Learning English
through Projects
“The life which is
Welcome to Ms. Blue’s
Unexamined is
English class. This year we Not worth living.”
will be doing three different
projects that will help your
- Plato
children apply what they are
learning to real-life
situations.
Contact Information
E-Mail: bluev@tcs.k12.nc.us An Introduction to
Projects in
Phone: 336-474-4250
Rm. #: E112
Address: Victoria Blue
English Department MS. Blue’s Class
Thomasville High School
410 Unity Street
Thomasville, NC
Learning with Projects in present what they have learned to others.
Chemistry Class What about Standards?
Dave Barker When students work on projects, they spend
less time listening to lectures and doing Benefits of Projects
Have your children ever asked you when they are assigned reading. Instead, they do research on
ever going to use what they are learning in a variety of topics, gathering the information Learning with projects takes a lot of work
school in real life? It is a fair question, and this they need to solve a modern theme related to both by teachers and by students. The
year in our English class we will develop projects various types of literature. . rewards are well worth the effort, however.
that will relate to modern themes. How? Each Research shows the following benefits of
grading period, we are going to take the time to While we work on projects, class time will be
projects:
do one project involving literature in the real organized very differently than usual, but it will
world. still be very structured. The projects will be Students are more engaged and
designed so that students will have to interested in learning the content
The projects will involve investigating various understand important concepts and be able to because it relates to their lives.
issues in our community that relate to themes in perform specific skills related to English in
literature. Students will collect, analyze, interpret, Students understand what they are
order to complete them successfully.
and draw conclusions from data. Then they will learning at a deeper level because
Since students will be working independently they are actually using concepts and
and in small groups, I will assess their learning skills in meaningful ways.
as they are working to make sure they are
By working with peers and others in
achieving all the objectives by observing them
the community, students learn
as they work and taking notes, asking
important collaboration skills that
questions and reviewing their learning logs.
they will need in their adult lives.
Students will also frequently assess their own
learning and give feedback to each other. Students develop important self-
management skills, such as time
Upcoming Projects management, planning, and self-
assessing.
Modern Story
Project Based learning improves the
Poetry Media Project
probability of increased standardized
Modern Themes
assessments.
Project Based learning encourages
students to take initiative and
become better leaders.
Project Based learning gives a better
understanding