Video Project: A Typical School Day
Divide students in groups of 2-3 depending the number of students in class.
Technology requirements: a smartphone (or an iPad), a USB cable, a Mac computer with iMovie or a PC with Movie Maker.
Task: Each group produces a 5-minute video clip introducing your typical school day to your sister school.
Review the video “Puli Video”
The video presents the school life in Puli Middle School in Taiwan. Use the version with subtitles in simplified Chinese with no English.
- Give each student the worksheet (summative3 review worksheet). First, each student reads the questions in silence. Then, check with one’s neighbor and make sure one understands the meaning of the questions. (Depending on the time, Teacher can choose a certain number of questions, instead of doing all 17 questions).
- Play the video for students and ask them to write down the answers.
- Select some students to report their answers.
Video script requirement (summative3 video script requirement)
Each group writes the script for the video following the requirement below:
- Opening: Welcoming, location of our school, introducing yourself
- Introduce a typical school day
- Introduce your teachers (name & nationality)
- Introduce your favorite class(es) and explain why.
- Ending
Format
It is a Video project using the tools iMovie or Movie Maker. Some photos are allowed but should be limited. If you do use some photos, you have to import the audios which have to match with the photos.
Team leaders
A team leader is responsible for coordinating the times with the teammates. It is the team leader’s responsibility to submit your group’s script to the teacher.
Grading
You will be given a group grade and an individual grade for this project.
Scripts
Write the script with your teammates. Get approval before filming.
Filming and editing
You will be given 3-4 class periods to film the project. Upload the video to google drive when it is completed. Editing the video as a team in class, 3-4 periods. |
