Collaborative Lesson/Pine Creek High School/Fall 2014 �1"Participants:"Marika Olson – LMC"

" " Luci Greiman – Freshman Literature Teacher"

" " Michael Pollard – Building Technology Coordinator"

Grade Level:"Freshman Literature"

Objectives:" Students will select a novel for independent reading after hearing Library Staff “booktalk” several titles. Following a timeline, students will read their novel; attend a training session in “How to Write a Booktalk”; receive handouts; write a booktalk about their independent novel and apply a 1-5 star rating; collaborate with other students to film their booktalk; participate in group sessions to view student-filmed booktalks and assess each film; publish their booktalk to the PCHS Library Media Center’s Student Book Review kiosk."

CDE’s Reading, Writing, and Communicating Standards Addressed:"

1. Oral Expression and Listening"

a. Oral presentations require effective preparation strategies."

b. Listening critically to comprehend a speaker’s message requires mental and physical strategies to direct and maintain attention."

2. Reading for All Purposes"

Increasingly complex literary elements in traditional and contemporary works of literature require scrutiny and comparison."

3. Writing and Composition"

a. Literary and narrative texts develop a controlling idea or theme with descriptive and expressive language."

b. Writing for grammar, usage, mechanics, and clarity requires ongoing refinements and revisions."

21st Century Skills Competencies in Reading, Writing, and Communicating Addressed:!

• Students need to be able to successfully evaluate an independent novel for the purpose of creating a “booktalk”. Student must understand content of writing and use logic for critical thinking while evaluating the novel."

• Students must employ collaboration skills while participating in peer groups for filming and assessing booktalks."

Collaborative Lesson/Pine Creek High School/Fall 2014 �2• Students must be self-directed by completing novels, taking notes during training sessions,

writing booktalks, organizing filming of booktalks with storyboards, and assessing their classmates finished films."

• Students are exhibiting inventive ways to comprehend and evaluate reading materials by writing and filming booktalks, using iPads and FLIP cameras to film booktalks, using editing software to possibly manipulate finished product, and publishing to the LMC’s Student Book Review kiosk."

Assignment:" Students will attend a “booktalk” given by the library staff to aid them in the selection of an independent novel. Students will select an independent novel to read. Students will attend a training session in “How to Write a Booktalk”, they will take notes, ask questions, and receive the following handouts:"

a) “How to Write a Booktalk”"

b) “Booktalking Tips To Get You Started”, and"

c) “Five Tips For Better Student Filming Projects”"

After completion of novel, students will write their booktalk and apply a 1-5 star rating at the end (with 1 star representing that the student considered the book “very poor” and 5 stars representing that the student considered the book “excellent”). While it is not required, the creation of a “storyboard” is highly recommended. Students will collaborate to film their booktalk. Completed assignments will be uploaded into Google Drive. Peer groups will be formed to assess each student’s finished film. Filmed booktalks will be uploaded into the PCHS Library Media Center Student Book Review kiosk."

Timeline:"

• 22 September, 2014 – classes will attend booktalking session in the LMC and check-out their independent novel. Novels must be completely read by 13 October, 2014."

• 13 October, 2014 – Marika Olson will teach lesson on “How to Write a Booktalk”, Michael Pollard will teach tips on filming with a FLIP camera or an iPad camera. Handouts will be provided. Students will begin writing their booktalks. Writing (and possibly storyboards) must be completed by 22 October, 2014."

• 22 October, 2014 – classes will film their booktalks during one class period. The task of editing and finishing booktalk films will be on students’ own time. Finished films will be uploaded to Google Drive."

• 30 October, 2014 – classes will divide into peer groups and assess classmates’ films."

• 03 November, 2014 – LMC will begin to upload to the Student Book Review kiosk"

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Collaborative Lesson/Pine Creek High School/Fall 2014 �3"Link to PCHS Library’s “How to Write a Booktalk” (created by Marika Olson):!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19BbOxSWrGZhnvQng4zokZLmYoUZpJhrUqeLXxRmQQYM/edit?usp=sharing"

"Rubric:"

Academy School District 20!

Teacher’s Scoring Version!

High School Speaking Rubric!

(See next 2 pages.)"

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"""""""Academy School District 20!

Student’s Scoring Version!

High School Speaking Rubric!

(See next 2 pages.)"

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""""""Handouts:!

“How to Write a Booktalk”"

“Booktalking Tips To Get You Started”, and"

“Five Tips For Better Student Filming Projects”"

(See next 3 pages.)"

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How to Write a Booktalk"

Golden Rules!1. Like the book."

2. Know your audience."

3. Do not reveal the entire plot of the book."

4. Don’t tell the ending."

Build a No-Fail Booktalk!1. While book is still fresh in your mind, jot down the following:"

a) genre of the book,"

b) what made you gasp, laugh, cry,"

c) any favorite or reviled characters that stood out,"

d) any plot points,"

e) setting,"

f) language,"

g) memorable quotes (jot down page #s)"

2. Finding the Hook"

Find the scene or the circumstance that moves the plot forward, gives flavor to the book, or provides the motivation to finish the book."

Create the Structure!1. The beginning: entry point into the book for your audience."

2. The lead-in: background for your audience."

3. The hook: critical element that will entice audience to read the book."

4. The close: always mention the title and author of the book."

Write Your Booktalk!1. Write the rough draft."

Collaborative Lesson/Pine Creek High School/Fall 2014 �82. The first sentence captures your audience, the last sentence drives them to

the book."

3. Time yourself as you read it aloud, it should not exceed three minutes."

Refine Your Booktalk!1. Add a personal touch."

2. Make sure it’s true to your speech patterns."

3. Limit to three minutes."

Memorize, Memorize, Memorize!""

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Booktalking Tips To Get You Started"Cliffhanger:! The classic plot hook. Bring your audience to the edge of their seats,

and then stop!"

Empathy:! Ask questions to put the audience in the shoes of the character. Ask the audience “What would you do if…?”"

First Sentence:!Read only the first line for a short but effective book hook."

Gross-out:! Read or describe the goriest, grossest scene in the book."

Headlines:! Refer to a recent article in the news, then link to the book."

Jump-cut:! Jump quickly from one scene to another; allow the audience to deduce the connection."

Know a secret:! Talk about it and around it, but don’t tell it."

Linking:! Link the book to a popular movie with a similar theme or setting."

Mystery:! Turn the book into a game of Clue, and invite the audience to play."

Next line:! Read a dramatic scene from the book, stop just before the plunge down the cliff."

Props:! Use an object to lead into a scene, or use to help act it out."

Questions:! Ask a series of questions to set a mood or pique curiosity."

Sounds:! Use sound effects."

Understated:! Present strange happenings in a deadpan manner."

Violence:" Describe a fight or murder."

What if?:" Present the moral dilemma facing the central character."

You:! ! ! Relate events in the book to events in the"

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Five Tips For Better Student Filming Projects"

Keep It Steady. A handheld camera is not ideal but not impossible to hold to steady. Utilize a tripod if possible. When panning a shot, hold camera close to body and swivel body, not arms or hands."

Do Not Zoom. Start shooting from a distance, stop camera and physically move closer, shoot more footage."

Shoot. Many. Short. Videos. Notonereallyreallylongone. Long videos are hard to edit. Shoot a series of short takes at different distances and different angles. This technique will give you a lot of options during the editing process."

Get Close. Not far. Film close enough to pick up details of shot. Experiment with different distances."

Shoot “Heads and Tails”!Push the record button seconds before the action starts, and stop recording seconds after the action ends. This will make your editing process much smoother."

Two More Tips From Mr. Pollard"Use a Storyboard to Map Out Your Film!

If you are planning several scenes for your booktalk, want to add background music or sound effects, experiment with transitions, use a storyboard to plan it all out first! This will make your filming and editing processes way easier!"

Use the Rule of Thirds!While filming, place the focus of your frame in one-third of the frame. This will make the frame aesthetically pleasing to watch."

iPad Filming Tips"Set the exposure.

Tapping on a dark part of the image will lighten the entire frame, tapping on a light part of the image will darken the entire frame."

Focus on what you want. iPad has built-in face detection, drawing yellow boxes around people in the frame, focusing on them automatically. Tap the area you want to focus on."

Collaborative Lesson/Pine Creek High School/Fall 2014 �11Shoot video only in Landscape.!

This will prevent the appearance of vertical black bars on either side of video."

Microphone will pick up all sounds.!Film in quiet place and don’t cover up the microphone with your hands. Mr. Pollard says, “the audio portion of your filmed presentation is more important than the video”!"

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