Animoto Video

My Animoto Video: Let's go shopping!
Background music: Pet Shop Boys, Shopping
Source of all photos: Google images

For this week's mod, I created an Animoto video with pictures and texts. It is in the setting of a social interaction: students learn words and expressions which could be used in shopping scenarios. Students may create their own photo stories with the Animoto videos. Language performance indicators and assessment are as follows:

Performance indicator - ESL.1.5-8.4.1.9 
Students use appropriate vocabulary, expressions, language, routines, and interaction styles for various audiences and formal and informal social or school situations, noticing how intention is realized through language.
May Include - ESL.1.5-8.4.1.9.MI
Expressions and routines such as asking permission, making and responding to request, greeting, making promises, thanking and apologizing. Such situations include chatting with friends, participating in group discussions, greeting a principal or other adult, and making purchases.

Assessment: 
1. I would create a rubric for students to follow before they create their own photo stories. The rubric can also be used as an assessment tool for me to identify students' strengths and weakness in their language performances. For example, the rubric may state that the photo story is set in a social interaction, involving an appropriate social conversation, or part of an appropriate social conversation. Students' followings to the rubric may be demonstrated in their choices of social settings and conversations, so they can be assessed.
2. Students may work in pairs or groups to finish photo stories together. All members shall receive the same score for one group.
3. Students may make presentations to the class, followed by a small quiz to the class. From the presentations and quizzes that students design, their use of language for social interaction purposes can be assessed.