Susan+Cavenaugh

Digital Storytelling Lesson ** Daily Lesson GAME Plan Digital Storytelling Lesson ** ** Grade Level **: High School ** Subject Area: ** English, British Literature ** Lesson Title: ** Bridging the Gap Between Shakespeare and the Twenty-First Century ** GOALS ** ** Content Standards: ** 4. Students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language (e.g., conventions, style, vocabulary) to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes. 5. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes. 6. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts. 8. Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries,    databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create  and communicate knowledge.  ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ISTE NETS-S ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1. Creativity and innovation <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. Communication and collaboration <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4. Critical thinking, problem solving, & decision making <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6. Technology operations and concepts ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Instructional Objective(s): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Students will plan and collaborate within a group to create solutions to the problem of the comprehension of Shakespeare’s language in the play Macbeth. Students will create a digital story that incorporates art and creativity to help other students better comprehend the language of Shakespeare’s play // Macbeth //. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ACTION ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Before-Class Preparation: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Students will decide which scene from the play their group will use for the digital story. They will be given a review of copyright issues and appropriate images and content when using information found on the world wide web. Before completing this activity for the first time students will need explicit instructions on maintaining focus on the content and communication portion of the lesson as well as sticking to a timeline for completion. A completed digital story from a previous class or one from an approved web site can serve as an example. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">During Class ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Instructional Activities  **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Computer lab with internet access. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Handout of lesson with details, expectations, and timeline <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Web sites: Storycenter.org, digitales.us, teacher tube || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For homework have students identify and/or capture visuals and sounds that will support their storyboards. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Graphic organizer templates <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Computer with word processing software and printer || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Handout of expectations and appropriate behavior <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Drawing paper with markers <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Computer lab with internet connections, word-processing, concept-mapping, or presentation software || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Compile digital files into story and export as a movie. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Computer lab with internet connections <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">digital cameras, image-editing or drawing software, Microphone and Podcast software, Audio-editing software such as MovieMaker ||
 * ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Time **  ||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Instructional Activities  **  ||  ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Materials/Resources  **  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">20 to 25 minutes || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Introduce digital storytelling by showing an example from a previous class or from a resource web site. Have students discuss what is visually appealing, what elements they enjoyed, and how the digital story conveys the content more effectively than traditional methods. Explain the activity and give a handout of the details, expectations, and timeline of the digital storytelling lesson. Allow students to explore approved web sites to view other examples of digital stories. Create a rubric with student input based on the characteristics and effectiveness they have identified from the websites.  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Computer with internet access and projection system.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">20 to 25 minutes || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Each student group will decide which scene they want to use for their digital story. They will need to discuss possible difficulties with finding or creating visual elements for the scene, consider their creative ideas compared to the project timeline, and consider their ability to compose a script that solves the language comprehension problem when discussing the final product. Students should begin sequencing ideas and type an outline identifying the scene and script ideas by the end of the time to submit to me.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1 or 2 class periods  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Students will compose their script by brainstorming, using concept mapping, organizing, and sequencing ideas. I will move from group to group and discuss the ideas from their typed submissions giving advice when needed. Students will create their storyboards incorporating descriptions of visuals, sound effects, and narration.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1 to 3 class periods and homework  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Students will create their digital stories. Digitize images by scanning or taking digital pictures. Record narration using the script. Depending on the availability of equipment (scanners, cameras, microphones, software, etc.) groups of students may work through these steps simultaneously.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1 class period || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Students share their digital stories with the rest of the class, describing how their productions help bridge the gap between the language of Shakespeare and the language of the twenty-first century.  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Computer with projection system  ||

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">MONITOR ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ongoing Assessment(s): S **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">tudents will generate a script and storyboard. Each product will be assessed before students move to the next step. The script can be evaluated both in terms of how well students have solved the language barrier as well as in terms of key concepts of grammar and correctness that may have been covered in class. Students will help create a rubric with which their digital stories will be scored. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Accommodations and Extensions: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Possibly assign each group a specific scene from // Macbeth //. Help students understand digital storytelling by showing examples and creating a bookmarked list of web sites containing examples. The program Inspiration can be used to help students organize their solutions from graphic organizers to outline format for the storyboard. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Back-up Plan: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Compile several digital stories on a flash drive to show as example to students in case internet access is limited. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">EVALUATION ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Reflection and Notes: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Groups may need more time for finished products if equipment is limited or if students need more time to learn how to use the equipment. Also, work sessions may need to be stretched over a two to three week period in between other curriculum items to allow for student groups to self evaluate and adjust their solutions to the problem. I will need to evaluate group progress early in the process to help with script or sequencing ideas. Each group must have their storyboard approved by me to move on to creating the digital story. A rubric will be used to assess solutions. Students will write a journal entry about the process and give suggestions for improvement to activity.

Online Collaboration Lesson Unit: Week 6

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Daily Lesson GAME Plan ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grade Level **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: High School **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Subject Area: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> English, British Literature **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Title: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Bridging the Gap Between Shakespeare and the Twenty-First Century **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">GOALS ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Content Standards: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">5. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">6. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and non-print texts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">8. Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">and communicate knowledge. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">9. Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographical regions, and social roles.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Online Collaboration Lesson **

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ISTE NETS-S ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">2. Communication and collaboration <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">3. Research and information fluency <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">4. Critical thinking, problem solving, & decision making <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">5. Digital citizenship <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">6. Technology operations and concepts **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Instructional Objective(s): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Students will plan and collaborate within a group to create solutions to the problem of the comprehension of Shakespeare’s language in the play Macbeth. Students will use online collaboration to enhance group communication and progress of their final products. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ACTION ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Before-Class Preparation: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Students will review their notes and study questions from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. Students will decide within their groups which three solutions they will create and use online collaboration to begin their final product. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">During Class ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Instructional Activities **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Teacher-generated survey <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Commoncraft website || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Computer lab with internet connections || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">digital cameras, image-editing or drawing software, Microphone and Podcast software, Audio-editing software such as MovieMaker ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Time ** ||  **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Instructional Activities **  ||  **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Materials/Resources **  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">10 to 15 minutes || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Ask students to recall the solutions their group chose to facilitate understanding the language of Shakespeare and thus the plot line and characters of the play Macbeth. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Students notes from previous group meeting. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">20 to 25 minutes || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Introduce the purpose and timeline of the problem-based learning unit and the necessity of online collaboration for groups. Students will complete a Social Networking/Online Collaboration survey to assess their knowledge, experience, and comfort level and will discuss results in groups and as a class. Show the “Social networking in Plain English” video from @http://www.commoncraft.com/video-social-networking . || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Computer with internet connection
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">1 or 2 class periods || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Discuss and set expectations for responsible online communication skills. Give handout of steps for setting up a blog and a wiki with pages for organization, model the steps, and allow each group to create their blogs and wikis in class. Have students assign roles and responsibilities for each group member. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Handout of expectations and appropriate behavior
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">2 to 3 class periods and homework || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Groups use their blogs to discuss their progress on researching historical facts about Macbeth and Shakespeare, gathering cultural data, conducting interviews, collecting or creating visuals with a digital camera, recording narration, and finalizing their solutions. Groups begin posting solutions on pages of their wikis. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Computer lab with internet connections
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">20 to 30 minutes at each interval || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Groups will complete a progress report worksheet on their solutions, the use of the blog and wiki, and their suggestions/discussions about any changes necessary at certain points in the unit (after ¼ of the allotted time, ½ of the allotted time, and ¾ of the allotted time). I will meet with each group to help facilitate discussion and changes. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Teacher-generated progress report worksheet ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">1 to 2 class periods || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Students share the wikis which display their solutions with the rest of the class and describe how each one addresses the problem. ||  ||

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">MONITOR ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ongoing Assessment(s): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Students will complete a survey about online collaboration skills. Students will help create a rubric with which their solutions will be scored. Students will also have an opportunity to partake in a survey about group participation as well as the effectiveness of lesson/activity to allow teacher to adjust the problem-based learning activity before future use. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Accommodations and Extensions: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Possibly assign each member of the group a specific role. Help students understand social networking by showing video explanations and modeling how to create a blog and wiki. Have students complete progress reports to facilitate communication and group dynamics. The program Inspiration can be used to help students organize their solutions from graphic organizers to outline format. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Back-up Plan: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Students may use alternate social networking tools such as microbloging/twitter if computer or internet access is limited. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">EVALUATION ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Reflection and Notes: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Groups may need more time for the creation of the wikis. Also, work sessions may need to be stretched over a two to three week period in between other curriculum items to allow for student groups to self evaluate and adjust their solutions to the problem. I will need to monitor the wiki postings for appropriate communication and member contributions. A rubric will be used to assess solutions, use of blog for trouble shooting and communication, and creation of wiki.

Problem-Based Learning Unit: Week 5

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Daily Lesson GAME Plan ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grade Level **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">: High School **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Subject Area: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> English, British Literature **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Title: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Bridging the Gap Between Shakespeare and the Twenty-First Century **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">GOALS ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Content Standards: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build on understanding of the many dimensions of human experience. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">8. Students use a variety of technological and information resources (e.g., libraries, <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">databases, computer networks, video) to gather and synthesize information and to create <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">and communicate knowledge. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ISTE NETS-S ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">1. Creativity and innovation <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">2. Communication and collaboration <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">4. Critical thinking, problem solving, & decision making <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">5. Digital citizenship **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Instructional Objective(s): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Students will analyze the problems of the comprehension of Shakespeare’s language in the play Macbeth. Students will plan and create solutions to the problem utilizing technology with a clear sense of audience.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">ACTION ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Before-Class Preparation: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Students will review their notes and study questions from Shakespeare’s play Macbeth. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">During Class ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Instructional Activities ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">In a whole-class setting introduce the problem: Ask students what difficulties they had in understanding the language of Shakespeare and thus the plot line and characters of the play Macbeth. (10 minutes) Materials: computer with projector <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">In small groups have students discuss and brainstorm a list of their difficulties. Then, have the class compile all the difficulties into one list using the computer projection screen. (15-20 minutes) Materials: Student Journals, Computer with Projector, Word-processing software <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">Have students write a journal entry about what solutions can be implemented to help others more easily read and understand Macbeth. Pose the question: Looking back, what help or aides would you like to have had before you started reading, while you were reading, and when you finished reading Macbeth? (10 minutes) Materials: Student Journals, student notes and study questions from Macbeth <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">Divide class into small groups and have students discuss and list at least three plausible solutions to the problem with the thought in mind they will be creating/inventing these solutions with technology. (1 class period) Materials: Computer with Internet connection, Word-processing software, Concept mapping or Presentation software, Spreadsheet software <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">I will meet with each group and they will submit their solutions to me for approval, feasibility of solutions, and suggestions. (1 class period) Materials: Computer with Spreadsheet software, Word-processing software <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">Students create storyboards, slide shows, and modern day language interpretations incorporating pictures, music, and narration. (3-4 class periods and homework) Materials: Computer with Internet connection, digital cameras, image-editing or drawing software, Microphone and Podcast software, Audio-editing software such as MovieMaker <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.25in;">Students share their solutions with the rest of the class, describing how they will be used and explaining how future readers will benefit. (2 class periods) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">MONITOR ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ongoing Assessment(s): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Students will generate a list of solutions and have a teacher conference to check for conceptual understanding and acceptable solutions. Students will help create a rubric with which their solutions will be scored. Students will also have an opportunity to partake in a survey about group participation as well as the effectiveness of lesson/activity to allow teacher to adjust the problem-based learning activity before future use. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Accommodations and Extensions: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Help students focus on solutions by identifying and showing existing aides to literature on web sites I have found in advance. Have teacher create groups heterogeneously to include a creative thinker, an organizer, a technologically advanced student. The program Inspiration can be used to help students organize their solutions from graphic organizers to outline format. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Back-up Plan: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> Students may create hand drawn illustrations or a cartoon strip of each Act/scene if computer or internet access is limited. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">EVALUATION ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Reflection and Notes: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> The group planning sessions may need more class time as students may not have access to each other outside of school. Also, work sessions may need to be stretched over a two to three week period in between other curriculum items to allow for student groups to self evaluate and adjust their solutions to the problem.