Lesson 5 – Project Media/Web

LESSON TOPICS

  • How to Create an iMovie
  • Project Media/Web Culminating Essay Project
  • Requirements for the Video Essay
  • Requirements for the Video Essay Supplementary Report
  • Essay Prompt Review

IN-CLASS ACTIVITY

As a group, we will review the step-by-step instructions of how to create an iMovie. You will then use these instructions to create your own iMovie and upload it to your Youtube channel.

PROJECT MEDIA – CULMINATING ESSAY PROJECT

PART ONE: THE VIDEO ESSAY

Requirements for your Video Essay

Using the instructions provided, create your video essay using iMovie. You will need your images, voice recordings, music, and script to create your movie. Be sure to refer to the assignment requirements listed below to ensure successful completion of this project.

  1. Your video essay must be at least 4.5 minutes long and no more than six minutes in duration
  2. The essay must present an argumentative thesis statement
  3. The essay must incorporate at least three quotations from the primary text
  4. Your video essay must contain the elements from your argumentative essay outline
  5. You must use iMovie or a similar software to create your video essay
  6. Once complete, you must upload your video essay to your YouTube account
  7. Once your video essay is uploaded to YouTube, you must send your active link to your teacher
  8. Be prepared to present your video essay in class

PART TWO: THE VIDEO ESSAY SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT

Requirements for your Video Essay Supplementary Report

  • Write a four-page video essay report that includes pertinent evidence/information, images, dialogue that the video may have omitted because of the time constraint (e.g., why the author selected certain clips/images and ignored others, why s/he took on the argument s/he did, and what others might say in response). The author might also consider the project’s aesthetics: the ordering, shot/scene transitions used, background music and narration style chosen, etc. and how these decisions support the thesis and the overall scope of the video essay.
  • The report should restate the thesis.
  • Topic sentences and transition words should function as guideposts, leading the reader from one point to another.
  • The conclusion of the report should sum up the project and ask the viewer to think further about the film, messages, etc.
  • Responses should be free of mechanical, syntactical, grammatical, and function errors.
  • Adhere to the standard MLA 8 requirements for academic essays.

Assignment Value: 300 Points

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY PROMPT SELECTIONS:

Prompt Choice One:

Many readers would call The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian a story about a Native American teen.  Persuade your reader that the novel’s themes are more universal.  What ideas about identity, expectations, humanity could apply to any American, any teen, or anyone?  

Prompt Choice Two:

Do Americans truly value and respect diversity, or are there specific or narrow expectations of what it means to be American that exclude or marginalize some citizens of our nation?

Congratulations on your successful completion of Project Space, Project Text, and Project Web/Media!