Put SPED or ESOL students in groups with stronger students.
I would assign students to groups after consideration of your students’
strengths.
Timeline of Events -
Allow each team 5 days in class/in the computer lab to work on the assigned
tasks.
On days 6 and 7 meet with each team and have them present their final
products. Also allow teams time to meet together to practice their
presentations on these two days.
On day 8, teams will present their "campaigns". Hold an election in class to
elect the class "governor".
On day 10, the winning "governors" in each period will present their campaigns
for the 7th Grade Election. You may wish to give extra credit points to the
winning team.