S2+Scheffler+Erich

toc =Stage 2 Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

Role: One student will be a young reporter for CBS, whose job is to go to a military camp in Vietnam and interview the other members of the group (who will be playing soldiers in the United States army) about their life in the camp and how they are treated back home in the United States. Audience: The audience is the executives for CBS, who will be deciding whether or not your piece is good enough to air in the primetime slot. Situation: CBS's ratings are sliding, as more viewers are watching other channels' coverage of the war. They are sending a young, fairly inexperienced reporter to Vietnam, to interview the soldiers stationed at a particular camp. Your bosses want an unbiased report about the soldiers to air in a primetime slot. If your report is good enough, it be shown on the same show as Walter Cronkite, and may even win a Peabody Award! Product/Presentation: Your video should be a well researched, quality piece about what soldiers experienced while they were in Vietnam, in their camps, and also what they experienced when they came back home to America. Also, students will hand in a 4-5 page paper that shows their findings. Standards (criteria from both rubrics): Rubric on Video: Knowledge of Content, Questions and Answers, Cinematography, Interest and Purpose, Length, Costumes and Props, Titles and Credits. Rubric on Paper: Information Quality, Organization, Mechanics and Grammar, Sources, Amount of Information, Construction of Paragraphs. Rubric on Presentation: Enthusiasm, Preparedness, Staying on Topic, Content, Comprehension, Length. || • iMovie: Students will prepare an 8-10 minute news broadcast in which one student plays a news reporter interviewing the other members of the group, who play soldiers in the Vietnam War. • Written report: In conjunction with the iMovie presentation, students will also prepare a 4-5 page report documenting what they learned with this project. || • Post-quiz: Students will retake the pre-quiz, and grade it themselves to see how their knowledge on the subject has improved. • WebQuest: Students will have to complete a WebQuest assignment in groups of 4. || =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form): **(T)** ||
 * Goal: Your goal is to create a news broadcast using iMovie that shows what life was like for American soldiers during the Vietnam War.
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * Other Evidence **(OE)** ||
 * • Pre-quiz: A quiz will be given before the assignment itself is given, so students can see how much/little they know about soldiers' experiences during the Vietnam War.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * Self-Assessment **(SA)** ||
 * • Evaluation: Students will fill out an evaluation documenting their own contribution to the project, as well as the other team members' contributions to the project.

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)**
 * Understanding || Goal (MLR) ||
 * • Students will understand that the Vietnam War changed America forever, both politically and culturally. || • Historical knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns. ||

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 ||
 * • Vietnam War 1960-1975 || • American soldiers' lives ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * //**Task Description:**// **(T)** ||
 * CBS's ratings of their primetime news programs are slipping, and they choose a young news reporter to go to Vietnam and interview American soldiers about their experiences both in Vietnam, and their experiences as soldiers back home in the United States. Your bosses want this young reporter to create a quality, unbiased piece about the soldiers, one that will air in their primetime slot, and help win back viewers from their competition. When the piece is completed, the higher-ups at CBS will watch the piece, and decide whether or not it meets the high standards they set, and be able to be featured on the same show as the legendary Walter Cronkite. One student in the group will be the news reporter who is interviewing the soldiers, who will be played by the other members of the group. In conjunction with the video, which is to be made using iMovie, students will hand in a paper 4-5 pages in length, that shows their findings. ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**// Presentation ||
 * Type II Product || Type of Presentation ||
 * • iMovie || • Research paper and Oral

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// • Questions and Answers 20% • Cinematography 5% • Interest and Purpose 10% • Length 10% • Costumes and Props 10% • Titles and Credits 10% || • Information Quality 30% • Organization 15% • Mechanics and Grammar 10% • Sources 20% • Amount of Information 15% • Construction of Paragraphs 10%
 * Product Criteria || Paper Criteria and Presentation Criteria ||
 * • Knowledge of Content 35%

1. Enthusiasm 15% 2. Preparedness 20% 3. Staying on Topic 15% 4. Content 20% 5. Comprehension 15% 6. Length 15% ||
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**