Introduction
You have been chosen by a famous publishing house. They need to hire good editors because they want to launch a new series of digital biographies for esl learners. They're planning to set up 3 different levels of Readers ( survival level, half-way level, expert level)
Task
You will be working in pairs or groups to learn as much as possible about famous people who made history.
You will choose your inspiring person
You will explore all the resources on your assigned inspiring person
You will have to decide if you're going to prepare a biography for the survival, half-way or expert level
At the end you will produce both a written biography and a video using imovie or adobe spark video.
Process
You have to:
1) explore the online resources related to your famous person using your ipads or computers ( audio, video, texts )
https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1050161134440546306
2) write a biography:
survival level: 120/150 words
half-way level: 200/250 words
expert level: 300/350 words
Make sure you include relevant information and a quotation
3) prepare a video using the text of the biography you wrote, images and music ( get inspiration from Daniela&Daniela's work )
http://esldifferentiatedlearning.pbworks.com/w/page/123871353/GANDHI
Evaluation
| ACTIVITY | POINTS:100 |
| WRITING ( 50 ) | |
| BIOGRAPHY ( Content 20, Grammar 20, Spelling 5, Organization 5 ) | 50 |
| VIDEO ( 3/4 MINUTE PRESENTATION ) ( 50 ) | |
| CONTENT | 20 |
| IMAGES AND MUSIC | 10 |
| PRONUNCIATION | 20 |
Conclusion
This project has several aims:
1. evaluate your competence with the written Language by choosing the relevant information and using the correct language structures
2. assess your competence in speaking the language by using the correct pronunciation and intonation
3. determine your digital competence