Identifying Themes in Personal Narratives and Quotations

Reaction Paper


Video Clip Discussion

Subject of Video Clip

 

Text Box: Subject of video clip

Text Box: Write a summary of the video clip Text Box: What are some possible themes from this video clip?

Quotation  Discussion

Theme Text Box: Identify theme
Text Box: Quotation Selected Text Box: How does this quotation related to the video clip and to your theme.

What does this mean to YOU!

Text Box: How can the experiences of the subject of your video clip provide a lesson for your life? Text Box: How can the quotation you chose be a lesson or message for your peers?

Evaluation Rubric

Evaluation Rubric

Exemplary

Good

Fair

Needs Improvement

Responses

Responses show a great deal of thought and understanding of both the experience of the video subject and the message conveyed.  Ideas are justified completely and thoroughly.

Responses show a thought and understanding of both the experience of the video subject and the message conveyed.  Ideas include justification.

Responses show a some thought and understanding of both the experience of the video subject and the message conveyed.  Ideas show some justification.

Responses show very little thought and understanding of both the experience of the video subject and the message conveyed.  Ideas are not justified satisfactorily.

Collaboration

Student worked extremely well with group in discussion, preparation and presentation of ideas. 

Student worked well with group in discussion, preparation and presentation of ideas

Student worked fairly well with group in discussion, preparation and presentation of ideas

Student has problems working with group in discussion, preparation or presentation of ideas

Presentation

Presentation was not only clear, organized and thorough, but truly engaged the audience in examination of their own ideas in relation to the video clip and the theme presented.

Presentation clear, organized and thorough, and attempted to  engage the audience in examination of their own ideas in relation to the video clip and the theme presented.

Presentation clear, organized and thorough, but did not engaged the audience in examination of their own ideas in relation to the video clip and the theme presented.

Presentation was not clear, organized and thorough, and did not engage the audience in examination of their own ideas in relation to the video clip and the theme presented.

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