S2+West+Simon

=Simon West Stage 2=

in order to prove you are the best qualified script writer. Role: You are a script writer who has recently heard that a major movie production company is setting out to find a writer with the skills in writing with voice necessary to develop their character and move along the plot of the movie. Audience: The board of directors of a major movie production agency Situation: You are entering a contest by submitting a video monologue of yourself reciting your best written piece that uses voice to develop a character and convey a certain mood. Product/Presentation: Your monologue will be played for the class, a series of questions will be given out at the end of your presentation in order to inquire a better understanding of what your true knowledge of voice. Standards (criteria from both rubrics, product and presentation): The students' presentation must reflect the content of the unit, and show that they have a clear understanding of their project. During the presentation they must show good posture, eye contact, and remain within the given time limit || •Wiki: students will write a short story based on their past Friday night activities, they will use this to demonstrate their knowledge of voice by repeating the story to four different audiences. •Word Document with tracking: students will work in pairs to peer edit a short story with the tracking device on their word program. The short story will be written with the intention of students showing their knowledge of syntax, and their ability to use a variety of different sentence structures. Blog: on a new blog section students will create an article review with description about the articles diction and tone. This will allow students to demonstrate their knowledge of these two devices by being able to depict if the author is byes or neutral based on the diction and tone of the article. Podcast: students will write a monologue with their best application of voice and record it to a podcast, reading their monologue in they way they imagined it sounding during their writing process. Podcast/Rubric critique: students will use rubrics to critique the content of their peers' monologues and decided whether or not they feel the monologues have reached the rubric's criteria. || to each other. •Students will keep a portfolio/record of their blog work, wiki, and short essays handed to me so that they are able to track their progress and see if they are meeting my standards. •Students will have full access to any rubrics that are involved in the project so that they have no guesswork with whether or not they are meeting the criteria. || =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form): **(T)** ||
 * Goal: Display elite skills at using syntax, diction, tone, mood, and voice
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * Other Evidence **(OE)** ||
 * •Blog: input from my class page that has input from myself and the students regarding their understanding of voice
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * Self-Assessment **(SA)** ||
 * •A student blog and wiki page where they can assess their own understandings of voice and give feedback

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** appropriate to the audience and purpose || •9-Diploma, B2 ||
 * Understanding || Goal (MLR) ||
 * •Students embed narrative writing in a written text when

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? to the specific audience you are reaching to. || •Voice is a very powerful tool in a narrative and it is often what separates a good writer from a great writer. ||
 * Big Idea || Big Idea ||
 * •There is a certain type of narration due

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * //**Task Description:**// **(T)** ||
 * A major movie production company is having difficulty finding a script writer who is skilled enough in using tone, syntax, diction, and voice to create monologues for the main character of their next film. This company is looking for a writer who can use words strategically to convey the personality of their character, and drive the plot of their film through a series of powerful inner monologues their character will be using. The corporate office of this production has posed a competition to find the best writes from all over the world. As script writers you will be developing a podcast of your voice reciting a monologue that you have written. The production company will review these podcasts and invite a small group of finalists to their corporate headquarters for a formal introduction and development of monologues with some of their already employed writers. The finalist whose writing is able to fit the format of the movie best will win the bid for the project of writing the character's monologues, and much of the rest of the script in the film ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**//
 * Type II Product || Type of Presentation ||
 * •podcast || •oral ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// •clarity •comprehension •content •passion •confidence || •time limit •clarity •enthusiasm •content •eye contact/posture •confidence ||
 * Product Criteria || Presentation Criteria ||
 * •time limit
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**