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I would suggest that for middle school students is to keep it very simple. It is likely that the students just want to take pics and MAYBE learn something a little something about photography. Serious students will quickly standout from the others and you might be able to give them extra work or studies. I would suggest that you make your projects fun that can be accomplished without a lot of thought, study or effort.
Since your class is 28 weeks, what may be fun is to weekly, feature their shots that have a corresponding images showing the alphabet letter of that week...first week "A", second week "B", etc. Try to have them take images not of the actual letter but of designs that look like the letter. Give them examples so they know how to visualize your concept.
Another thought would be to have a shot of an image of a particular color. It doesn't matter what the image is as long as it has the color as the main focal point (think full frame of the color).
The easy subjects for kids to photography are endless and readily available. Mix a little of technique and instructional use with your reviews in each class. Have a lot of visual material in class. I feel there is plenty of time for beginners to learn about the technical stuff after they find their "eye". You need to teach to the middle of the class and those that want more will seek it out which I am sure you will be able to provide.
Hope that gives you a starting point.
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