Springs Adventist Academy 1st Semester PBL

Why PBL?  PBL Helps Students Develop Skills for Living in a Knowledge-Based, Highly Technological Society. The old-school model of passively learning facts and reciting them out of context is no longer sufficient to prepare students to survive in today's world. Solving highly complex problems requires that students have both fundamental skills (reading, writing, and math) and 21st century skills (teamwork, problem solving, research gathering, time management, information synthesizing, utilizing high tech tools). With this combination of skills, students become directors and managers of their learning process, guided and mentored by a skilled teacher.

Objective: Community Service Project (local, national or global) that students will invent to impact their world and ECHO God’s love.

Skills learned and utilized: research, creativity, communication, persuasive writing, persuasive speaking, critical thinking, collaboration, and time management

*All assignments unless otherwise noted need to be in Times New Roman, 12-inch font, with 1-inch margins and double spaced.

* Rubrics for each assignment will be given out before the assignment is due.

Assignments & due dates:

·       Brainstorm. Turn in 3 different brainstorm webs about things you are passionate about and could somehow be turned in to a way of helping others. Use 3 different ways of brainstorming that we have used in writer’s workshop. Minimum of 50 words each. Monday, September 16^th

·       Choose one topic and use the attached printable to fill in the persuasive paper outline. Monday, September 30^th

·       Works cited page (3 sources) Use this resource page to understand the requirements. You may also use Citation Machine as an added tool. Monday, October 7^th https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_page_basic_format.html

·       5th Rough draft due on WPP Online transferred to Word. 6^th grade – 2 pages, 7^th grade – 3 pages, 8^th grade – 4 pages

Monday, October 14^th

·       2 Peer Edits will be done during the week of October 14th.

·       10th WPP FINAL Draft transferred to Word and with cover page, and works cited page due on Monday, October 21^st

·       Persuasive “marketing tool” (brochure, video commercial, poster, song, PowerPoint, etc.) due on Monday, October 28^th.

·       Persuasive speech to class and then class vote on Monday, November 4^th.

·       Class collaboration on voted community service project. Project will be presented at the Fall Festival on Saturday, November 16^th.  All students will need to be in attendance as each student will have a specific responsibility.