Plan a Vacation - Project-Based Learning Writing Assignment with Rubric - PBL
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Bring your English Language Arts curriculum to life with this project-based learning (PBL) bundle! This package includes units that blend reading, writing, speaking, and listening with real-life applications, engaging students in a truly authentic learning experience. This bundle includes a mock triPrice $24.00Original Price $31.20Save $7.20
Description
Embark on an adventure with this plan a vacation literacy project! This project-based learning writing assignment includes four different writing tasks that will invite students to explore the world without leaving the classroom. Geared towards developing a variety of literacy skills, this project is perfect for enhancing essential literacy in a dynamic way. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!
Included with this Plan a Vacation Literacy Project:
✏️ Plan a Trip Project Instructions - Editable & Ready-to-Print
✏️ Narrative Frameworks for Writing a Narrative Text - Digital & Print
✏️ Creating a Graphic Text Outline - Digital & Print
✏️ Writing an Information Text Graphic Organizer - Digital & Print
✏️ W5H Graphic Organizer for Writing a News Article - Digital & Print
✏️ 4-Level Writing Rubric - Editable & Ready-to-Print
✏️ Student Example
✏️ Teacher Instructions for using this resource
How to use this Project-Based Learning Writing Assignment:
This project is designed to take students on a trip anywhere in the world while evaluating writing using four writing tasks: narrative text, infographic, news report, and information text. Students will research about culture, geography, politics, and current events to demonstrate their understanding of various essential writing skills.
You can begin this project using the Plan a Trip Project Instructions, which give students an overview of each writing task included with this assignment. These instructions include space to note due dates for both rough work and their final project. These instructions are provided in both editable and ready-to-print format to meet the needs of your classroom.
To scaffold the writing tasks assessed in this assignment, this project outline includes detailed scaffolding worksheets and graphic organizers. These materials include:
- a news report outline
- two narrative framework graphic organizers
- a graphic text planner
- graphic organizers to organize research for information texts
To model expectations, a student example has been provided. This student example shares a vacation to Croatia and includes a magazine article, news report, diary entry, and travel itinerary infographic. It also includes formatting guidelines according to MLA 9, including a cover page and a works cited page with references.
A 4-level writing rubric has also been provided for assessment purposes. This rubric is also provided in editable and ready-to-print formats to meet the unique needs of your classroom.
This culminating assignment can be used as a project-based learning opportunity for students in middle school and high school English Language Arts. For interactive lessons and engaging activities that explore the skills assessed in this project, check out the Essential Literacy Bundle.
⭒ For classrooms utilizing Google Classroom® ⭒
To access the digital version of this resource, simply follow the instructions within the resource to copy the files directly to your Google Drive®.
✨ Kindly note that due to copyright restrictions, this resource is not editable. This is a common practice within the TPT marketplace in order to protect the clip artists and software providers that have authorized their intellectual property for the development of this resource.
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