learned throughout the unit into today’s time. Students will use the political messages that are important in our time now and create a multigenre research paper. Students will create five of the following genres that will fit together to show how the media affects and reflects the popular culture of 21st century America. Possible genres they could create include a movie poster, political campaign advertisement, storyboard, essay, short story, poem, movie trailer, and a short script, television commercial or political speech. The most vital part of both of these projects is that each student creates a cohesive research paper that shares a single viewpoint or tells a story through their variety of genres. Students will present their completed multigenre paper to a small group of their peers and assess their paper themselves before submitting the paper to the teacher. Assessment and Reflection: Rubric(s) I will use: (Check all Collaboration Written Communication X that apply.) A Grade 7 Writing Rubric Critical Thinking & Problem Content Knowledge Solving Oral Communication Other Speaking and Listening Other classroom Quizzes/ X Practice presentations assessments for learning: (Check all that apply) Self-evaluation X Notes X formative assessment Peer evaluation X Checklists/observations Online tests and exams Concept maps Reflections: all that Survey Focus Group apply) Discussion X Task Management Chart Journal Writing/ Learning X Other X Log
learned throughout the unit into today’s time. Students will use the political messages that are important in our time now and create a multigenre research paper. Students will create five of the following genres that will fit together to show how the media affects and reflects the popular culture of 21st century America. Possible genres they could create include a movie poster, political campaign advertisement, storyboard, essay, short story, poem, movie trailer, and a short script, television commercial or political speech. The most vital part of both of these projects is that each student creates a cohesive research paper that shares a single viewpoint or tells a story through their variety of genres. Students will present their completed multigenre paper to a small group of their peers and assess their paper themselves before submitting the paper to the teacher. Assessment and Reflection: Rubric(s) I will use: (Check all that apply.) Collaboration Written Communication A Grade 7 Writing Rubric X Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Content Knowledge Oral Communication Speaking and Listening Other Other classroom assessments for learning: (Check all that apply) Quizzes/ X Practice presentations Self-evaluation formative assessment X Notes X Peer evaluation X Checklists/observations Online tests and exams Concept maps Reflections: all that apply) Survey Focus Group Discussion X Task Management Chart Journal Writing/ Learning Log X Other X