This is how I solved the driving question for the People and the Environment Humanities project. The driving question for this project is: How do people and the environment affect each other.
For this project we had to make a letter to a important person and the letter has to be about the environment.
Here is the letter that I made
This is my review and process of creating the letter:
I think that if I were to do it again then I would make the letter longer and contain more info.
I think that the finished letter looks pretty cool, and I am proud of the final result.
The Success criteria for this project were:
1) I can analyze how texts use literary devices to enhance both meaning and impact.
I can analyze how texts use literary devices to enhance both meaning and impact.
This means that I have completed all CommonLit Readings and responded to how authors construct meaning. This also means that I use the CommonLit Readings as exemplars of structure, mood, and persuasion techniques.
I think I did ok for this part of the criteria, as I got ok marks on the commonlits
2) I can use writing and design processes to plan, develop, and create original, engaging, and meaningful texts for a variety of purposes and audiences.
This means that I can identify a specific environmental topic of interest to research, design, and develop text. I can also identify specific authentic audience and work together with group to identify target goal.
I think I did well in this part of the criteria, as I found a topic of interest and spent a lot of time researching that topic.
3) I can reflect, assess, and refine texts to improve clarity, effectiveness, and impact for purpose, audience, and message.
This means that I can complete all CommonLit Writing activities to apply to letter writing. I can present a letter to a senior PLP student for critique. I can revise and create multiple drafts of letter for clarity and effectiveness.
I think I did ok in this part of the criteria, as I created multiple drafts of my letter and revised it quite a few times, but I did not do well on connecting my letter to the commonlit activities as I did not complete the outline soon enough.
The steps that I took to make this game were:
Milestone 1: For this milestone we made an outline for our letter.
Milestone 2: For this milestone we did peer critique for our letter.
Milestone 3: For this milestone we read commonlit stories about the environment.
Milestone 4: For this milestone we connected our letter to the commonlit stories.
Milestone 5: For this milestone we finished our letter and sent it through the mail.
Milestone 6: For this milestone we made the blog post which I am doing right now.
I learned a lot about how we are destroying the environment, and how to help stop it.
Here is a picture of the finished project being mailed
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