Identity Texts & Project-Based Learning - E119

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This week, we are chatting about Living Hyphen, an organization that explores the experiences of hyphenated Canadians. Katie is sharing how her work with this organization is being used in her ESL classroom, by creating identity texts using a project-based learning (PBL) approach.

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• Living Hyphen
• Hyphenated Canadians - Canadians between cultures
• Writing workshops through Living Hyphen
• Honours first language as well as English
• Magazine comes out quarterly
• Living Hyphen Podcast
• Identity Texts
• Workshop leads students through a series of prompts (5 in total) - for example, the story of your name
• In the ESL classroom, creating a book of identity texts that will be sold to support the school's Angel fund
• Marketing: multicultural event, book launch, podcast
• Students take on different project roles
• Great example of true project-based learning!
• Teaming up with an organization is a great way to design project-based learning in your curricular area
• Book - thematic with 5 different prompts, dual language highlighted
• Student-led, giving up control
• Possible tools: Book Creator, Google Slides, Canva, others?
• Partner with other teachers in the school (for example, Comm Tech)
• Book Launch - in library, invite admin and local newspapers, presentation, refreshments, etc.
• Students can choose roles that support their strengths
• Evaluation? Process is evaluated over product; editing for comprehension only not perfection (keep the essence of inter-language to show their living hyphen)
• Invite students into the conversation around evaluation with project-based learning with reflection - avoid any negative impacts to student motivation

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