Encourage tinkering with ideas, relationships, connections. Set up situations where students have to find information not readily available in school texts. Provide opportunity for students to design open-ended explorations of the concept. Provide multiple options so students can plan a unique "proof" of learning.

Project Choices

Objective: Students will select a project which illustrates a personal understanding of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
Activity: Provide each student with written guidelines for the assignment including time allotment, specific requirements, and evaluation procedure. Students brainstorm for project ideas. Teacher adds suggestions to the list. Class discusses and decides upon an audience for presentation of the projects. Each student selects a project.
Evaluation: Participation in activities.