Student Growth 2023 - 2024Semester One
Speech - A: Student Growth 1. Autobiographical Poetry Poster 2. Autobiographical Slide Show 3. Group Project: The students organized information from the textbook and created a multimedia project based on an assigned chapter. This assignment gave the students a foundation for the individual projects. 4. Demonstration Project 5. Soundtrack Project 6. Impromptu Presentation of the Month The students started with narrative writing, moved to expository writing, and ended with analysis and interpretation with music. The students created multimedia projects and presented them to the class. Semester Two Introduction to Communication: Student Growth 1. Persuasive Speech Project 2. Commercial Project 3. Literature Interpretation: Children's 4. Literature Interpretation: Poetry 5. Literature Interpretation with Music: Soundtrack 6. Literature Interpretation: Travel and Tourism The students started with persuasive writing and moved to interpreting literature in a variety of ways. I used rubrics, projects, and Schoology to measure their achievement. Semester One and Two Literature Through Film: Student Growth 1. Film Terminology 2. Time Period Exploration 3. Genre Exploration 4. Movie Scene Creation 5. Thematic Essay 6. Cinematic Elements: The students brought components of film to life in a multimedia project and presentation. The students started with film terminology enrichment exercises to build a foundation and ended with bringing them to life in a variety of ways. The students had a choice of 12 projects. |