This Endangered Species project
will span 2 to 3 weeks of 40 minute
daily classes, with some possible out-of-class time as well. In pairs, students will choose an endangered animal,
research its situation, and
then become an advocate for its survival. Students will spend the majority of their time exploring and then researching
using Encarta 97 (and any
internet links that it may lead them to), writing descriptions of their chosen animal, and preparing a convincing
argument using power point
to present their findings to a “grant committee”, consisting of their peers. Interspersed throughout will be several
teacher or student directed
mini-lessons at the point in the project where those particular skills will be needed.
Boswood,
Tim. New Ways of Using Computers in
Language Teaching. “Using a Multimedia Encyclopedia as Fuel for Descriptive Writing,” p.224-228
Microsoft
Encarta 97 Encyclopedia, “Teacher’s Activity Guide,” p.2-5