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Free higher education writing-expository projects
Project-Based Learning Activities - ELA - Research, Essays, Technical Writing
These Project-Based Learning Activities are designed as starting points for educators. Students will use inquiry to explore a topic related to the Flint Hills eco-region. These activities can be adapted to various grade levels and can serve as single lessons or developed into larger projects. Educators are permitted to copy, distribute, modify, and use these activities for non-commercial purposes only. Part of the Flint Hills Learning Center, a project of the Flint Hills Discovery Center, made p
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Eulogy Speech Presentation
Students write a eulogy speech for their own funeral and then present it to the class as an anonymous person speaking about themselves.
Great assignment for any Language Arts / English / Speech class. Students get to make an honest assessment of their lives and then present that to the class with the appropriate tone and subject matter. Includes handout foor students detailing how to put together their speech.
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
FREE Creative Writing Assignment: Short Story on Extinct Languages RUBRIC
Creative short story/children's story writing assignment RUBRIC. Assignment is graded out of 25 points. Intended to be paired with this assignment.If you enjoy this resource, please let me know how it went and leave a five star review. When you LEAVE FEEDBACK, you earn credit toward future TpT purchases! Happy teaching :)
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â The Ultimate IB Theory of Knowledge Activities BUNDLE!!!
Lord of the Flies: Human Nature According to William Golding Essay
This is the final essay test I give when teaching Lord of the Flies. We spend much of the unit focusing on Golding's message about human nature. They are to write this as a formal, expository essay, in MLA format.
Feel free to edit to your personal essay standards and expectations.
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
ELA Personal Narrative/Creative Writing Unit Project
This AWESOME unit-long project works GREAT in a late middle school/early high school classroom! This project will guide students through a unit that could potentially last 5-6 weeks.
This document is simply an overview of the project; other unit documents and activities can be purchased separately!
Thanks ~ I think you'll LOVE this project and I am willing to bet you'll use it every year ;)
Grades:
7th - 11th, Higher Education
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Gratitude Journal
A simple gratitude journal to help students see all the positive aspects of life.
Recent academic studies have shown that there are great benefits to being grateful:
-More vitality and optimism
-Less stress
-Experience fewer episodes of clinical depression
-Are less materialistic than the population as a whole
-Suffer less anxiety about status because they are more satisfied with life
-Better physical health
This is a 10-pg journal, for two full school weeks.
Enjoy!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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AP Language & Composition Synthesis Project
This is a four 90 minute class period research project where students design an AP Language & Composition style synthesis essay question (with sources) and present it to the class as if they were presenting it to the College Board to be included in the AP Language & Composition Exam. Students write an annotated bibliography detailing why they picked the sources they picked. Students write several reflections. The project is presented in a presentation cover with a cover, table of conte
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
What Dreams May Come--An Essay Prompt about the Film & Afterlife
Students in my Humanities program studied various afterlife beliefs in various religious systems and cultures. The film What Dreams May Come is a meaningful work in which a variety of afterlife models, philosophies, and concepts are presented. For this essay assignment, students will be analyzing the afterlife concepts addressed in this film. They will explore the film's rhetoric and how it portrays the afterlife both visually and philosophically. This was a culminating activity in our thematic
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Discussion Questions for NatGeo's "7 Billion"
National Geographic's 3-minute video, "7 Billion," is thought provoking on a number of levels and a great introduction to a number of topics: environment, persuasion, project-based learning, population, health, and so on.
This document is a combination of discussion questions and web-quest type guidance. It works for online forums, Socratic seminars, and other in-class conversations.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Class#1: Assignment #1
It's important to get the writing right away. Assignment #1 should be handed out in the first class (or second class at the latest). Along with the assignment, please distribute the 2 readings it is based on. One is an excerpt from an essay by David Foster Wallace and the second is an informational sheet about the three classical modes of persuasion: ethos, pathos and logos.
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12th, Higher Education
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Multi-Genre Service Argument Project (Cumulative Final Project)
OVERVIEW: Reflection, critique, analysis, and synthesis are all critically importantskills when it comes to enacting change. In this project, you will work collaboratively insmall groups to create a collection of arguments in different genres (a persuasivecampaign) aimed at convincing some specific sector of the public (target audience) thatthey should not only care about an issue (raising consciousness) but also act in response to a specific problem or need (calling for action). In short, you a
Grades:
11th - 12th, Higher Education
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How to Write a Poetry Explication
This document provides instructions for students on how to explicate poetry in written form.
Grades:
8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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