Looking for ways to plan project based learning activities? Suzie Boss suggests borrowing ideas from your colleagues and adapt or remix to fit your context.

Suzie borrowed ideas from professional development and learning conferences for teachers who may need a boost to get their project-based learning off the ground.

This resource walks students through the outlining process and gives suggestions for structuring their papers.

In this research resource, students will use an organized Research Frame in order to guide their research.

In this lesson, students will continue to prepare for their writing by reading an article "The New Deal" and working in pairs to identify and chart the subtopics and evidence presented.

In this lesson, students will draft an outline of their informative essay and write their statement of purpose.

In this lesson, students will learn the proper format for an outline, and then work to create their own. Model outline and sample provided.

In this lesson, students will participate in a pre-writing activity to help them shape their thoughts about the topic and their claim, subtopics, and evidence.

In this lesson, students will participate in a pre-writing activity before beginning the outline for their informative writing.

This is the first in a two-lesson Mid-Unit Assessment. Students will reread the text, "True Crime: The Roots of an American Obsession" and use an Evidence Collection Tool to gather evidence and explain how the author develops the central claim and the connections between the central ideas.

In this mid unit assessment for Oedipus the King, students will write a three point claim essay in response to the prompt: "What relationship does Sophocles establish between prophecy and Oedipus's actions?"

In this lesson, students will participate in a peer review of their outlines and learn the components of an effective introduction. Students will write a first draft of their introduction.

In this resource, students will learn how to organize their information into a research plan, using a checklist and guidelines.

In this resource, students will practice pre-writing techniques and learn how to move from organizing ideas through pre-writing to the actual composition of a paper.

This resource guides students through the prewriting (invention) process with guided questions and strategies to help generate a starting point and organization.

 To be used with Springboard textbook- In this lesson, students will finish reading the excerpt from Reality is Broken and examine how the author uses counterarguments. Students will then create a video analyzing how the author strengthens their argument.