Digital Story Telling and the beginning of Wildcat Morning News

Group 1 -  Reporters: Tommy, Billy - project leader, Anya and Vinay 

Crew - editing, and filming Jacob, Maggie - project leader, Aaron, Jerzy and Sam F.

At the end of this lesson the student should have produces the Wildcat Morning News. The students will conduct interviews, report on sporting events and other relevant aspects of the middle school   The students will work in google apps to script out  and put together a polished newscast. There will be a director, a camera person, reporters, script director and a project leader. There needs to be as much detail as possible. If the final project is not up to the rubrics standards the newscast will not be presented to the middle school. A student will be the project leader. I will try to accommodate the needs of all the students in the newscast as best as I can. The project leader will assign who will do different news stories.

Newscast - Presentation and Planning : Wildcat Morning News Teacher Name: Mr. Mussoline Student Name:     ________________________________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Group Work	The group functioned exceptionally well. All members listened to, shared with and supported the efforts of others. The group (all members) was always on task!	The group functioned pretty well. Most members listened to, shared with and supported the efforts of others. The group (all members) was almost always on task!	The group functioned fairly well but was dominated by one or two members. The group (all members) was almost always on task!	Some members of the group were often off task AND/OR were overtly disrespectful to others in the group AND/OR were typically disregarded by other group members.
Prepared	Group is completely prepared and has obviously rehearsed.	Group seems pretty prepared but might have needed a couple more rehearsals.	The group is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that rehearsal was lacking.	Group does not seem at all prepared to present.
Props	Group uses 2 or more props which enhance presentation.	Group uses 1 prop that is not relevant to presentation.	Group uses 2 or more props that are not relevant to presentation .	Group uses 1 prop which which enhances presentation.
Pronunciation	Speaks clearly and distinctly all of the time and mispronounces no words.	Speaks clearly and distinctly all of the time but mispronounces 1 or more words.	Speaks clearly and distinctly most of the time and mispronounces no words.	Does NOT speak clearly and distinctly most of the time AND/OR mispronounces more than 1 word.
Volume	Volume is loud enough to be heard by all throughout the entire newscast.	Volume is loud enough to be heard by all throughout most of newscast.	Volume is often too soft to be heard by all throughout newscast.	Often mumbles or is unable to be heard throughout the majority of the newscast.
Enthusiasm	Facial expression and body language show a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the newscast, but it is not overdone.	Facial expression and body language show a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the newscast, but it is somewhat overdone.	Facial expression and body language show some interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the newscast.	Facial expression and body language depict apathy or boredom with the topic.
Content	All content is relevant and is presented in a serious manner.	Most of the content is relevant and is presented in a serious manner.	Most of the content is relevant but is presented in a non professional way.	The content is not relevant and is presented in a non professional way.

Group 2 - Cate - project leader,  Mark, Ashutosh, Noe, Sam W., Matt. - assistant project leader, Preet, Robin and Arvid At the end of this lesson the student should...be able to use green screen to impose themselves into a children's book. iMovie will be used in advance mode. The students will gather images from the Internet that represent their favorite children's book. The students will then narrate their book and impose themselves over the images that they chose. The ultimate goal of this lesson is to present a polished finished project to the lower school student. Story Telling : Work with Green Screen to read your favorite children\'s book Teacher Name: Mr. Mussoline Student Name:     ________________________________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Use of Digital Photos	Used all photos with great success-character, mood, setting, plot.	Used most photos with great success-character, mood, setting, plot.	Used a few photos with some success - character, mood setting, plot.	Used no photo with no success - character, mood, setting and plot.
Volume	Volume is loud enough to be heard by all throughout the entire story.	Volume is loud enough to be heard by all throughout most of story.	Volume is often too soft to be heard by all throughout story.	Often mumbles or is unable to be heard throughout the majority of the story.
Enthusiasm	Facial expression and body language show a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the story, but it is not overdone.	Facial expression and body language show a strong interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the story, but it is somewhat overdone.	Facial expression and body language show some interest and enthusiasm about the topic throughout the story.	Facial expression and body language depict apathy or boredom with the topic.
Content	All content is relevant and is presented in a serious manner.	Most of the content is relevant and is presented in a serious manner.	Most of the content is relevant but is presented in a non professional way.	The content is not relevant and is presented in a non professional way.
Pronunciation	Speaks clearly and distinctly all of the time and mispronounces no words.	Speaks clearly and distinctly all of the time but mispronounces 1 or more words.	Speaks clearly and distinctly most of the time and mispronounces no words.	Does NOT speak clearly and distinctly most of the time AND/OR mispronounces more than 1 word.