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Writing a Mystery Story

Lesson 2b – Teacher’s Lesson Plan – Digital Fashion Show

Book:  Rage in Harlem or other mystery/detective fiction by Chester Himes.

Grade Level:  11/12

Essential Question:  How would you dress for a night out in Harlem?

Connection to Standards:  Deliver Multimedia Presentations (11/12 2.4)  Deliver Descriptive Presentations (9/10 2.6)

Technology:  The computer is used as a research, image creation and presentation tool.

Lesson Plan Content

1.  Introduce the students to period dress of the 40’s/ 50’s in Harlem by visiting web sites showing photos of Harlem life:

2. Invite the students to search the web for Harlem photos.

3. The students are to capture photos of Harlem life and fashion and compile a PowerPoint or web slide show with live narration which illustrates fashion, dress and life in the Harlem of 1940 – 1950’s  Establish a reasonable limit of 15 slides.  The source of the slide photos MUST be documented.  (See rubric following the next item.)

4. In class the student(s) are to present, in 2 –3 minutes, their “Fashion Show.” 

Assessment:

The assessment can be done by teacher or students or both according to the following rubric:

 

Weak

Strong

Excellent

Presentation

Slides are less comprehensible, of poor quality, perhaps out of order, small in number and/or minimally illustrate life in Harlem.  Sources are not documented.

Slides are in a comprehensible, perhaps chronological order, fulfill the 15 slide requirement, illustrate life in Harlem fully with several interest peaking “events.”

Slides are seamlessly arranged and anticipate what follows.  The 15 slide minimum is exceeded but this does not slow down the presentation.  Harlem is presented engagingly.

Resources

A narrow variety of sources is used, might not be documented, and/or are of dubious authority or quality.

A wide variety of sources is used and documented.  High quality, authoritative images are used

Shows a wide and deep search for material which though representative is unusually electric.

Narration

The narrative is short, inaudible, insincere, and/or unpracticed.

The narration is clearly, audibly and engagingly presented.  It is practiced with few glitches.

The narration is slick, in sync with the presentation, highly informational and exciting.

Presentation

The presenter(s) are less prepared, prone to false starts and hiatus in material and/or seem unpracticed. 

The presenter(s) are prepared, in control of the material, practiced and engaging 

The presenter(s) are highly prepared and practice and show that they have anticipated  audience interest and reaction.

Presentation Technical

The presenter(s) make little attempt to use PowerPoint links, text, color, background or other tools to distinguish his (their) presentation.

The presenter(s) effectively use PowerPoint features to distinguish his (their) presentation and might include special backgrounds, color and textures, internal links and navigation buttons.

The presenter(s) superbly use PowerPoint features to distinguish his (their) presentation including animation, movies, clip art, formatted text, modified photos and web links.

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Urban Dreams
OUSD Curriculum Unit
Writing a Mystery Story
Subject: English
Grade Level: 11th

Lesson Plan Author:
Tim Jollymore
Skyline High School
OUSD