Introduction
Radio commercials have proven to be an effective way to promote something or reach consumers. Radio stations run these commercials in between segments or throughout broadcasting hour. A radio commercial usually lasts around 30 seconds where it usually contains a description of the product, its benefits, enticements, and contact information or location
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Task
In Unit 3, you discussed the topic of School and Education. You learned about making descriptive sentences, offering opinions, agreeing and disagreeing. Your task for this unit is to show people why one school is better than the rest. This can be done by promoting the school through PAMPHLETS AND RADIO COMMERCIALS.
Create a pamphlet and a recording of a radio commercial
Your project is to create a pamphlet which describes and promotes a certain school. You will also need to make your own radio commercial to promote a school and record it. Make your pamphlet and radio commercial as attention-grabbing as possible.
Process
Follow these steps to complete the project:
1. Work out the content of your pamphlet (Make sure it is short, concise and informative)
2. Design the layout and print out the pamphlet.
3. For your radio commercial, design your content and make sure it is a minimum of 20 seconds and a maximum of 30 seconds. Afterwards, record it together with your group and save it to a flash drive. You may add jingles and other sound effects. However, focus on the content of the commercial.
4. Present your pamphlet and radio commercial to the class
Here are some links on how to make pamphlets:
http://epubs.scu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1143&context=educ_pubs
http://www.howtodothings.com/business/how-to-design-a-pamphlet
Evaluation
You will be evaluated in these areas:
| Very Good | Good | Satisfactory | Needs Improvements | |
| PERFORMANCE | Students maintain eye contact with audience. Perfect tone when presenting | Students maintain eye contact most of the time. Sometimes do not speak clearly. | Students occasionally uses eye contact, but still read most of the project. Often do not speak clearly. | Students present all of project with no eye contact. Do not speak clearly. |
| CONFIDENCE | Students appeared well-prepared, confident and comfortable | Students seemed fairly comfortable and confident, but needs a bit more practice | Students seemed somewhat prepared, but need more practice to build confidence | Inadequate preperation. Need practice to build confidence. |
| LANGUAGE USED | Students use a wide range of vocabulary correctly to express ideas. | Students use accurate vocabulary. Occasionally, errors in word choice. | Students use a fair range of vocabulary to espress ideas. | Students use limited range of vocabulary. Mostly inaccurate. |
| COOPERATION | All students contributed equally in completing and presenting the project | One student did not contribute equally in completing and presenting the project | More than two students did not contribute equally in completing and presenting the project | All students did not complete the project in a timely manner |
Conclusion
Now you know how to suggest a school through a Pamphlet and a Radio Commercial!