More in HTH "We Chose Our Own Adventures" Project

• This project's final product: the "We Chose Our Own Adventures" book

• This what all our work led to: a published book. I...
• We Chose Our Own Adventures - The Book
• PBL Resources

• These are "generic" project-based learning resourc...
• My favorite project-based learning guide
• Blank Project Planner Template
• "An Ethic of Excellence", by Ron Berger
• Basic Project Documents

• I start my projects out by filling in a "project p...
• "We Chose Our Own Adventures" project plan
• We Chose Our Own Adventures "Project Sheet"
• We Chose Our Own Adventures - list of deliverables
• Step 1: Journalling

• "We Chose Our Own Adventures" was inspired by "Cho...
• Prompts for Journalling
• Step 2: Real-world writing purposes scavenger hunt

• The next step was to introduce students to "real-w...
• The 6 Real-World Writing Purposes, Explained
• "Real-world Writing Purposes" scavenger hunt recorder
• Examples of scavenger hunt recorders filled in by students
• Step 3: 1 Topic = 18 Topics

• At this point, students come up with a topic that ...
• 1 Topic = 18 Topics

• Here are some examples of student work. Their sugg...
• "1 Topic = 18 Topics" Examples of Student Work
• Step 4: "Quick Writes"

• After students write their "18 topics", they write...
• Model "quick writes" written by the teacher
• Step 5: "Idea Development" Graphic Organizer

• Now is the time for students to decide what they'r...
• Idea Development Graphic Organizer
• Ideas Development Graphic Organizer - Examples of Student Work

• At this time, students also write down what they w...
• "We Chose Our Own Adventures" Topic Spreadsheet
• Step 6: Find a "mentor text" and reverse-engineer an outline from it

• At this point students shift away from their own w...
• Reverse-engineered outline - Examples of Student Work

• I've made collections of possible "mentor texts". ...
• My "Real-world Writing Purposes" Readlists
• Step 7: "Bad Writing"

• All credit for this step goes to my intern, Dean, ...
• Dean May's "Bad Writing" exercise

• By identifying the "good" characteristics that the...
• Checklist - traits of good writing
• Step 8: Hand in the first draft

• Students "hand in" their first drafts by sharing t...
• Step 9: "Scissors" Critique

• This critique session is all about high-level stru...
• Scissors Critique
• Step 10: "Big Picture" Critique

• This critique session is about making sure that re...
• "Big Picture" critique
• Big Picture Critique - Examples of Student Work
• Step 11: Looking closely at beginnings and endings

• Most of the time, the toughest parts of a piece of...
• Graphic Organizer - categorizing awesome beginnings and endings
• Field Guide to Awesome Beginnings and Endings
• Step 12: Hand in the final draft

• Students "hand in" their final drafts by sharing t...
• Guide to formatting your "We Chose Our Own Adventures" piece
• Step 13: Copy-editing the work for publication

• The teacher divides the pieces up between the edit...
• Step 14: Interior and Exterior Design

• The design team compiles all the articles, formatt...
• Step 15: Uploading the book to the publisher

• It's easiest for the teacher to do this, and it wi...
• Step 16: Exhibition (the book launch party)

• At High Tech High, we call the public event at the...
• We Chose Our Own Adventures - photos from the exhibition