Assure Lesson 2

Introducing Our Class at Open House Teacher: Donna Marcella Purcell

Grade: 4 Subject: Language Arts Length: 15 days

Analyze Learner General Characteristics •

26 students

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Ages: 8-9yrs

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12 boys and 14 girls

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Ethnicities: Korean, Japanese, Chamorro, Hispanic, Pilipino, Yapese, and Chuckes

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Accommodations: 1 student in a wheel chair, 1 ESL student (Korean)

Specific entry competencies •

Students know how to turn on computer and understand the basic function of keyboard, finder, and Internet.

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Students know the basic functions of a video camera and digital camera.

Learning Styles •

Visual (14 students)

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Audio (1 students)

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Kinesthetic (11students)

State Objectives – Students will interview one of their classmates about their culture or traditions in their family, with already prepared question. – Students will share their best classroom work in the class while being interviewed. – Students will set up a video camera on top of a tripod for the interview. – Students will take pictures of their best classroom work. – Students will add their pictures and video to iMovie maker. – Students will edit video making each interview one and half minute in length.

– Students will add features to movie (transitions, text, and back ground music to video). – Students will hook up a projector to a computer to play video continuously.

Select Instructional methods, media, and materials •

Method * Student’s work in-group with 2 groups of 2 students.

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Media Computer, Digital Camera, Video Camera, iMovie, 6 thum drives, and projector. (All equipment provided by teacher)

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Materials * Pencils, paper, student brings in something special from

there culture, tripod

Utilize media and materials Preview materials: •

Make sure all students have the self-provided materials (paper and pencils). Have extra materials ready for those in need.

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Check all computers and make sure they all are working and have iMovie maker.

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Check all cameras and video cameras to make sure they are all working, charged, and have enough memory.

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Make sure there is enough tripods and make sure there all working properly.

Prepare materials: •

Make sure there is enough equipment necessary for each pair of students.

Prepaired environment: •

Explain to students what they will be doing and what is expected of them for all parts of the assignment go over twice.

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Show students how to properly handle equipment and put away.

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Make sure the computer lab is available for the 15 days necessary to do project.

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Make sure the wheel chair student is closest to the door.

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Explain rules of the computer lab.

Require learner participation Practice •

Teacher will show examples of other student iMovie videos on UTube.

i. Review how to upload media to computer by importing pictures and video. ii. Review with students how to import media to iMovie. iii. Review function of iMovie editing clip length, drag and drop media, transitions, duration, adding text, and adding music. iv. The teacher will also go over how to use a tripod. In Action •

Student will be grouped up in groups of four they will have a partner within in this group. The grouping of four students is because of limited amounts of equipment. The student with the wheel chair will be grouped with a fun loving student and they will always be seated next to the exit doors. The ESL Korean student will be grouped with a Korean student who is fluent in Korean and English.

i. The teacher will make sure that the student interviewing has 3 prepared questions that they will be asking their other classmate, when interviewing them about their culture. The interviewe will have an item from their culture or their family tradition and a copy of their best in class work or assignment.

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Teacher will hand out digital camera per group to take pictures of their best work.

i. Students will take an up close picture of their best classroom work. The students will take three pictures per group to insure they have a good picture. ii. Then the class will take a group picture. iii. The students will upload pictures to computer and then transfer the pictures to the thumb drive.

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Teacher will hand out tripod and video camera to students

i. The students will set up the tripod and video camera. ii. Students will determine what angel is best to do the interview. iii. The students will also have an item from their culture to share in the video. iv. Students will interview their classmate. v. Students will upload there video to the computer one pair of two at a time. vi. Students will add their video to their groups thumb drive.

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Teacher will give each group their thumb drives.

i. Students will add their video and pictures to iMovie maker. i. The students will edit their clips to one minute per person. ii. Students will vote on what fonts, title designs, and music they will use in their iMovie, the music will be added when all clips are in iMovie maker. iii. Students will then put edited clips on thumb drive.

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Teacher will have one group at a time add their movie to one laptop.

i. Each group will add there iMovie to a laptop but the last group will add the class picture and music to the video. ii. The students will share video and then watch video as a class.

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Teacher will provide the projector and laptop and give a review on how to hook up the projector.

i. Each group will hook up the projector one at a time and make sure the picture comes up. ii. Students will then play the video to make sure it is working properly. iii. Students will make corrections if any to iMovie.

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The teacher will have the iMovie playing during Open House.

Evaluation and revise -Assessment of the learners in what they achieved. -Students will be assessed individually, using a simple rubric on the next page.

Communicatio ns Skills

Excellent

Fair

Student asked all the questions in the interview and allowed student to share his or culture with respect and care.

Students ask most questions in the interview and allowed the student to share most of his or her answers to the question with care.

Needs Improveme nt Student asked very few questions in the interview and did not allow other students to share all his or her answers.

Group Cooperation

Use of all media

iMovie Quality

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All students Students had a worked well few problems together and in the had barely any beginning but problems they all worked them out together. The students Students had a handled all few problems media with the use of properly and media and with care. handled equipment. Students Students’ iMovie was iMovie was edited well, edited well but fonts, and title some of the design was design correct. elements were wrong.

Students did not work well together. They had problems Compromising their wants as a group. Students did not handle media with properly or with care. Students’ iMovie was not edited well and the design elements were wrong.

Student interviewed one of their classmates with prepared questions about their culture.

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Students

shared

their

best

classroom

work

while

being

interviewed. •

Students set up a video camera on top of a tripod for the interview.

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Students took 3 pictures of their best classroom work.

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Students added their pictures and video to iMovie maker.

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Students edited movie making each interview one and half minutes in length.

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Students’ added features to the video (transitions, text, and back ground music to video)

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Students hooked up projector to a computer to play video continuously.

--Evaluation of the instructor •

Did the teacher provide enough instruction on how to use all media?

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Did the teacher have enough time for each group of students with any questions?

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Were the students excited about the assignment?