Multi-Media Project

Katharine Bagby

HCR17 Box 93

Cuba, NM 87013

http://www.katebagby.com/webwork

kate@katebagby.com

(505) 289-2156

LESSON DETAILS

Language Arts 9^th Grade

Project Duration 2 weeks

10- 45 minute class periods

Standards:

Content Standard 1 --Students will apply strategies and skills to comprehend information that is read, and heard.

Benchmark 1-A --Listen to, read, react to, and analyze information.

Performance Standard --1. Narrate experiences that offer: a) scenes and incidences located effectively in time and place. b) impressions of being in a setting and a sense of engagement in the events occurring. c) appreciation for the significance of the account d) a sense of the narrator’s personal voice

Outcomes:

The students will increase their ability to identify with a character in a role. The student will be able to write a short drama, by increasing their appreciation of setting, narration and dialogue. The student will increase their understanding of the human condition and issues facing adolescents in the civil war era through images, character study, music, writing, historical quotes and literature.

Activity:

TSW create a multimedia presentation / dramatization of a self-created role in the Stephen Crane novel, The Red Badge of Courage, or the adaptation of the novel in play form.

Consider the following questions / issues for inspiration when creating your dialogue extension for The Red Badge of Courage.

1) What would someone consider when deciding to leave home?

2) What makes a person determined to stick with a decision?

3) What are the dangers of running from your responsibilities?

4) How do symbols serve to unite people in times of war or trouble?

You may not need these questions for guidance, and you do not need to use them. They are intended to get you started thinking about situations and dialogue.

Choose a scene and image yourself as a new character interacting with another character from the Red Badge of Courage. Make the character your own by imagining a particular setting and story line, then describe it. Choose a piece of authentic civil war music as a backdrop, create dialogue and narrate your story.

Timeline:

Day 1 – Complete reading and introduce activity by showing sample PowerPoint, expectations, rubrics and timeline. Students will need flash drive or some kind of storage device.

Day 2 & 3– Students will create setting, narrative, and dialogue and template on presentation software. This can happen either on paper on at a computer. The important thing is to plan things out so that students.

Day 4 – Visit computer lab to collect images and sounds, and save into power point and onto portable flash drive.

Day 5&6 – Students will visit computer lab record voice and assemble presentations.

Day 7&8 – Students will present their multimedia presentations to the class. Student will self-assess with self-assessment tool. Teacher will also assess student work. Final grade will be an average of the two scores.

Assessment Rubric

Excellent 5	Very Good 4	Good 3	Fair 2	Poor 1
Project includes complete and effective presentation of all components: 1) Setting description, 2)Narrative, 3)Dialogue, 4)Period image, 5)Period music, 6)Quotation	Project includes an effective presentation of most (5) components: 1) Setting description, 2)Narrative, 3)Dialogue, 4)Period image, 5)Period music, 6)Quotation	Project includes an effective presentation some (4-5) components: 1) Setting description, 2)Narrative, 3)Dialogue, 4)Period image, 5)Period music, 6)Quotation	Project includes effective presentation of few (3-4) components: 1) Setting description, 2)Narrative, 3)Dialogue, 4)Period image, 5)Period music, 6)Quotation	Project includes effective presentation of a couple of components: 1) Setting description, 2)Narrative, 3)Dialogue, 4)Period image, 5)Period music, 6)Quotation
Grammar, punctuation, and layout contain no errors.	Grammar, punctuation, and layout contain two errors.	Grammar, punctuation, and layout contain three errors.	Grammar, punctuation, and layout contain four errors.	Grammar, punctuation, and layout contain more than four errors.
PowerPoint presentation is 10 pages long.	PowerPoint presentation is 9 pages long.	PowerPoint presentation is 7-8 pages long.	PowerPoint presentation is 5-6 pages long.	PowerPoint presentation is 5 pages long.
Project presented to me in network file by deadline.	Project must be presented to me in network file is one day late.	Project must be presented to me in network file is two days late.	Project must be presented to me in network file is three days late.	Project must be presented to me in network file is four days late.

All music, photos, and anything copied from the internet must have a hyperlink to the page where the item was found.

TECHNOLOGY USE

Rationale:

Technology is important in this lesson because adding music and images to the presentation will add fullness to the literary aspects of this assignment. Music was an essential combat element of the Civil War. After all, Robert E. Lee once commented, "You cannot have an army without music." It seems teenagers cannot have life without music either. The involvement of the different elements is possible through the use of PowerPoint. The assembly of the multimedia components stimulates the brain and facilitates learning. Furthermore, the use of PowerPoint allows the student to isolate and storyboard their work and then to develop it.

Materials/Resources:

List of vocabulary,

Copies of play- Red Badge of Courage

Internet

24 Computers – a computer for each student.

Website list containing music files, images and quotations

http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/archives/military/civilwar/jlc.htm

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/biographies/chamberlain.html

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html

http://www.civilwarmusicstore.com/unit.html

http://home.att.net/~dmercado/music.htm

http://www.civilwarmusic.net