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by Cynthia Lapena (Author)
When students have all the information they need from a series of lessons, how do you know that they have truly learned the lesson? Volume 5: Showing It Off provides teachers with a way to gauge learning according to how well the students are able to apply everything they have learned through long-term projects. As the title of this volume suggests, students are provided with various opportunities to show off what they have learned. The volume consists of several activities and projects that make excellent culminating activities. These activities and projects take longer to complete than most of the the other entries in this series. In several cases, in fact, the projects are long term projects, taking up to several weeks of preparation. Their very nature is a reflection of the fact that each of the activities and projects in this volume integrates the concepts and skills students have acquired throughout a term, or even through several years of learning. Through the successful completion of any of these activities and projects, the students will be able to show their mastery and craftsmanship in one or more areas of English Communication Arts. I must mention here, as well, that I have very frequently used these projects in lieu of final written exams.
Author Biography
Cynthia Lapeña began writing when she was a very young child and wrote for school publications throughout her youth. Her literary works center mainly around poetry and some short fiction, besides numerous essays and academic papers. She is an avid reader of fiction and has always dreamed of publishing novels. She recently completed her first novel, The Lost Amulets, which she entered in the online Next Best Author Contest. Since she migrated to Canada in 2007, she has written several reviews for onrpei.ca and maintains a blog (mimrlith.wordpress.com) where she shares poetry, essays, art and other random works and ideas. Before that, she had written several educational and academic texts, as well as a full-length play that won 3rd prize in the Philippines's prestigious Carlos Palanca National Awards for Literature in 2007. She has also been a teacher of writing and communication and holds a Master of Arts in English Literature. As an educator, she believes that teachers must engage the minds of students, no matter what age, and throughout her 20+ years of teaching, she has constantly striven to create engaging and fun lessons, because she really believes that learning must always be fun! She is a member of the Prince Edward Island Writers' Group and actively writes with the group PEI Writes. She likewise circulates the PEIWG Weekly, a newsletter mainly for Atlantic Canadian writers, that provides weekly updates on the latest in literary news, events, contests, and workshops. Visit Cynthia's blog at www.mimrlith.wordpress.com or her Facebook Page at https: //www.facebook.com/pages/Cindy-Lapeña/ Follow her on Twitter @mimrlith
