Students explored human rights in this project. They created a mini book about what they feel should be the top 10 human rights. They researched a person or organization that defends human rights and created a presentation to inform the class. Lastly, students designed artwork to express their vision of what it means to be human. 

​Check out student work below!

Students wrote some fantastic stories about an experience in their lives. Topics ranged from an escaped horse, an injured foot, a lockdown, a ballet recital, a harrowing rollercoaster, a first chapter book, and much more. 

To develop students' narrative technique, they focused on the following skills:

• Crafting introductions that hooked readers and wove in important details
• Structuring the story around a story arc that developed a problem into a climax and then a resolution
• Using dialogue, inner thoughts, and vivid language to elaborate
• Slowing down the most important parts and describing them bit by bit
• Crafting an ending that reflected back to the big meaning of the story

​You can read some students' stories in the Comments section. Enjoy!

Students collaborated and compromised to come up with a synchronized dance for Morning Meeting.