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PublicServiceAnnouncement

Afterreadingamemoirandnonfictiontextsrelatedtoasocietalissue,collaboratewithyourbookclubgroup
tocreateapublicserviceannouncementrelatedtothatissue.Recallwhatyouvelearnedaboutvarious
publicserviceannouncementsandrememberthatthegoalistoraiseawarenessorchangethepublics
perceptionaboutasocialissue.PSAsfrequentlytargetaspecificgroupofpeople(basedonage,gender,
etc.)

YourPSAcanbeanyofthefollowing:
amockbillboardad(poster)
a3060secondcommercialspot
amagazineadvertisement

Ifyourgroupissoinclined,youmaycreatemorethanonePSAaspartofaunifiedpublicservice
announcementcampaign.Thinkofthecampaignsweveexaminedinclass.RememberthatPSA
campaignsaretiedtogetherwithcommonphrasesandimages.

Rubric

NotYet

MeetsStandards

ExceedsStandards

Create

___ThePSAuses
originalideasto
communicatea
messageaboutasocial
issue

___ThePSAusesunique
andoriginaltechniquesto
clearlyconveyaprovocative
messageaboutasocial
issue

Communicate

___Themessageis
clearlycommunicated
throughthePSA

___Themessageisclearly
communicatedthroughthe
PSA

___Themessagethatis
communicatedis
understandableand
accessibletothegroup
targetedbythePSA

Argue

___Themessagemay
convincesomeviewers
ofthePSA

___Themessageis
provocative,evokesemotion,
andisconvincingtoviewers
ofthePSA

Collaborate

___Allmembersof
groupplayanactiverole
inthecreationofthe
PSA

___Allmembersofgroup
playmorethananactiverole
inthecreationofthe
PSAgroupmembersbuild
offoneanothersideasand
contributemeaningfulideas
andsuggestionstothe
PSA/campaign

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