My 7th grade gifted students spend second semester working on their passions every Friday in class. This is often called Genius Hour or the 20% Project. Students have to write a proposal of how they plan to spend the time, blog about the progress, and present all they have accomplished in a "TED Talk" evening at the end of the unit. Included in the packet are the blog posts, timeline, rubrics for the proposal, blog posts, productivity, and final presentation, and a sample proposal.