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Imagine shaping ideas that influence others while working with a speechwriter or communications specialist! Or picture yourself exploring persuasive writing with a marketing professional. If you’re excited about using your voice and critical thinking in real-world careers, our VLACS Projects are the perfect fit for you!
This engaging learning pathway allows students to explore various career fields while mastering key concepts and skills. For each competency, you can choose to complete a pre-designed project that simulates real-life career tasks or create your own unique learning experience. Regardless of your choice, you’ll engage in thorough research and apply what you learn to authentic career scenarios.
With the pre-designed projects, you’ll tackle real-world tasks that align with each competency. If you decide to design your own experience, you’ll collaborate with your instructor and a mentor to design and complete meaningful career tasks that demonstrate your understanding. We have partnered with hundreds of mentors you can work with if you choose to design your own experience. Check out our Career Mentor Catalog here.
Take a look at the competency statements and pre-designed options below. We’re excited to support you on this exciting and open-ended learning adventure!
Note: This is a project-based course. If you’re looking for a traditional format, please return to the learning catalog and select the course.
Projects
Play Director
Competency: Literary Analysis
You are a play director, responsible for bringing theatrical productions to life by interpreting scripts, guiding actors, and shaping the overall artistic vision. Your role involves deep engagement with texts to understand and convey their meaning, which will require an understanding of Literary Analysis.
You will create a director’s analysis that will evaluate an author’s style, analyze for author’s substance, and create a literary analysis essay.
Assistant Technical Director
Competency: Elements of Fiction in Shakespeare
You are an assistant technical director, responsible for supporting the technical aspects of theatrical productions, including staging, lighting, and set construction. Your role requires an understanding of the artistic and narrative elements that shape performances, which will require an understanding of Elements of Fiction in Shakespeare.
You will create a production design analysis that will explain elements of Shakespearean tragedy, analyze a Shakespearean text, and explain universal themes in literature.
Neuroscientist
Competency: Literary Argument
You are a neuroscientist, studying the relationship between the brain and human behavior, including how literature influences cognition and emotional processing. Your work requires strong analytical and argumentative skills to interpret complex texts and construct well-supported claims, which will require an understanding of Literary Argument.
You will create a research-based literary analysis that will formulate a claim for a literary argument, explain the components of a literary argument, and create an argumentative literary analysis.
Campaign Manager
Competency: Language and Rhetoric
You are a campaign manager, responsible for crafting persuasive messaging, analyzing public discourse, and developing strategic communication for political candidates or advocacy initiatives. Your role is to effectively influence public opinion and communicate key messages which requires a deep understanding of Language and Rhetoric.
You will create an argumentative presentation that will analyze elements of a nonfiction text, evaluate rhetoric in nonfiction texts, and demonstrate effective persuasive strategies.
Librarian
Competency: Poetry Analysis
You are a librarian, responsible for curating literary resources, guiding readers in literary interpretation, and fostering an appreciation for poetry. Your role is to help others engage with and understand poetic works which requires a deep understanding of Poetry Analysis
You will create a comparative poetry analysis that will describe techniques for interpreting poetry, analyze historical context in poetry, and formulate comparative poetry analysis.
Copy Editor
Competency: Narrative Writing Techniques
You are a copy editor, ensuring clarity, coherence, and precision in written narratives. Your role is to refine and enhance storytelling which requires a deep understanding of Narrative Writing Techniques.
You will create an edited version of a narrative that will evaluate elements of a narrative and create an original narrative.
Competencies
Literary Analysis
Students will demonstrate an understanding of literary analysis by evaluating an author’s style, analyzing for author’s substance, and creating a literary analysis essay.
Elements of Fiction in Shakespeare
Students will demonstrate an understanding of elements of fiction in Shakespeare by explaining elements of Shakespearean tragedy, analyzing a Shakespearean text, and explaining universal themes in literature.
Literary Argument
Students will demonstrate an understanding of literary arguments by formulating a claim for a literary argument, explaining the components of a literary argument, and creating an argumentative literary analysis.
Language and Rhetoric
Students will demonstrate an understanding of language and rhetoric by analyzing elements of a nonfiction text, evaluating rhetoric in nonfiction texts, and creating an argumentative presentation.
Poetry Analysis
Students will demonstrate an understanding of poetry analysis by describing techniques for interpreting poetry, analyzing historical context in poetry, and formulating a comparative poetry analysis.
The Narrative
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the narrative by describing narrative elements, summarizing a narrative plot, and creating a narrative story.