Case Study #2 - Storyteller Unit
(Year 8 - Term 3 - Writing Focus)
About Project Based Learning
Project Based Learning (PBL) is not a languages methodology - it is a tightly defined 8-element methodology from the Buck Institute in the USA.
Forget the 8 steps, I want to focus in on the idea of a real world project that has a particular audience. The project gets "pitched" to the students at the start of the unit, creating energy and enthusiasm. This feeds into the content & learning, which the students need to complete the project.
Entry Event with Animoto + Visit
First, we show this video (made with Animoto). You can see the page live here (username scilvisitor password design).
Second, each Year 8 student meets with a kindy kid, who brings their favourite storybook and describes what they love in a story.
Product + Personalised Choices
Here are the sorts of of end products (after about 8 weeks).
But note, they don't have to do a book for kindy. We've personalised the options at our web portal here (username scilvisitor password design)
Exhibition:
The Year 8s meet once more and gift their storybook to their kindy child.
Content & Learning
Recipe Cards:
The content came in the form of story "recipe cards" available on our web portal.
Personalised Recipes
We organised the recipe cards onto a grid marked with Beginners / Intermediate / Advanced. We worked from left to right throughout the term.
See them by scrolling down this portal page HERE (username scilvisitor password design)
