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English — USSubject
- English & Language Arts
Grade
6–12- Culture & Identity
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Assessments are most effective when students find them meaningful and relevant, and when they help students to clarify their ideas, engage with real-world problems, and reach a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them.
With these ideas in mind, we have designed a summative assessment option, a “This I Believe . . .” personal narrative essay or podcast project, that teachers can use or adapt for their own coming-of-age unit. In the spirit of the original 1950s This I Believe radio series, your students can join thousands of others who have shared their guiding principles in written and recorded statements that respond to the sentence starter: “This I believe . . .”
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