Skill Mastery Standards (1-3) Reading Literature

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The Critic

Review a Video Game

PokéMaster

Discuss Pokemon Go, classic Pokemon games, and write your own story as a Trainer

This was a Triumph (UC)

Respond to the two Portal games as primary texts

Planeswalker

Design your own deck of Magic Cards using themes and characters from our Primary Text

Dungeoneer

Using D&D rules, respond to our Primary Texts

Wake up Stanley (UC)

Respond to "The Stanley Parable" as a primary text

Game Mechanic (UC)

Research and discuss the use of specific game mechanics and suggest balances the developers could make.

KRZ Navigator (UC)

Respond to the game "Kentucky Route Zero" as a primary text in writing 

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Skill Mastery Standards (4-6) Reading Informational

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Roll for Initiative (UC)

Study the history of video games, and predict where they will go in the future

SMITE.guru (UC)

Discuss your SMITE games in depth and determine what works best for each god

Only for the Bravest of Souls (UC)

The Hacker

Study basic coding

Cube Companion

Show your mastery of the cube in PPT, Excel, on video, and in a website

Mr/Madam President? (UC)

Respond to the game "Democracy 3" as a primary text

Coaster Designer

Using Roller Coaster Tycoon 2, design and discuss how to manage a park so that it flourishes.

Mo' MOBA's MO' Problems (UC)

Research the different games in the MOBA genre and discuss how they differ from each other

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Skill Mastery Standards (7-8) Language and Mechanics

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Respawn (UC)

Edit a previously submitted assignment for flow and grammar

Lost in Translation (UC)

Screenshot terrible captions in games and rewrite the mistakes to be grammatically correct

A Man Chooses... (UC)

Use Sentence Diagramming for famous quotes from video games

The Grammarian - Fundamental English Grammar

Work on your English Grammar for a big boost

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Skill Mastery Standards (9) Writing

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Hunting Herobrine

Minecraft based assignments!

Dr. Resume, I Presume

Create an updated Resume to use to apply to jobs... and then make a bunch of fake resumes!

Characters Assemble

Design super heroes and write their back stories

The Architect

Design a video game from the ground up

The Visionary

Design a new "Key" for one of the many different Paths in this course

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Skill Mastery Standards (10) Speech

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Gamer Path Defense

12th Grade only, defend your ability to hold a job using the skills you've built while pursuing the Key Projects in this path

Once more unto the Crucible! (UC)

Convert a classic Shakespearean speech to match a video game character and context of your choosing - four different speeches

Level Up (UC)

Pitch a new game idea at different levels of complexity and with different goals

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Jobs in Louisville 
that use skills developed 
while following "The Path of The Gamer"

Video Game design career paths

Likelihood of Employment? Average Pay? Click Below!

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