C. Organize and present information

1. visual (poster, multimedia, etc.)
2. oral (speech, dramatization, etc.)
3. print (report, student-generated work, etc.)

Miss Alaineus: Vocabulary Disaster
Turn this fun and confusion into a performance that demonstrates what your students know.

Wartime Poetry:  Working With Similes
Using photographs, first-hand accounts, drama, and peer-editing, students write poems about the feelings of children evacuated during World War II.

Writing a Movie:  Summarizing and Rereading a Film Script
Students view a short segment of a film, write descriptions, and read the descriptions expressively.

It's a Beautiful Day in MY Neighborhood
After watching portions of A Walk Through Harlem, students will take key aspects from the video and use the techniques to create their own video-produced piece.

Impromptu Speech
Students will practice public speaking by giving short impromptu speeches.
 

Writers' Workshops: Plays:  This site offers 6 playwriting activities.

Little Women Unit:  This unit revolves around drama and Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women.

Teaching with Technology: Teacher's Guide to Making Student Movies:  This site offers step-by-step guides, examples, and student handouts to making student movies.

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) 

E/B: Answer simple factual questions about a presentation and represent nonverbally (i.e. gestures, pictures, graphic organizers) or with simple spoken words and phrases.
E/B: Identify the emotion conveyed by the speaker and express with simple spoken words, phrases or sentences; D: Identify some persuasive techniques used by the speaker (i.e. promises, dares); identify any unclear components; and express with simple, detailed sentences; E: Analyze persuasive techniques used by the speaker (i.e. promises, dares) and identify any unclear components.
E/B: Prepare (and possibly deliver) a simple narrative that follows a model provided by the teacher and express with simple spoken words, phrases or sentences with assistance, if needed; D: Deliver simple narrative and informative presentations and express with simple, detailed sentences; E: Deliver simple oral responses to literature, as well as narrative and informative presentations, with detailed sentences.
E/B: Identify the main idea conveyed by the speaker and express with simple spoken sentences; D: Draw conclusions based on general content and delivery of an oral presentation; E: Draw conclusions and some inferences based on an oral report from the speaker.
E/B: Prepare an oral presentation with a main idea and use gestures, pictures, tables, graphs, or charts and express with simple spoken sentences; D: Prepare and deliver an oral presentation with a main idea. Use volume and gestures to support the message and express with simple, detailed sentences; E: Prepare and deliver an organized oral presentation with a main idea and use volume, timing, and gestures to support message.

 

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