Project-Based Learning

My group's project-based learning examples focus on vocabulary acquisition across the curriculum at the middle school level. My project focuses on 8th grade language arts and learning vocabulary while reading a short story. The short story of focus is "The Most Dangerous Game." Before reading the story, the vocabulary words from the story are divided up amongst the students, and they complete a Comic Life project based on their vocabulary word. They are required to provide the definition of the word, other forms, synonyms, antonyms, a sentence from the text, their own sentence, and a mnemonic device to help the class remember. When completed, each student's comic life will be projected on the Smart Board, and each student will present on his/her words. Below are links to each part of the project:
http://stu.westga.edu/~rrogers1/7464_PBL_rrl.pptx
This PowerPoint explains to the students how to completed the project

http://stu.westga.edu/~rrogers1/7464_Oral%20Presentation%20Rubric_rrl.docx
This rubric is used to grade the student's oral presentation

http://stu.westga.edu/~rrogers1/7464_vocabcomiclife_rrl.bmp
This is an image file of a comic life vocabulary example