CONTENT FINALIZATION AND DRESS REHEARSALS

I. Topic/Grade Level: Content Finalization and Dress Rehearsals 12th Grade

II.
Standards:
Writing Standards for Literacy in Social Studies and Technical Subjects 612
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing
products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.
Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 612
7. Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g.,
visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem
8. Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent
understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources.
ISTE Standards
3. Research and information fluency Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use
information.

Plan strategies to guide inquiry

Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of
sources and media

Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to
specific tasks

Process data and report results

III.Goals and Student Learning Outcomes:
GOAL: Students will finalize their senior projects and will come prepared for a dress rehearsal
presentation to the class.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students will be able to demonstrate a collaborative
display of the information that they have gathered throughout the unit.
Goal 1: Students will have completed their students websites
Student Learning Outcome 1: Students will demonstrate they have uploaded all
information to a complete website.
Student Learning Outcome 2: Students have a place where all of their information is
saved and can be updated as time goes on.
Goal 2: Students will dress appropriately for their dress rehearsal in preparation for their final
presentations.
Student Learning Outcome 1: Students will know how to dress appropriately for interview
situations.

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Student Learning Outcome 2: Students will know how to present themselves professionally
and effectively.

IV.
V.

VI.

Learning Environment(s):
Students will be in the classroom with direct instruction and group work.
Resources:
Apple TV
IMovie
www.Weebly.com
Diversity / Differentiation:

VII.

The classroom will consist of all 12th grade students who have been working
towards their senior projects. This will include students with IEPs as well.
Technology Inclusion:

Students will be accessing their websites through the IPads, Apple TV, and
www.Weebly.com

VIII. Prior Knowledge: Students have been preparing for their presentations throughout the
unit.
Lesson Placement in the Unit: This is lesson 9 of 10.
IX.

Procedures:
1. Lesson Introduction / Anticipatory Set:
The facilitator will make sure that everyone has appropriate attire on, which would be
appropriate for their final presentations.
2. Direct Instruction:
The instructor will direct the students in the process to take place on presentation day.
The instructor will show each student where they will be standing and how they should
present. The instructor should give feedback on each students individual run through
of their presentations.
3. Student Interaction with lesson content / Guided Practice:
Today will be spent finalizing final student products and presentations along with dress
rehearsals. Today will be spent placing the final touches on the presentations. Student
can finalize any editing to their personal statements via IMovie. Students will be able
to make sure that all of their documents are properly edited and in the final version
stage, and videos are properly uploaded to their Weebly site and that it is presentable.
Once this is complete students will utilize www.qrstuff.com to create a QR code
making their portfolios quickly accessible.
4. Independent Practice:

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Students will participate in a short run through of their presentations, dressed
appropriately, while other students and the educator provide necessary feedback and/or
suggestions.
5. Review / Closure:
The instructor should reiterate that the students need to prepare at home for the final
presentation. Homework: students should run through their presentations at home. This
can be in front of the mirror, family members, or friends
6. Presentations:
The majority of the class time is spent reviewing each students presentation.
X.
Evaluation/Assessment:
CATEGORY
4
Organization
Information is
very organized
with an
introduction,
body and
conclusion.
Quality of
Information
Information
clearly relates to
the main topics.
It includes
several
supporting
details and/or
examples.
Design
Clean,
consistent
design is used
for all slides. If
background
graphics are
used they do not
distract reader.
Technical
A minimum of
eight (8) slides
are included. At
least five (5)
slides include
graphics.
Mechanics
No grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation
errors.

3
Information is
organized with
an introduction,
body, and
conclusion.

2
Information is
organized, but
may be missing
the introduction,
body or
conclusion.
Information
relates to most
of the main
topics. No
details and/or
examples are
given.

1
The information
appears to be
disorganized.

Consistent
design is used
for all slides. If
background
graphics are
used they do not
distract reader.

Design is not
completely
consistent.
Background
graphics may
distract reader.

No consistency
among slide
design.
Background
graphics are
distracting.

A minimum of
eight (8) slides
are included. At
least four (4)
slides include
graphics.
Two or less
grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation

A minimum of
seven (7) slides
are included. At
least three (3)
slides include
graphics.
Three to five
grammatical,
spelling, or
punctuation

Most slides are

missing and no
graphics are
included.

Information
clearly relates to
the main topics.
It provides
supporting
details and/or
examples.

Information has
little or nothing
to do with the
main topics.

More than five

grammatical,
spelling, or
punctuation

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errors.

XI.

errors.

errors.

References:

Google. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2015, from http://www.google.com/

Weebly: Create a Free Website, Online Store, or Blog. (n.d.). Retrieved May 27, 2015, from
http://www.weebly.com