how do you plan a project effectively?

This is a Connect module - which means we'll be focusing on developing a targeted skill. Our skill focus this week is writing an organized, polish report, which we will do by dreaming up passion projects!

Module summary:

• be exposed: discuss report writing components, take field trip
• practice: develop passion project idea
• create: write up proposal for project in report form
• reflect: review report and revise as needed

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essential questions

1. How do we adapt our communication skills to fulfill an intended purpose?
2. How does the revision process strengthen our writing?​

goals

1. Students will understand that we adapt our communication based on purpose or context through our word choice, voice, and sentence and paragraph structure.
2. Students will understand that revision strengthens writing by being critical, looking for holes in the story, and ensuring ideas are expressed clearly.​

activities

INTRODUCE

• Complete warm up: identify formatting steps taken to create given document (get from Christine)
  • Discuss formatting steps demonstrated in document
• Review syllabus and module expectations

EXPOSE

• Discuss "passion project" concept rationale
• Review report writing components with sample passion project report
• Participate in Bishop Castle field trip (Tuesday)
  • Complete passion project planning sheet

PRACTICE

• Review passion project examples and ideas
• Choose a passion project you would invest time and energy into if you had the opportunity
  • Develop idea with planning sheet

CREATE

• Create passion project report using template and sample as guide
  • Pay attention to formatting details from sample report
  • Research as needed and gather artifacts for appendix/appendices

• Submit draft

REFLECT

• Conference with Christine about report draft
• Finish revisions of report as needed
  • Review with Christine

c-tachs

Writing

• Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through effective selection, organization, and analysis of content
• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
• Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach

Language

• Demonstrate command of conventions of standard English grammar when speaking and writing
• Demonstrate command of standard capitalization and punctuation
• Spell correctly​

resources

Module syllabus
​Passion Project planning sheet
​Sample passion project report

Stephen Lund's GPS drawings:

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Bishop Castle: 

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Christine's Calvin and Hobbes chess set: