2.8: Unit Project Part 2- Personal Profile
Project: Personal Profile
Task
- Write a 1-2 paragraph summary talking about the person you interviewed. Practice reading it several times. Memorize your presentation and make a video of yourself talking about this person.
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Include the following:
- Give the person's name.
- Explain what the person does in his or her job each day.
- Say what the person does in his/her free time.
- Say what the person values most in life.
- Make a note of -s endings and appropriate places to use linking in your transcript. You must submit your transcript along with your video.
- Make a video of yourself presenting your summary. Focus on using correct pronunciation and making your speech clear. Listen to your recording, note your mistakes, then make your video again. When you're ready, submit your video.
- Include at least one picture that will help us better understand your story. You can use a PowerPoint or a picture. Include your visual in your video.
- Your summary should be a minimum of 8-10 sentences long.
Purpose: Why are we doing this?
- You will practice speech giving skills including volume, eye contact, organization, and presenting information.
- You will review and practice using pronunciation features we have learned in class including stress in individual words, -s endings and connected speech.
Rubric
60 Points Possible
| Criteria | Excellent | Good | Needs Improvement (Resubmission Required) | No Marks (Resubmission Required) |
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| 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | |
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Content
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The student meets all 5 requirements. | The student meets 3-4 of the 5 requirements. | Student meets 2 of the 4 requirements. | Student meets 1 or fewer requirements. |
| Speech organization and clarity (interesting, clear explanation) | The speech is well organized. The presentation is interesting and a clear explanation is given. | There are some errors in grammar, sentence structure and/vocabulary that can occasional cause confusion for the listener, but most of the presentation is clear. | There are some errors in grammar, sentence structure and/or vocabulary that can occasionally cause confusion for the listener, but most of the presentation is clear. | The presentation is poorly organized and very difficult to follow. |
| Volume and eye contact | The student speaks loudly enough to be heard comfortably and the student looks directly at the camera. The student has memorized most of the presentation and speaks confidently with little aid from notes. | The student looks at the video occasionally. The student is reading some of the presentation and has made some attempt to practice or memorize the presentation before recording. | The student is clearly reading most of the presentation and has made little attempt to practice or memorize the presentation before recording. The student is too reliant on notes. | The student's face is not seen during the video at any time and/or the student reads the entire presentation with little evidence that he/she understands what is being read. |
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Pronunciation Focus
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The student is very clear and easy to understand. Individual words are clear. Student successful uses linking between -s endings and the next word. | The student is mostly clear and easy to understand. Student usually uses linking between -s endings and the next word. | The student is understandable some of the time. Student occasionally uses linking between -s endings and the next word. | Most of the presentation is difficult to understand. Student does not pronounce the majority of -s endings correctly and doesn't make any attempt at linking. |
| Transcript | Transcript is provided. -S endings and linking are correctly identified. | Transcript is provided. Most -s endings and linking are correctly identified. | Transcript is provided. Some -s endings and linking are correctly identified. | Transcript is not provided OR no -s endings and linking are correctly identified. |
| Visual | Student provides a picture. | No visual is provided. | ||
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Example
Example Transcript
Andy i s from Oxford, but he live s i n San Diego. In his free time, Andy like s t o read and go running. He also cook s , play s the guitar, and listen s t o podcast s . He avoid s e ating meat because meat production hurt s the environment. Andy i s a farmer. He drive s a pickup truck. Everyday he work s outside. He plant s and water s crop s . He also pull s weed s a nd doe s harvesting, and he repair s fenc es . He love s working outside and taking lot s o f fresh air. Andy teach e s o ther farmer s about sustainable agriculture. He want s to teach them how to protect the environment.
Analyze for Organization
What information is included in the summary about Andy? Take notes in the table below. You do not need to write complete sentences.
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Brainstorm/Plan
Watch the video interview you made for Part 1 of the Unit 2 Project. Take notes on the important or interesting information you learned from your interview. Note: If you didn't get enough information from the first interview, you might want to go back and ask your interviewee more questions.
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Write
Write a rough draft of your summary. Submit it to your teacher for feedback before you make your video.
Post-Project Discussion
Your classmates videos will be posted on an online forum. Watch two of your classmates' videos. Post a thoughtful comment or question to each classmate or group.