connections and perceptions of Afghanistan. They became more culturally aware and sensitive to the customs of people in other places. They also were completely immersed in the collage project and produced excellent works of art. Their writing improved through the process of writing the letters.

2. What did not go well? Because of the time difference and the limited scope of the project, only the boys were able to have a Skype call with the Afghani boys. The girls could not have a Skype call (and it would not have been culturally acceptable for the Afghani girls to join the boys on their call). Also, we were not able to send hand-written letters to the students in Afghanistan because of the length of time for mail to travel from the United States to that country. We relied on email for the letter exchange.

3. What will I change next time? Since the scope of the project will last the entire year instead of just one semester, we will be exchanging hand-written letters in addition to the emailed letters. Also, some hand-written letters can be scanned in and sent via the Internet. Otherwise, I will just expand on everything we did this year. The girls will have their Skype call next year!