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This is an exciting learning task whereby students get the opportunity to design their own shoe and then create a media plan to market it. It combines curriculum expectations from both Art & Media Literacy. A variety of options are given to the students in terms of Art and Media forums that they can create with. I addition, I have added assessment rubrics to go along with the engaging assignment sheet! Create! Create! Create! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights r

What makes a hero a hero? How do we as individuals define heroism in others and in ourselves. How do the essential characteristics of a Hero lead to Heroic action? All critical questions that students will have the opportunity to explore in some way through this inquiry unit. Students will have the opportunity to create their own characters before analyzing and sharing their inferences about heroism that exists within their lived experience! This learning unit is comprised of 8 different less

This is a grade 7 survival guide procedural writing learning task that is a terrific way to end the year. Students get the opportunity to reflect on their learning experience over the course of the year and create a book (guide) to enlighten the next year's group on how to make it through the year. Sharing the survival guide of your current students with next year's students is an engaging way to break the ice with your new group in September! My kids have had as much fun with the arts and craft

In these Learning Tasks, students will be guided to inquire and reflect on their identity as math learners.Engaging lessons, complete with graphic organizers are provided so that you may learn with your students about how they see themselves as math students and more generally as learners. The platform is also set for Goal Setting and reflection on both student and teacher agency in contributing to students success. These tasks can be both an engaging learning experience for your learners at the

Students will explore point of view and figurative language through poetic writing forms. After having explored a variety of poetry forms (anchors available upon request), students will create a collaborative anthology of poems that creatively reflect opposing points of view. This is an excellent learning task to close out the year. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution li

This template is great for the introduction to Data Management as students can collect and record data easily on this graphic organizer over the course of a week. At the end of the week, the class data can be compiled and presented in any number of graphical forms. I collect the sheets and compile the data so students can manipulate classroom data with interactive softwares like Tinkerplots or Fathom. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permis

This is a document that I drafted for students who are having difficulty meeting classroom expectations either behavior wise or academically. This document is a reflection piece for the students that prompts them to identify their strengths and weaknesses. It also functions as a plan and contract for improvement between you, the student and the parent regarding what steps will be taken for improvement. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Perm

This activity and rubric provides a framework for students to create an engaging Historical Profile. Students have greatly enjoyed the opportunity to become investigators! Enjoy! Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

I look to use this assignment as a fun way to begin our year and introduce the key tenets of my oral language and media programs. With this learning task, students have the opportunity to be expressive and creative as they introduce themselves via video blog. Created by Ryan Richards Copyright © 2013 Ryan Richards All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single classroom use only.

This is a lesson plan that involves an interactive activity where I teach my students (generally in History {New France}) about Biculturalism, Assimilation, Ethnocentrism, and Multiculturalism. I teach them about these topics through a narrative and via media (links included). Ive taken the opportunity to have my students act as the different groups while they explore my narrative. My students learned about important decisions that were made at the Seven Years War that ultimately shaped our coun

This is the rubric for the Social Awareness: Song Analysis Learning Task that I posted. You can use this rubric to evaluate for final product of that learning experience.