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Topic 3: Session 3.9 – Project Work Time: Visual Project Product
Session Supplies:
• Visual Product Rubric (pg. 102 or pg. 241)
Session Virginia SOL
2.5 a, b, c
2.7 a
2.8 b, c
Science English Mathematics History & Social Science
2.12
2.14
Session 3.9 – Project Work Time: Visual Project Product
Teacher Questions & Notes
PROJECT WORK TIME:
Procedures
1. Brainstorm with the class on the different kinds of visual
products that could be produced about their Virginia animals
(e.g., poster, diorama, play written and produced by the team,
PowerPoint presentation).
2. Have students work with their project teams.
3. Have the student teams look again at their design briefs.
4. Have the teams review all the components of their written
reports and verify the progress on their written reports.
5. Introduce the Visual Product Rubric (pg. 102 or pg. 241).
Review with the students concrete examples of different kinds of
products (e.g., poster, diorama, dramatic representation,
PowerPoint).
6. Give the teams time to discuss and decide what they want to do
for their visual product. Have the teams record their plans in
their team notebooks.
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