S2+LaPierre,+Tiarra

=Stage 2 - Determine Acceptable Evidence.=

•**Glogster:** Design a cover for the Great Gatsby expressing one or more major theme(s). •**iMovie:** Students will create a video expressing multiple points of view from characters in the Great Gatsby regarding one event or character. •**Blog:** Students will keep track of symbols and meaning as they become clearer through readings. •**Digital Essay:** Students will analyze two or more symbols from The Great Gatsby and participate in peer reviews online. •**Comic Life:** Discern truth and make inferences about characters excluding Nick's narrator biases. || •**Self-Assessment:** Students will fill out exit cards or do quick rights a the end of class explaining what they have learned and what questions they still have. •**Reflection:** Initial, during, and post skill and knowledge surveys. || =Assessment Task Blue Print=
 * **Performance Task (Summary in G.R.A.S.P.S. form):** **(T)** ||
 * **Goal:** Students must be able to design a new cover for The Great Gatsby by identifying and understanding at least one theme from the text and what effect it has on the work as a whole.
 * Role:** Artist/ Analytical Critic
 * Audience:** F. Scott Fitzgerald and a panel of judges.
 * Situation:** Fitzgerald needs help conveying his ideas through a new cover that will both attract students and display themes.
 * Product/Presentation:** Design a Glogster to be the new cover of The Great Gatsby and explain its significance.
 * Standards (Criteria from both rubrics - product and presentation):** Content 25%, Comprehension 25%, Posture and Eye Contact 10%, Preparedness 10%, Enthusiasm 10%, Evaluates Peers 20%, Graphics Clarity 15%, Graphics Originality 10%, Content Accuracy 35%, Knowledge Gained 20%, Attractiveness 15%, Grammar 5%. ||
 * Other Evidence (quizzes, test, prompts, observations, dialogues, work sample, etc.):**
 * **Other Evidence** **(OE)** ||
 * •**Discussion Podcast:** Talk show discussing the role of theme.
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**
 * **Self-Assessment** **(SA)** ||
 * •**Pre-Assessment:** Students will fill out a questionnaire based on the unit to display prior knowledge and learner- readiness.
 * •**Pre-Assessment:** Students will fill out a questionnaire based on the unit to display prior knowledge and learner- readiness.

//**What understandings/goals will be assessed through this task?**// **(G)** A. Reading- A2. Literary Texts ||
 * **Understanding** || **Goal (MLR)** ||
 * •There are several themes present in The Great Gatsby || •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** ||
 * •The Great Gatsby || •Themes ||

//**Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate understandings?**//
 * **Task Description:** **(T)** ||
 * You are living in the middle of the 1920’s, __The Great Gatsby__ has just been published and it has become an instant bestseller! As an accomplished literary critic and long-time student of Fitzgerald’s work, the publication that you work for has picked you to create a cover for the special edition of __The Great Gatsby__ using a newfangled piece of advanced technology called Glogster. However you are not the only one fighting to have your work displayed on the cover of one of the greatest American Literary novels of all time! The cover will be viewed by a panel of judges as well as Fitzgerald himself, and will need to draw attention and express themes clearly in order to be chosen. Remember, it’s not enough to be a pretty picture, your Glogster must convey meaning by combining several important ideas and images from the book. You have a midnight deadline so that it can be out on the streets, ASAP! Good luck!!! ||

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

//**By what criteria will student products/performances be evaluated?**// •Graphics Originality: 10% •Content Accuracy: 35% •Knowledge Gained: 20% •Attractiveness: 15% •Grammar: 5% || •Content: 25% •Comprehension: 25% •Posture and Eye Contact: 10% •Preparedness: 10% •Enthusiasm: 10% •Evaluates Peers: 20% ||
 * **Product Criteria** || **Presentation Criteria** ||
 * •Graphics Clarity:15%
 * 2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe**