Literature Transforms 11th GRADE (PBL UNIT 3 2024 / 2025)
Overview:
Students will reflect on real-world challenges they may face as professionals and develop cognitive and emotional tools to face these challenges. The project aims to bridge the gap between theoretical understanding and practical application of empathy and communication skills.
Driving Question:
In what ways can analyzing the struggles and conflicts faced by characters in literature help us empathize with people in our own lives?
Purpose of the Project:
Students will explore real-world relationship issues related to their future career paths by analyzing literature that reflects human relationships. They will develop emotional intelligence and communication skills by applying narrative techniques, poetry, prose writing, and orality to produce meaningful audiovisual pieces.
Objectives of the Project:
This project aims to strengthen students’ emotional intelligence, ethical reasoning, and communication skills, preparing them to navigate complex social situations in their future careers. By combining academic standards with real-world applications, students will produce impactful audiovisual pieces that raise awareness and inspire meaningful reflection within their school and broader community.
Standards
- R7: Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem, evaluating how each version interprets the source text. (Includes Shakespeare and an American dramatist.)
- W4: Produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
- S-L5: Utilize digital media to enhance understanding and add interest to presentations.
- L5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Roles and Process
Role: Students act as filmmakers hired by Human Resources to create a short film raising awareness about a chosen relationship problem relevant to their preferred career path.
Process:
- Investigate real-world relationship challenges faced in different professional fields.
- Define their human condition topic and narrow it down with specific objectives.
- Write a script (Stage 1), design a presentation format (Stage 2), and present their short film to community members (Stage 3).
Audience
Parents, fellow students, community members, and experts who will provide feedback and evaluate the projects.
Situation
Students will reflect on real-world challenges they may face as professionals and develop cognitive and emotional tools to face these challenges. The project aims to bridge the gap between theoretical understanding and practical application of empathy and communication skills.
Product
A short digital story that showcases:
- Understanding of human conditions through literature.
- Analysis of conflicts and struggles from different texts.
- Creative interpretation using multimedia elements (audio, visuals, text).
Essential Question
How might we use narrative and lyric techniques to raise awareness about the complexity of human relationships and how can we improve them?
Entry Event
Guest Speakers: Parents from various professions were invited to speak about real-world challenges in their careers.
Questions Discussed: Ethics, resilience, empathy, cultural sensitivity, conflict resolution, emotional well-being, spiritual values, and practical lessons learned from experience.
Speakers
- Luis Enrique Castro Maldonado (Engineering): Industrial Engineer.
- Magali Cruz Herran (Science): Medical Doctor.
- Nain Antonio Chedraui Pisciotti (Science): Medical Doctor.
- Bernardo Mesa Sierra (Business): Business Administrator.
- Monica del Pilar Castillo Amador (Business): Business Administrator.
- Alvaro Plata Cruz (Design): Designer.
- Claudia Patricia Chinchilla Ibarra (Science): Medical Doctor.
- Fabiola Ceballos (Design): Architect.
Presentation and Exhibition
The project will culminate with a Short Film Exhibition Day on March 19, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., held outdoors as a picnic-style screening event where parents, students, and the school community are invited to view the final products.
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