Writing: A Project-Based Approach

Inspired Project Ideas and Mini-Lessons to Develop Authentic, Real-World Writing Skills

ISBN: 978-1-338-46720-8

by Alyssa Eyster, Julie Hussey, and Susan Van Zile

Stimulating project-based learning activities propel students to do research, investigate, collaborate, and communicate their results via digital presentations.

Give students authentic reasons to write with this collection of stimulating project-based learning activities. Each unit starts with a driving question that propels students to do research, investigate, collaborate, and communicate their results through multimedia and digital presentations, such as movies, advertisements, and podcasts. Includes student exemplars and reproducible planning sheets and rubrics to scaffold student investigations and writing.

Grades 4-6, 128 pages