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=Stage 2 - Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

•**Glogster:** A poster will be created supporting your presidential candidate, as a means of supporting your argument and thesis. •**Wikispace:** A Wikispace will be created, which will be express all points and facets of your argument for selecting, and lobbying for, your presidential candidate. •**WebQuest:** You will use this [|WebQuest] to look at various ways that advertising affects how people view certain things. You will take this information and utilize it when you make your final iMovie presentation. •**Podcast:** A podcast will be created, imitating a one-man political news radio talk show, where you will support your presidential candidate. •**Inspiration:** Using Inspiration, you will create an outline of your argument and thesis. || •**Self-assessment:** Throughout the process, students will create several blog postings, analyzing their progress and reflecting on the work they do. •**Reflection:** At the end of the process, the students will create a final blog entry, answering various things about the process of the unit and assessing how they did. || =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * **Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form):** **(T)** ||
 * **Goal:** You are to persuade the rest of your political party to back your presidential candidate by using a carefully chosen thesis to argue.
 * Role:** You are a campaign manager for your political party who has been chosen to select a deceased U.S. president to resurrect and lobby for his reelection.
 * Audience:** You are aiming to argue for the reelection of a deceased U.S. president to the rest of your political party at this years party convention.
 * Situation:** New technology has emerged amongst a political struggle in the American government, where any deceased U.S. president can be brought back to life and run for reelection.
 * Product/Presentation:** You will make a brief two to three minute iMovie presentation, featuring a campaign ad, lobbying for your candidates reelection. Be sure to incorporate your arguable thesis into the presentation.
 * Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation): Oral Presentation:** Comprehension 30%, Content 30%, Enthusiasm 20%, Preparedness 10% Volume/Diction 5%, Posture and Eye Contact 5%. **iMovie Presentation:** Persuasion 25%, Argument/Thesis 20%**,** Storyboarding 15%, Sound Quality 15%, Visual Quality 15%, Thesis Statement Comprehension 10%. ||
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * **Other Evidence** **(OE)** ||
 * •**Blog:** The blog will be written throughout the writing process, from forming the thesis, through each arguable point, until the conclusion of the unit. It will serve as a means of progress and reflection.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * **Self-Assessment** **(SA)** ||
 * •**Pre-assessment:** Give students a questionnaire, asking them about thesis statements, knowledge of U.S. presidents, and forming arguments.

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** B3: Writing: Argument/Analysis ||
 * **Understanding** || **Goal (MLR)** ||
 * •A strong thesis is necessary to formulate an argument. || •MLR: English/Language Arts

What criteria are implied in the standard(s) understanding(s) regardless of the task specifics? What qualities must student work demonstrate to signify that standards were met?
 * **Big Ideas** || **Big Ideas** ||
 * •Forming an argument and thesis. || •How one can defend their ideas through logical argument. ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * **Task Description:** **(T)** ||
 * It is 20 years in the future and a new resurrection portal device has just been built and tested. After several corrupt, one-term politicians, your political party has entrusted you in choosing a currently deceased U.S. president to bring back to life. As his campaign manager, it will be your job to select the president and lobby for his reelection. But, you will need to be able to persuade the rest of your political party at this year’s party convention to back your candidate. You will do this by forming a strong and arguable thesis to ensure your candidate's reelection. You will utilize this thesis and argument by producing a brief two to three minute campaign ad, using iMovie, endorsing your candidate for president of the United States. ||

//**What student products/performances will provide evidence of desired understandings?**//
 * **Type II Product** || **Type of Presentation** ||
 * •iMovie || •Oral Presentation ||

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// •Argument/Thesis 20% •Storyboarding 15% •Sound Quality 15% •Visual Quality 15% •Thesis Statement Comprehension 10% || •Comprehension 30% •Content 30% •Enthusiasm 20% •Preparedness 10% •Volume/Diction 5% •Posture and Eye Contact 5% ||
 * **Product Criteria** || **Presentation Criteria** ||
 * •Persuasion 25%
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**