Sample+Student+Projects

1. The History of Drama One group researched the first theatre "The Theatre" and a couple of famous plays. The group also wrote their own play, scripted, made costumes, produced and acted in this play. They created a program for all students in the class that had information about their play as well as the Theatre and an overview of the Phantom of the Opera.

A big bonus...this group also used their silent reading time to read Shakespeare. It was not for their project, but they read it for "research." They didn't always comprehend what they were reading, but asked questions to help!

2. The history of Communication One student, individually, research 6 different forms of Communication and wrote a story about an Evil Scientist and a Good Scientist that chronicled the failed attempts of the bad scientist to travel back through time to stop all forms of communication from happening. The first person story was told using masks and the information included was very informative.

3. The MCR News media type="custom" key="865113"

4. The World Without Internet media type="custom" key="865101"

5. Glyph Writing media type="custom" key="865119"

6. MSN Infomercial This group started with the question, "Why is MSN the most popular website?" They created an infomercial "selling" MSN on movie maker. This was the most difficult project for me to support because I was unprepared. We realized part way through that MSN wouldn't download onto my computer and neither student had reliable Internet at home. I also felt like I was not clear enough about what an infomercial was...next year I will add infomercials into the advertising section. I think that if you can "sell" the communication it is a great way to explore all the benefits and challenges with a product.