S2+Hersom,+Abigail

=Stage 2 - Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

•Vlog: Students will be asked to create an educational vlog teaching online viewers the importance of tone and stage presence during public speaking. •Radio Interview: Students will be asked to work in pairs and pick a writer or public speaker who interests them and make a mock radio interview to learn more about the writer or speaker's background and beliefs. •Podcast: Students will listen to Sarah Kay's spoken word poem "Point B" then write their own spoken word poem and publish it as a podcast •Autobiographical iMovie: Students will be asked to create an autobiographical iMovie that uses visuals, audio, music, and text that reflects their background, beliefs, and who they are as an individual. •Speech/Podcast: Students will be asked to write a speech and then record it as a podcast as well as perform it for the class, using the public speaking tools they have learned. || •Checking for Understanding: Give One, Get One; Handprints; Pop It; Student Data Notebook; Timed Pair Share; and The Mirror •Timely Feedback: =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * **Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form):** **(T)** ||
 * **Goal:** The goal is for individuals to create a multi genre project using mybrainshark.com to create a new feature for Ancestry.com that captures their voice to pass on to future generations.
 * Role:** You are a contestant in the Ancestry.com voice competition.
 * Audience:** The audience is both Ancestry.com and your future family members.
 * Situation:** You must capture the essence of who you are in a tangible form using only voice for Ancestry.com to pass on to future generations.
 * Product/Presentation:** You will create a multi genre project that captures your unique voice using audible and written pieces. You must have a poem, a memoir, a letter, and an audio recording (This can be as simple as a voice over for each piece).
 * Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation):** Product: Requirements-50%, Poem-10%, Memoir-10%, Audio-10%, Letter-10%, and Originality-10%. Presentation: Speaking-20%, Presentation of Self-10%, Attitude/Engagement-10%, Content-30%, Preparedness-10%, and Tone 20%. ||
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * **Other Evidence** **(OE)** ||
 * •Blog: Students will write a blog comparing and contrasting two different speeches or pieces of writing, on the same subject, that addresses questions regarding each authors individual voice.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * **Self-Assessment** **(SA)** ||
 * •Pre-Assessment: Students will be given a quick write prompt asking them to define voice and explain what it entails
 * Self: Students will be asked to keep a project journal reflecting on their work during the multi-genre project.
 * Peer: Students will be asked to read each other's works and guess the author by the voice presented in the piece
 * Teacher: I will have students turn in a draft of at least one artifact from their project each week so that I can monitor progress and offer advice. ||

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** •the background, culture, and biases of the speaker help create their unique voice || •Common Core State Standards English Language Arts Grades 9-10 Speaking and Listening Comprehension and Collaboration ||
 * **Understanding** || **Goal (CCSS)** ||
 * •writers and speakers create voice through word choice, points of emphasis, and tone

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** ||
 * •Voice || •Writing ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * **Task Description:** **(T)** ||
 * Have you ever felt like people do not understand you or that no one will listen? Ever wonder if the adults in your life even remember how difficult it was to be your age? What if you could both express your opinions as well as find out what your parents, guardians, and other family members were thinking when they were your age? Ancestry.com is having a competition to see who can develop a new feature for their website that would allow people to actually get to know they ancestors on a more personal level. They are looking for a voice time capsule feature. This feature would combine papers, stories, letters, poems, etc into a video file that allows people to read and see the actual artifacts and thoughts of their ancestors. They would also like the actual voices of these people to be added to the video so that families can have a more personal and realistic experience. The idea is for individuals to really discover who their family members were. They would also like to give people an option to put a time capsule lock on their video to allow privacy until they want these thoughts to be made public (perhaps not until after they are dead). Your job is to make this dream a reality. Your entry should be a multimedia presentation that captures you as an individual using voice alone. They are asking that you use mybrainshark.com because it allows text as well as pictures and audio to be compiled into one compact file. The video with best portrayal of voice will be selected and the winner will be sent on a two week vacation to the country of their origin. ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**//
 * **Type II Product** || **Type of Presentation** ||
 * •mybrainshark presentation || •multigenre presentation ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// •Poem 10% •Memoir 10% •Letter 10% •Audio 10% •Originality 10% || •Speaking 20% •Presentation of Self 10% •Attitude/Engagement 10% •Preparedness 10% •Content 30% •Tone 20% ||
 * **Product Criteria** || **Presentation Criteria** ||
 * •Requirements 50%
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**