Your Name: Mrs.

Lee Ann Spillane English Period ____ 15 December 2011 Project for Awesome Title: __________________________________ Assignment: Work in small groups (2s or 3s) to make the world a better place by educating people about a charity that helps others. Create a 2-3 minute video that you will post to YouTube by Friday, 12/16. Project Goals: 1. Learn about types appeals used in argument: ethical, logical and emotional appeals (LA.910.6.3.1). 2. Use digital tools to purposefully communicate and achieve a purpose (LA.910.6.4.1). 3. Demonstrate persuasive writing (video script) used to influence audience (LA. 910.4.3.1) Your Project for Awesome video should include: Persuasive argument: include facts about your charity to persuade audience to support it Video elements: images/video, music, narration, clear beginning, middle and end with transitions between segments P4A elements :Upload video to YouTube; spread the word to get views/comments; Project for Awesome logo (saved at the end of your project, the logo should last as long as your video so that it becomes the icon or thumbnail for the video on YouTube);video is tagged: cchs-p4a12, p4a, p4a12,

Brainstorm for Ideas Problems I see in my community. Charity organizations that work to solve these problems are

Group Members

Contact Information

Plan for getting the project done

Evaluation Rubric 4-A I am an expert! Demonstrates a clear understanding of Persuasive ethical, logical and Use of emotional appeals; Appeals uses a variety of Did you appeals to create convince compelling argument audience to for others to support support your charity charity? 1D I do not understand. Clear misunderstanding of using appeals to persuade an audience. Students may not use appeals at all or may substitute simpler task to telling audience about the charity (expository instead of persuasive) Music, voice, and Music, voice, images Something seems to Even with help, Using images are clearly may be put together be missing from the students have little or Digital edited to convey but editing may not video (music, images no success creating Tools to enthusiasm and convey interest or or narration); video video; Video project Create achieve purpose; enthusiasm. Video may share may not have been Video students; video is shares information information about but saved as a movie. Did you clear and loud enough but may not achieve does not achieve Video may not achieve your to be heard; follows purpose; video is purpose; sound achieve purpose. purpose? fair use for all clear but may not be problems get in the Text, audio and/or image/audio loud enough in spots; way of understanding. images are used follows fair use for all Some material may without permission image/audio be used without and/or in violation of permission or in copyright violation of copyright Video thumbnail is Video thumbnail may Video thumbnail is Students did not Awesome the P4A logo; video not be the P4A logo; not the P4A logo; publish video on elements has been viewed and video plays on there may be YouTube. DFTBA? commented on many YouTube; can be problems playing the How times; can be found found by searching video from YouTube; awesome is with the tags: cchsfor cchs-p4a12 video may not be your video? p4a12, p4a, p4a12 tagged Upload your P4A video to Bear English! Participate in commenting, rating and favoriting P4A Extra videos during Project for Awesome online on Saturday 12/17 and Sunday 12/18favorite, rate Credit and comment on at least 100 videos for extra credit : ) Show you did it by taking a screen shot of your favorites on YouTube and saving it to BearEnglish Additional Comments: 3-B I get most of it. Basic understanding of argument/appeals; use at least 2 appeals to attempt to persuade audience to support charity. 2 -C I have questions. Misunderstanding of appeals evident or not enough information to gage understanding; 1 appeal may used to persuade audience to support charity, but persuasive purpose is not achieved.

Connect with Care 1 What social issues do you care about? Ive listed 3 issues I care about.
poverty, literacy, children List your top 3 issues.

2 Investigate charities that serve your

Your Issue #1

issues. List the names of the charities under your issues below. OR charity + issue Your Issue #3

Look them up by searching: Nonprofit + issue + America Your Issue #2

Poverty The Uncultured Project The Salvation Army

Literacy First Book

Children Invisible Children Save the Children

Cancer This Star Wont Go Out Foundation

Suicide Prevention SAVE.org The Trevor Project

Conservation Nature Conservancy

Health Malaria No More Water.org

Wigs for Give Kids the Kids World

3 Choose 2 charities to investigate further from the list you made or from the organizations listed above.
Gather facts using the 5 Ws and an H organizer.

4 Talk with your group about what you discovered and pick the charity your group will support during Project
for Awesome.

5Ws & an H: Get the Facts

Group Members: Charity #1: url: Charity #2: url:

Who? Who runs the

organization? What kind of people work for the charity?

What? What does the

charity do for people? What problem(s) do they work to solve?

When? When did the

charity begin? How long have they been in business?

Where? Where do
they work? What country, state, city benefits?

How? How can you tell

that this charity is honest or reliable and that they use the $ they collect how they say they will?

Why? Why are you

interested in this charity? Why support it?

Storyboard Your Video Beginning Voice/Narration Basic facts Who? What? When? Where? How? Why? Appeals Used: Ethical Logical Emotional Images/Video Fair use Clear images Transitions between shots Middle End

Music Fair use Emotional impact Low enough to hear voice over