Create Your Own Candy PBL: Valentine’s Business & Persuasive Speaking Project
Looking for a fun, engaging, and real-world project to get your students excited about persuasive speaking, marketing, and entrepreneurship? This Valentine’s Day Business Pitch Project will have your middle and high school students thinking creatively, developing a product, and delivering a compelling pitch—all while practicing essential critical thinking and communication skills.
What’s Inside?
✅ Step-by-Step Teacher Guide – No prep needed! Everything is planned out for you.
✅ Student Handouts & Graphic Organizers – Includes brainstorming sheets, business plan templates, and pitch outlines.
✅ Persuasive Speaking & Marketing Practice – Students learn to craft a compelling business pitch using sentence starters, word banks, and structured outlines.
✅ Rubric for Easy Grading – Assess creativity, delivery, and persuasiveness at a glance.
✅ Investor Feedback & Reflection Sheets – Encourages peer assessment and self-reflection to reinforce learning.
✅ ESL Supports Included! – Sentence stems, vocabulary banks, and scaffolded writing templates make this accessible for all learners.
How It Works:
Students design their own Valentine’s candy—from flavors to packaging and marketing.
They complete a business plan and outline a persuasive pitch.
Students deliver their pitch to “investors” (peers or the teacher) using public speaking skills.
Classmates act as investors, providing feedback and voting on the best ideas.
Students complete a reflection on what they learned about marketing, persuasion, and creativity.
Why You’ll Love This Project:
✔️ Engaging, real-world application of business, marketing, and public speaking skills
✔️ Encourages creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration
✔️ Perfect for ESL learners with built-in scaffolds
✔️ Easy to implement with print-and-go handouts
Your students will love stepping into the role of entrepreneurs while practicing essential communication skills in a way that feels fresh, interactive, and fun!
Great for:
✔️ Middle & High School ELA, Business, or Speech Classes
✔️ Valentine’s Day Themed Lessons
✔️ Public Speaking & Persuasive Writing Units
✔️ ESL & Differentiated Classrooms
Ready to bring some real-world learning and Valentine’s fun into your classroom? Grab this low-prep, high-engagement project today! ❤️✨
Would rather buy on TPT?
Looking for a fun, engaging, and real-world project to get your students excited about persuasive speaking, marketing, and entrepreneurship? This Valentine’s Day Business Pitch Project will have your middle and high school students thinking creatively, developing a product, and delivering a compelling pitch—all while practicing essential critical thinking and communication skills.
What’s Inside?
✅ Step-by-Step Teacher Guide – No prep needed! Everything is planned out for you.
✅ Student Handouts & Graphic Organizers – Includes brainstorming sheets, business plan templates, and pitch outlines.
✅ Persuasive Speaking & Marketing Practice – Students learn to craft a compelling business pitch using sentence starters, word banks, and structured outlines.
✅ Rubric for Easy Grading – Assess creativity, delivery, and persuasiveness at a glance.
✅ Investor Feedback & Reflection Sheets – Encourages peer assessment and self-reflection to reinforce learning.
✅ ESL Supports Included! – Sentence stems, vocabulary banks, and scaffolded writing templates make this accessible for all learners.
How It Works:
Students design their own Valentine’s candy—from flavors to packaging and marketing.
They complete a business plan and outline a persuasive pitch.
Students deliver their pitch to “investors” (peers or the teacher) using public speaking skills.
Classmates act as investors, providing feedback and voting on the best ideas.
Students complete a reflection on what they learned about marketing, persuasion, and creativity.
Why You’ll Love This Project:
✔️ Engaging, real-world application of business, marketing, and public speaking skills
✔️ Encourages creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration
✔️ Perfect for ESL learners with built-in scaffolds
✔️ Easy to implement with print-and-go handouts
Your students will love stepping into the role of entrepreneurs while practicing essential communication skills in a way that feels fresh, interactive, and fun!
Great for:
✔️ Middle & High School ELA, Business, or Speech Classes
✔️ Valentine’s Day Themed Lessons
✔️ Public Speaking & Persuasive Writing Units
✔️ ESL & Differentiated Classrooms
Ready to bring some real-world learning and Valentine’s fun into your classroom? Grab this low-prep, high-engagement project today! ❤️✨
Would rather buy on TPT?
Looking for a fun, engaging, and real-world project to get your students excited about persuasive speaking, marketing, and entrepreneurship? This Valentine’s Day Business Pitch Project will have your middle and high school students thinking creatively, developing a product, and delivering a compelling pitch—all while practicing essential critical thinking and communication skills.
What’s Inside?
✅ Step-by-Step Teacher Guide – No prep needed! Everything is planned out for you.
✅ Student Handouts & Graphic Organizers – Includes brainstorming sheets, business plan templates, and pitch outlines.
✅ Persuasive Speaking & Marketing Practice – Students learn to craft a compelling business pitch using sentence starters, word banks, and structured outlines.
✅ Rubric for Easy Grading – Assess creativity, delivery, and persuasiveness at a glance.
✅ Investor Feedback & Reflection Sheets – Encourages peer assessment and self-reflection to reinforce learning.
✅ ESL Supports Included! – Sentence stems, vocabulary banks, and scaffolded writing templates make this accessible for all learners.
How It Works:
Students design their own Valentine’s candy—from flavors to packaging and marketing.
They complete a business plan and outline a persuasive pitch.
Students deliver their pitch to “investors” (peers or the teacher) using public speaking skills.
Classmates act as investors, providing feedback and voting on the best ideas.
Students complete a reflection on what they learned about marketing, persuasion, and creativity.
Why You’ll Love This Project:
✔️ Engaging, real-world application of business, marketing, and public speaking skills
✔️ Encourages creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration
✔️ Perfect for ESL learners with built-in scaffolds
✔️ Easy to implement with print-and-go handouts
Your students will love stepping into the role of entrepreneurs while practicing essential communication skills in a way that feels fresh, interactive, and fun!
Great for:
✔️ Middle & High School ELA, Business, or Speech Classes
✔️ Valentine’s Day Themed Lessons
✔️ Public Speaking & Persuasive Writing Units
✔️ ESL & Differentiated Classrooms
Ready to bring some real-world learning and Valentine’s fun into your classroom? Grab this low-prep, high-engagement project today! ❤️✨
Would rather buy on TPT?
