Assignment+4

The teaching of literature encourages you to examine events that impact the lives of literary characters and to identify key social issues that arise in your own lives. This identification can make a difference in how you react to situations. Literature is not only discussed in terms of plot, but also in terms of the text-to-world connections you make as you read the events that surround the life of characters in fictional stories. This project combines technology and theme in short (less than one minute) presentations.
 * Night Public Service Announcement Project**

Create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) of one minute or less focused on a theme within the novel using Photostory 3. In other words, create series of visual, musical, and special effects to identify this theme.
 * (Goal)**

1. Brainstorm themes that have emerged in our discussions of //Night//. Consider how this novel can offer insight into today’s societal problems.
 * (Procedure)**
 * Day One – In Class**

2. Watch PSAs aimed at students and discuss the difference in presentation, images, and the way messages are conveyed.

3. In small groups of two, decide on a theme that you want to convey

4. Begin designing a storyboard of how this PSA might look; generate ideas for text/narration, music and special effects.

5. Complete the storyboard of how this PSA might look with ideas for text/narration, music and special effects.
 * Day Two - Lab**

6. Collect pictures, music, and other resources. Your title page and credit page can be created in PowerPoint if you save the slide as a JPEG. Make sure that you give credit or reference to sites where resources are found. Place them in a folder that you make on teacher share/English/ teacher’s name. Name the folder: PSA last names.

7. Place pictures in Photostory 3 (free pictures - [] **)** a. Put title page, end credits, and pictures in the correct order in Photostory 3. b. Add transitions or movement to pictures.


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 * Available Music –** [[file://///Eagle1/ms/!Teacher_Share/Computer/Web Tech/resources/music|\\Eagle1\ms\!Teacher_Share\Computer\Web Tech\resources\music]]
 * Available Pictures -** []

8. Add text/narration to pictures. You don’t have to have a lot of words to get your point across. Sometimes less is more. 9. Add music to PSA from folder on teachershare. 10. Preview PSA and make necessary changes. Your PSA must be self-running.
 * Day Three - Lab**




 * Final Day – Lab**

11. Preview PSA and check time – no more than 1 minute.

12. Save project for playback on computer into folder. Follow Photostory 3 directions. a. The title should be your theme + last names (lowercase) b. Save in the proper folder.

13. Make sure that you have completed the following: a. PSA with title page, pictures, text/narration, music, credits, and references. b. PSA does not go over the time limit. (1 minute) c. PSA is saved for playback on the computer. d. PSA is saved in the proper folder.


 * Presentation Day – In Class**

14. Present Public Service Announcement to the class.

15. Analyze PSA’s presented by classmates for effectiveness and connections to the novel.