The students were given one of the Animals "Who Would Win" book series. They had to do research on their two animals and create an in-depth Google Slide that showed the many aspects of each of their two animals. Within their presentation, they revealed the animal that would win between the two animals mentioned in their book. The students then needed to write down in paragraph form the various strengths of their winning animal.

From here, we had a "Who Would Win" tournament bracket. We had two students present their animal's strengths while the class listened. When done, the rest of the class voted by writing down the name of the animal they felt would win and write down one key reason. We continued to pair up one student's animal to another within the tournament bracket till we got to a winner. You will see below the beginning tournament bracket to the final with the Animal winner.

All the students final presentations are below

The students created a newspaper called the DES Eagle Eye. Within this first issue, you will find different types of articles like interviews, reviews, things happening at the school, and so much more.

CLICK HERE to open and read articles within the DES EAGLE EYE 

The students had to research and gather information on a famous person during the Revolutionary War. They used Google Slides to present their findings. One key skill they had to do was take bullet points and write them into complete sentences. They created the slides like an expository piece that included an introduction with a good lead.