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ITS SHOWTIME, FOLKS!

Dear Talented Students, You will all be participating in composing a video advertisement on any product of choice. As you read the in-class novel, Sidekicks by Jack D. Ferraiolo, you will meet with various understandings about clear and hidden representations, impressions, and perceptions, as well as forming your own. For your final digital ads, your goal is to be persuasive, convincing and engaging for a target audience. Ample class time will be dedicated to expressive literacy training. We will all learn how to express our emotions, words, and messages using dramatic body movements, language and techniques. This culminating project will utilize the expressive ELAs of writing, speaking, and composition. Audio, visual, and kinesthetic literacies will be put into practice and employed as well. This may sound like a challenge, but worry not. I will proudly be guiding you along the entire way. Our goal is to practice questioning what appears to be, and identifying authentic truths in society and in the media. Steps for Successful Completion: 1. Critically read and analyze Sidekicks ] 2. Complete corresponding HW assignments 3. Read and respond to multimodal auxiliary texts 4. Discover and identify literary elements and key components in each 5. Question strategies and representations 6. Compose a persuasive, staged narrative regarding selected object 7. Practice with body language, tone/speech, backdrop + expressive ELAs 8. Record video advertisement 9. Edit and modify 10. Re-play to classmates and in public library 11. Publish to YouTube network 12. Comment on three or more ads done by peers 13. Compose final self-reflection essay [concerning your style, language, behavior, purpose & technique]

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Students will meet the ELA standards of: Reading Literature Reading Informational Text Writing Speaking & Listening Students will come to a cohesive understanding about: What is reality? How do tone, diction, and setting impact the text and digital ad? What is the symbolic representation of a hero and given alias? What are superficial and clear representations? How does the media influence and shape society?