Lesson Framework

Lesson Plan Framework

Essential Question: How can do convey/ communicate what is meaningful in our lives?

Grade Levels: 7-12

Classes: English/ Advisory, Poetry, Lit to Film, other

Learning Intention: Students will create a 1-2 minute video that reflects an important event in their lives (this could be school or outside of school).

Alternative Prompts (for poetry class): Students will create a 1-2 minute video that brings a line (or lines) from one of their poems to life.

Or

Where does the poem come from? Create a 1-2 minute video.

Students could consider the following poem prompts:

• Where I am from...
• What do you pass each day? Do you pass a series of similar things (ex. animals, fields, buildings, streets...) How does what you see change, look different, or feel different with the passage of time?

Materials : Paper/ Pencils, Storyboard sheets, sticky notes, computers/ wevideo, microphones, tripods, cameras, green screen

Brainstorming:

Quick Brainstorming: Students brainstorm ideas for their event/ poem

What event/ poem could you share?

What images ideas do you have that could illustrate this event?

Wagon Wheel Share: Students share their top ideas with partner/ student and gather feedback. Each has 3 minutes to share. Then students rotate and share with a different partner.

*****Group reflect Out (similar to design sheet):

What feedback stood out to you? What challenges do you foresee? What new ideas do you have?

Storyboard (20 minutes) Sharing (10 minutes)

Create at storyboard for your event/ poem. You can use this worksheet

or the following *google document to help you plan out your ideas.

Share: Share your storyboard with a partner/ table group.

Briefly share with your group a cool idea you have for layout and any questions you have. Where are you stuck?

To consider:

• Who is your audience?
• How will they understand your message?
• What will be video?
• What still shots will you use?
• What can you do with narration?
• What can be left unsaid?
• Will you use music?

Write one new idea you gained from sharing.

Create (prototype) (2-3 classes)

Begin to curate your images and video. Upload images and video to WeVideo in a folder (see resources). Take video as needed.

Edit (2-3 classes)

Once you have finished uploading. Think about editing. What kinds of cuts do you want? How will you add sound to enhance your video?

How will you edit your video?

Once your video is finished, share the video. Share using a Google Form or Seesaw if possible.

View View the videos-- these can be played and students can re-watch online.

Reflect

Reflect on your experience:

What was your favorite part of making this film?

What piece of the film are you the most proud of and why?

What was one technique you learned and tried? How did it work in your film?

What was a challenge you faced? How did you overcome this challenge?