LESSON EIGHT: Performance and Reflection on Listening and Speaking

                             

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students perform and reflect on the Slam competition.

 

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

W3A      Write a personal narrative for real-life experiences.

W3C       Write a reflective paper that compares specific incidents and themes.

§         Write to evaluate own effectiveness in presentations

 

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Sources of literature 

o        None

 

§         Supplies 

o        Scoring guide created in Lesson Four

 

§         Handouts provided

o        Student copies of Slam competition judging scoring guide in Lesson Four

o        Slam Competition handout

o        Student copies of Post-Performance Reflection Essay of Formative Assessment

 

§         Words to Know

o           theme

o           reflective paper

 

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 

Student participation in the Slam evaluated using the Slam competition created in Lesson Four. Listening skills evaluated through the Slam judging guide. Students’ performance preparation is evaluated through the Performance Reflection Essay.  Scoring guide provided.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

  1. Slam Competition. Hand out slam competition handout.  Instruct audience members to accurately assess each performance based on the Slam competition class judging scoring guide in Lesson Four. Use any method of voting during the competition to determine the best Slam performance. Use of any of the following voting methods is recommended.

 

Ideas

Thumbs up/Thumbs down

After each performance have audience/students signal thumbs up or down indicating a good performance according to the scoring guide. Have students then signal if this performance was better than the performance before it.

 

Money

Each audience/student is given a sheet of play money before the competition begins. As the competition goes on students write in pencil on each dollar bill the performer’s name awarding a dollar amount to the performance, not to exceed the amount they were given in the beginning. At the conclusion of the competition students will cut apart the play money and distribute to the students. Then each student can add up all the money they earned and a top performance can be declared

 

  1. Post-performance Assessment: Reflection Essay.

 

strategy

This written assignment could be completed in class immediately following the competition, in class the following day or as a take-home assignment. The teacher should not allow students to begin the reflection while they are still members of the audience.

 

  1. Post-performance Assessment: Constructed Response.  See Summative Assessment.