S2+Marcoux,+Jacob

=Stage 2 - Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

• PowerPoint: Search online for 3 different images that you feel are meaningful. Through a power point presentation, with digital audio explaining your points, express why you think those images have meaning. •Blog: read a series of pieces (5 or more), define what you believe the authors purpose and audience is in each one, and read the entries of at least 3 peers and comment. •Comic Life: with a partner, select a one of your former writing assignments and discuss the pros and cons of both pieces through a comic life. •Imovie: In groups of 4, write and design a story, using Imovie, addressing what your group decides to be a serious high school issue. || •Checking for understanding: ABCD, whisper; Circle the Sage; Student/Teacher conferences; circle, triangle, square; quick writes; pop it. •Timely feedback: =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * **Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form):** **(T)** ||
 * **Goal:** Create a formal podcast on a topic of your choice. Communicating a well developed, well organized argument after much analysis and revision.
 * Role:** You are a small town lawyer and must choose a social issue that you have develop a firm opinion on.
 * Audience:** You are representing Maine and your community in front of professionals from all around the world (e.g. Doctors, Lawyers, educators, ext.)
 * Situation:** An online forum designed for the investigation of different social issues around the world, you must take into consideration the many different cultures and life experiences existing within your audience.
 * Product/Presentation:** A podcast and a written piece to be published online.
 * Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation):**
 * Product: focus or thesis statement, evidence and examples, sequencing, transitions, audience, grammar and spelling.
 * Presentation: content, professionalism, volume, comprehension, speaks clearly, time limit. ||
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * **Other Evidence** **(OE)** ||
 * • Video Log: Pick a favorite move or book, and list, through a video log, why you think others should watch or read the piece you selected. You must have at least 4 key points, an intro and a conclusion.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * **Self-Assessment** **(SA)** ||
 * •Pre-assessment: A free-write activity arguing an opinion on a specific topic.
 * Self-assessment: student's will be asked to review and revise their work. Students should provide evidence through drafts showing their progress.
 * Peer: students will be asked to peer review each others writing consistently throughout the unit, commenting on blog-posts and revising each others written pieces.
 * Teacher: I will constantly be checking in with students providing oral feedback, as well as providing written feedback through a series of checkpoints. ||

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** Grade Level: 11-12 Domain: writing Standard: production and distribution of writing
 * **Understanding** || **Goal (CCSS)** ||
 * •Understandings:
 * 1) writing needs to convey a clear perspective on a given idea.
 * 2) planning and revision are necessary elements in developing a clear, organized argument.
 * 3) writing should have a clear application for the intended audience. || Content: Language Arts
 * Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience.
 * Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revision, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience. ||

What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
 * **Big Ideas** || **Big Ideas** ||
 * •Revision || •Formal Arguments ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * **Task Description:** **(T)** ||
 * You are a lawyer practicing in a small town in central Maine. You have been invited to participate in an online forum of professionals from all around the world. You have been asked to address what you believe to be a major global issue, and to take a stance as to how it should be dealt with. The participants, yourself included, will then vote on whose presentation is the best. The winning piece will win a 10,000 dollar grant for the local hospital, as well as a 2 week vacation to a destination of your choice. Your piece will be presented via podcast, however the judges require that you also submit a written component. The written piece will be published on the organizations website so that listeners can follow along with the podcast as they listen. This is your chance to share your voice with the world, as people from all over will be judging you on your performance. There will also be a commenting segment where you may be asked to answer questions from varying competitors. You must be ready to defend your stance if you want to win the prize, and save face within the professional community. ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**//
 * **Type II Product** || **Type of Presentation** ||
 * •Essay/Podcast || • Audio Presentation ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// •Evidence and examples: 20% •Sequencing: 20% •Transitions: 15% •Audience: 15% •Grammar and Spelling: 10% || •Professionalism: 20% •Volume: 20% •Speaks clearly: 15% •Content: 15% •Comprehension: 15% •Time limit: 10% ||
 * **Product Criteria** || **Presentation Criteria** ||
 * •Focus or thesis statement: 20%
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**