Julene Waffle

Through the use of music, students will learn many literary terms and apply them to lyrics and poetry. This is a creative, hands-on projects that can be used as a stand-alone unit, in conjunction with a poetry unit, or as a review unit at the end of the year. This was a 2012 $2,000 ING Unsung Heroes Award Winner.

This is a hands-on poetry project that employs 21st Century Skills. This is a culminating project (with presentation) for a poetry unit. Several students entered art/poetry contests in our area and one won Grand Prize. It is a creative and fun project that forces studentst to use higher order thinking skills. This is an award-winning $500 mini-grant proposal.

This activity is student-directed. It employs valuable collaborative 21st Century Skills. Common Core Standards of making evidence-based claims and speaking listening skills as well as forcing students to use higher order thinking skills are also part of this lesson.

This is a $500 grant winner. It funded a business writing mini-unit for seniors. The whole unit will be sold separately.

A discussion-based activity that uses collaborative 21st Century Skills and defending evidence-based claims. Common Core. Student-based learning (applies to many highly effective APPR requirements)