Megan+P.+Stage+2

=Stage 2 Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

Role: an aspiring journalist. Audience: Reader's Digest editors. Situation:You are an aspiring journalist. Reader's Digest has just come out with a contest for new journalists. They are accepting articles about different countries and will pick the best one to place in their upcoming magazine. Your task is to write an article about a culture that you have just visited. This can be a biography about a person from your culture or an article depicting your culture. Product/Presentation: Your task is to write an article about a culture that you have just visited. This can be a travel journal, biography, an article using your culture or any piece of writing you can determine. You must also fill out an entry ticket with basic information about your article to include name, genre, point of view, and new terms from the country that you have visited. This written product must be submitted on the class wiki. Reader's Digest requires that the article must have at least 5 cultural vocabulary terms that are hyperlinked to to a page that will help the reader understand the given term. The writer must also include at least 2 pictures to help the reader understand the beauty of the country you are writing about. At the end of the project, you will be presenting your article to the class. Your classmates will be judging the article and, as a class, determine the winner of the contest. Standards (criteria from both rubrics): The product criteria is grammar and spelling,focus on topic -has information pertaining that culture, knowledge of point of view, knowledge of vocabulary with hyperlinks,article demonstrates knowledge of type of genre student chose to write about, pre-organization of ideas, and use of graphics. The presentation criteria is content, speaks clearly, evaluates peers, stays on topic, posture and eye contact, and time limit. || •Glogster -Find an example of each genre from different content areas (include a picture if there is one) • Bubbl.us - Explain 1st person, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient point of view along with words commonly found in each point of view. || • Wiki - Consider different points of view in each story they are reading • Blog- about the importance of different genres and how it impacts the understanding of a story || =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form): **(T)** ||
 * Goal: to win the upcoming contest in Reader's Digest
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * Other Evidence **(OE)** ||
 * • Webspiration- Compare and contrast vocabulary from different cultures and their own culture.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * Self-Assessment **(SA)** ||
 * •Wordle-Make meaning of foreign vocabulary by getting in groups in putting all their definitions together on Wordle.

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** A1 Interconnected Elements Grades 9 – Diploma**
 * Understanding || Goal (MLR) ||
 * • Students will understand that there are many factors in ones environment that influences perspective. || **English Language Arts – A. Reading-name of short stories

A2 Literary Texts Grades 9 - Diploma** ||
 * Maine Learning Results: English Language Arts – A. Reading

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 Idea || Big Idea ||
 * • Vocabulary in different cultures || • Different genre's ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * //**Task Description:**// **(T)** ||
 * You are an aspiring journalist with a lot of talent and no job. Reader's Digest has just come out with a contest for new journalists. The winning entry will win an internship for 1 year at Reader's Digest and $10,000. You could use the internship and the money because you don't have either. Your task is to write an article about a culture that you have just visited. This can be a travel journal, biography, or an article depicting your culture or any piece of writing you can determine. The article must include vocabulary terms from that culture as well as two pictures depicting the beauty of the culture you are writing about. You must also fill out the entry ticket ASAP with your name, culture, point of view, and genre your going to write in because the due date is fast approaching. Reader's Digest requires that the article must have at least 5 cultural vocabulary terms that are hyperlinked to a page that will help the reader understand the term. At the end of the project, you will be presenting your article to the class who will judge the article and, as a class, determine the winner of the contest. Good luck! ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**//
 * Type II Product || Type of Presentation ||
 * • WIki (online newspaper) || • Oral Presentation ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// how do you want to grade the product? presentation? what do you want to call each level? not novice- expert journalist, high school journalist,MS journalist. Put it on the wiki. • Focus on Topic-has information pertaining that culture, • Knowledge of Point of View • Knowledge of Vocabulary with hyperlinks. • Article demonstrates knowledge of type of genre student chose to write about. • Pre-Organization of Ideas • Use of graphics || • Content • Speaks Clearly • Evaluates Peers • Stays on Topic • Posture and Eye Contact • Time-Limit ||
 * Product Criteria || Presentation Criteria ||
 * • Grammar and Spelling
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**