narratives in contemporary issues

Narratives in Contemporary Issues

A Look at Stories That are Important to Us

Key Skills:In Reading Informational Text, students will be able to:

analyze and evaluate whether the structure of an exposition makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.

Key Skills:In Writing, students will be able to: Engage and orient audience in narratives and establish the significance of the problem, situation, or observation

Key Skills:• Establish one or multiple points of

view• Purposefully sequence events using a

variety of techniques• Use narrative techniques to develop

experiences, events and/or characters • Sequence events so they build on

each other to create a particular tone or outcome

Key Skills:• Use word choice appropriate to the

purpose and audience of the narrative

• Use word choice to convey a vivid picture of experiences, events, setting, and/or characters

• Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on what is experienced, observed or resolved over the course of the narrative.

The Process1. Students will pick a topic and research it.

2. Students will create images (8-10) to tell their story (no words on the slides)

The Process Continued3. After telling the story through images, students will end with a piece of flash nonfiction

(a brief piece of prose condensed to one slide that tells a story that is connected or related to the chosen topic)

The Process Continued4. End the presentation with a works cited page.

5. Place the presentation in our English III shared folder.

Point ValuesOne Person: 50/50 pointsTwo People: 25/25 points each

Due Date

We will begin presenting our narratives to the class starting Thursday.

Contemporary TopicsArtBiographyBusinessCultureEconomics

EducationMedicineNaturePoliticsScience

SocietySportsTechnologyTravel

The Following is a Skeletal Structure for our Narratives

Topic:__________Specific Person, Place, Thing, or Idea

Student Name(s)

Image(s)8-10 slides (no text)Pay attention to

1. the ordering of the images2. the quality of the images

3. the transitions of the images 4. the details to discuss about the images

Flash Nonfiction• The story should be connected to the

chosen topic.• It is not a recap of events already

told.• Use in medias res.• Has conflict and a brief beginning,

middle, and end.• No more than fifty words

Questions?

Works Cited• MLA Format• Alphabetical Order• All images should be cited• Use www.easybib.com

Questions?

The Presentation Scoring Guide

A Level Participant• Participant offers enough solid information, without

prompting, to move the conversation forward• Participant, through her comments, demonstrates a deep

knowledge of the story without reference to the slides• Participant has come to the seminar well prepared (5-7

minute presentation time frame is met)• Participant, through her storytelling, is actively engaged with

the audience and offers• Participant offers strong details, clarification, and/or follow-up

that extends the storytelling. • Participant’s remarks offer clear mastery of the topic.   • Works Cited page is flawless (20% of grade)

B Level Participant• Participant offers solid story telling without prompting or

reference to the slides behind her• Through comments, participant demonstrates a good

knowledge of the story and knows most of the latest news• Participant makes eye contact with the audience most of

the time.• Participant has come to the seminar prepared: Student

has good command of the story without notes or other written prompts

• Participant shows that she is actively listening to others and offers clarification and/or follow-up

• Works Cited page has minor mistakes, but all sources are cited and overall meet MLA standards.

C Level Participant• Participant offers some incongruous parts of the story, but

needs prompting from the teacher or audience.• Through comments, participant demonstrates a general

knowledge of the story.• Participant makes some eye contact with the audience.• Participant is less prepared and does not offer clarification

and/or follow-up to others’ comments. Audience is left with many questions.

• Participant summarizes some of the slides.• Participant relies more upon his or her opinion, and less

on the facts to drive her story. • Works Cited page has several minor errors, but all sources

are noted.

D or F Level Participant• Participant offers little commentary about the story (goes

too fast)• Participant comes to the seminar ill-prepared.• Participant does not field questions, offers no background

to further the discussion. Typically, the student simply summarizes the images in front of her.  

• Participant fails to pay attention to the required time (5-7 minutes)

• Participant has no understanding of the details to the story she is telling the class.

• Participant simply summarizes the slides before her.• Participant does not cite all of the sources or merely cites

the URL.

Scoring BreakdownRequirements Grade

Percentage

Pacing (5-7 minutes) 40%

Images and Layout (7-10 slides) 20%

Flash Nonfiction Slide 20%

Works Cited Page 20%

Off-task Behavior During Another’s Presentation -10% per day

Recommendations:Prior to presenting, practice your presentation with Mr. Boesch or a family member or friend.