Introduction
What can video games teach us about literacy and English? What prompts me to feel emotionally invested into fictional characters? How do videogames do that? Today we will be playing the cult class game known as "Froggy Love" and answering all of your questions.
Task
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J08DAfN35H_5rn_DSTQDy1yAQ4-cFcdW/view?usp=sharing
Follow the instructions within the document regarding how to open and play the game.
What can video games teach us about literacy and English?
While playing through "Froggy Love", write down the dialogue between characters.
What inferences can you make about Froggy and Froggy's wife?
How did the ending justify your inferences?
Using the article below, answer the following questions on the worksheet provided on the next page
https://the-artifice.com/emotionally-investing-games-characters/
What prompts me to feel emotionally invested in fictional characters?
How do video games do that?
Process
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f88ekyUjNy5v5lH4h2WV_jzoIjNBVlbbeFkkU1-0VfE/edit?usp=sharing
Using the article, and the game "Froggy Love", answer the questions within the document. When you're finished, email your worksheet to me. In the subject line write "Froggy Love Worksheet English 203"-- also be sure to include your first and last name!
Email: westcory205@potsdam.edu
Evaluation
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Student only wrote down the dialogue shared by the characters. |
Student stated their inferences with no justification. |
Student supported their inferences without citations. |
Student supported their inferences while citing examples from the game. |
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Student did answer the question, but did not explain. |
Student answered the questions, but did not clearly explain. |
Student directly answered the questions and clearly explained their answers. |
Student directly answered the question and used citations to clearly support their explanations. |
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Student wrote with no grammar. |
Student wrote with major grammatical errors. |
Student supported their arguments with minor grammatical errors. |
Student also clearly supported their argument while using proper grammar and punctuation. |
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Conclusion
Congratulations, you have now learned how videogames can relate to your English studies! A fun exercise will be look at the video games you play and see how they can relate to the lesson you learned today. Video games aren't just some killing beauties, they can also teach us a lot about the world and how we interact with it/the people on it.
Credits
Froggy Love was made by Mr. Westcott
Froggy Love: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J08DAfN35H_5rn_DSTQDy1yAQ4-cFcdW/view?usp=sharing
Worksheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f88ekyUjNy5v5lH4h2WV_jzoIjNBVlbbeFkkU1-0VfE/edit?usp=sharing
Article: https://the-artifice.com/emotionally-investing-games-characters/
Teacher Page
Greetings fellow teachers!
My name is Mr. Westcott and today we will be taking a deeper look at the video games we play! Today I will be showing you how videogames can apply to your English studies-- with the example from a game titled "Froggy Love". For High School students, this should be a fun exercise that will ask students to analyze the actions, characters, and world of "Froggy Love". Students will use their computers to play through the game.
Full name: Ryan Westcott
Email: westcory205@potsdam.edu