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By:  Tessa Potgeter

Project at a Glance :


       
 
Driving Question:

How does short stories & poetry connect us?​  

Standards:

Team / Culture Building:

• Values Cards​

​Entry Event:

• ​Based on the genre of poems and short- stories chosen, students will move among the stations, write down which genre(s) connects to them the most, and write down specific poems and short stories within the genre(s) they liked the best. There will be candy at each station to represent that genre.​​

Stakeholders:

Empathy Building:

Inquiry / Need to Knows:

• Students  will write a 100-150 word proposal as to why they want to use the genre to answer the question "How do short stories and poems connect us?  What in the gnre and short stories and poems have you found that can connect people together?  Is it the theme?  Commonalities?  Experiences?  Fears? Hopes? Perspectives? Humor? Interests? 

Incubation:


​Checking in:







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Solution Building:

Critique and Revision: 

Authentic Audience:

Final Presentation:

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​Reflection and Feedback:

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Meet the Educator:

Tessa Potgeter teaches 12th grade World Literature at Zeeland East High School in Zeeland, MI.

      "PBL helps me to continually challenge myself while also connecting curriculum and the read world for my students."