Technology Integration Process

Under the direction and supervision of the teacher and/or videographer, the film crew students will write a film script, log and edit the film shots, and produce a video on how education liberates the mind. The student film maker will be trained in the “Final-Cut-Pro” film making process.

The student film maker will research articles on Human Rights, Frederick Douglass, and complete the writing activities using the Internet Web search and Microsoft word.

The student film maker will use interviewing techniques, locate sound tracks, write and revise scripts, operate the camcorder, narrate and edit the film documentary.

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Additional Readings & Website

• Angelou, Maya. I know why the Caged Bird Sings.
• Hampton-Brown. “High Point Reading Program” (Level C)
• Amistad: www.amistadamerica.org

Assessment

• Expository Reading Guide: Template #1 is a reading guide designed to critique each chapter of the novel, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The focus of the reading guide is to apply a variety of instructional strategies that engages critical thinking, develops problem solving techniques, and make learning meaningful.
• Quiz: The “Universal Declaration of Independence” quiz is designed to facilitate learning experiences that promote autonomy, interaction, and choice.
• Essential Question Essay: The (5) paragraph essay is designed to engage the student’s prior knowledge, life experiences, and make the content relevant and meaningful to them. link Key Elements

Support Structures for Weaker Readers

The following Expository Reading strategies are structured for students with under developed reading and writing skills:

• The series of questions in the Expository Reading Guide, Template #1 are designed to deconstruct the readings, expose the author’s purpose, and broaden the student’s understanding of the literary theme, characters, plot, and setting.
• The vocabulary section in Template #1 is designed to aid the student’s comprehension in the context with the reading.
• The spelling and vocabulary section in Template #1 is designed to teach the student to use a standard dictionary for determining the meaning of unknown words.
• The Essential Question Guide, Template #3 is designed to organize and structure the student writer’s narrative, and too critique the relationship between generalizations and the primary source materials.