School: Shawnee Mission East High School
Class: English
Instructor: Brandi Krahulik
Client: Various district employees
Problem: How can we solve various issues within our school/district?
Summary of Project
Students meet with various district employees to help them find solutions to known issues within the SM East buildings or district.
Key Takeaways or Advice
Be okay with students going out on their own. Be okay with taking a back seat to allow them to grow
Learning Standards
- RL.1/RI.1 – Citing evidence and making inferences
- RI.8 – Delineate and evaluate argument
- W.4 – Produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience
- W.8 – Gather information from multiple sources, evaluate the credibility and accuracy of sources, and integrate information to create original texts while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard citation format.
- SL.1 – Participate in collaborative discussions on grade-level topics.
- SL.3 – Evaluate a speaker’s point of view and use evidence to identify efficacious reasoning or distorted evidence.
- SL.4 – Present information using clear, concise, and logical evidence for a specific purpose, audience, and task.