1. Research a change-maker.

   
   

2. Summarize their most important challenges and accomplishments using the SWBST planner.

   
   

3. Choose a defining character trait of the change-maker.

   
   

4. Create a motivational video with Keynote that encourages others to be like the change-maker you researched.

   
   

5. Share your video on Padlet.

1. Research a topic of your choice.

   
   

2. Determine important ideas and details for your reader to learn more about your topic.

   
   

3. Organize your information into a magazine article using text features like headings, photos, captions, glossaries, labels, and "fun fact" boxes.

   
   

4. Add design elements like colors, fonts, shapes, and borders to engage your readers.

   
   

5. Share your article on a virtual bookshelf during our writer's celebration.

1. Analyze how infographics can be used to persuade an audience.

   
   

2. Research a topic of your choice.

   
   

3. Compose a compelling argument about your topic, citing specific data and evidence from your research.

   
   

4. Create an infographic that displays your arguments and supporting evidence in a visually appealing format for your audience.

   
   

5. Share your infographics on a virtual bookshelf.

1. Write a poem that uses sensory imagery.

   
   

2. Collect and/or draw images that represent the sensory experiences in your poem.

   
   

3. Create an animated poem video that features your words and images.

   
   

4. Share your video on Padlet.

Students discussed in groups:

• What do you notice?

• Which infographic was the most convincing to you? Why?

• What types of information will you need to find during your research time to create a convincing infographic?

  
  

1. Reflect on what you know about existing plant structures, functions, and adaptations.

   
   

2. Design your own plant that includes adaptations that help the plant's growth, survival, and reproduction.

   
   

3. Create an animated video showing the structure and function of different parts of your plant, explaining how the plant has adapted to its environment for

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1. Reflect on what you have read about refugee experiences.

   
   

2. Examine how refugee experiences have been portrayed by visual artists.

   
   

3. Brainstorm and then choose a word that you believe represents the refugee experience.

   
   

4. Create word art filled with images that represent the experience of a refugee.

   
   

5. Write and record an artist statement explaining how the words and images that you chose represent the refugee experience, citing the texts you have read in class.