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The PBL Process
The PBL Process
Driving Question: How can conversion and change have an impact on society?
Driving Question: How can conversion and change have an impact on society?
Essential Questions: What is the role/function of storytelling in societies? How has storytelling impacted the cultural and religious views of our world?
What We Knew:
What We Knew:
We were familiar with myths, fables, and folktales.
We were familiar with the oral tradition.
We had heard of Greek/Roman mythology.
We knew the (5) elements of plot.
What We Needed to Learn:
What We Needed to Learn:
We needed to understand how monotheism and polytheism differed.
We needed to understand the difference between a personal narrative and a fictional narrative.
We needed to learn about the Greek gods and goddesses.
We needed to learn how to write effective fictional narratives.
We needed to understand the (6) traits of writing.
We needed to understand theme and how to identify it.
Standards Addressed:
Standards Addressed:
ELAGSE8W3
ELAGSE8W3
ELAGSE8W3- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well- structured event sequences.
ELAGSE8RL2
ELAGSE8RL2- Determine a theme and/or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
ELAGSE8RL3
ELAGSE8L3- Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Project Timeline:
Project Timeline:
Entry Event- Students brainstormed a list of character traits they believed were commonly associated with a god or supreme being
Process-
1) Students learned about the Greek gods and goddesses and the Greek mythology origin story.
2) As a class, we read several different myths and examined the characters and the theme of each story.
3) We also identified plot elements in each story.
4) Students revisted the brainstorming list created during our entry event and compared/contrasted the listed traits with those exhibited by the various gods and goddesses in the myths we read.
5) Students took a test on the Greek gods and goddesses.
6) They then chose a Greek god or goddess to portray, researched their choice, and put together group panel presentations (skits) that incorporated their research.
7) Students then prepared to write their own original myths: They used a graphic organizer to create their own gods or goddesses and map out the plot of their myths. They read and analyzed exemplars of myths written by former 8th graders and worked in editing pairs and small groups while crafting their own writing.
Project Milestones (Deadlines)- Final copies of myths were submitted on September 29, 2021
Project Completion - Exhibition Night!
Student Myths
Student Myths
Ta'Saia Brown Keren Clay Aaliyah Conway Kadence Cudjoe Kenya-Michelle Dunn Reid Fisher Romell Holyfield
Jackson Warren Jackson Wells Ralph White Star Winborn April Deaton Silva Zoe Felder Elizabeth Cole
Sophia Clayton Nicolas Cespedes Jalea Kidd Kenny Salazar Israel Smith
Sophia Zaidel Jaedyn Wilson Alana Johnson Aiden Danzy Rhemyre Jeffers Lincoln Lutz Jessica Portillo
Rogelio Ramirez Maria de Soares Noah Wayne Jalen Logan Jeremy Jaquez- Navarrete Amya Henderson
Mylena Livia Ferreira de Albergaria Santiago Cardona Schuyler Black Emanuel Bennett John Basaldu
Feedback and Reflection
Feedback and Reflection
Please leave reflect on our PBL journey and products using the "I like, I wish, I wonder" protocol in the padlet below.
HOW to use I Like, I Wish, I Wonder ProtocolExpress your thoughts and feedback to your child in sentences that begin with I Like, I Wish, I Wonder. Share all or your likes first, then wishes, and finally wonders.
Some EXAMPLES of how to use the protocol to give students feedback on their process: “I like how you described the use of technology to research new ideas.”“I wish that you would have included more information about possible answers to the driving question.”“I wonder how you could have included coding your project?
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