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    Passion Project

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    Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)

    Lesson Length: 1 week

    Topic: Research and Writing

    Grade Level: 4, 5

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students will create a comic to demonstrate their understanding of a topic of their choice. They will conduct basic research for this project.

    Know Before You Start: Students will go through the steps of selecting, researching, and sharing the information they learn about the self-selected topic. You can customize the research requirements to meet your goals.

    Comic 1

    Comic 2

    Hook:

    • Share a photo or video of something you are passionate about.   

    • Read and discuss the sample Comic 1.

      • Explain that passion projects are a way to find out about a topic of interest that you may share with others.

    Activity:

    • Display sample Comic 2, and explain the steps of this research project. 

    • Students will work through the steps over several days to complete their comics.

    Closure:

    • Allow students to share their comics with students, parents, or community members.

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

    • Provide a list of ideas as needed.

    • Print out sample Comic 2 for students to reference.

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