Content Standards

The students through their presentation should reflect the following as stated by the CA Content Standards for English and Language Arts.


Reading
GRADES NINE AND TEN
Comprehension and Analysis of Grade-Level-Appropriate Text

2.3 Generate relevant questions about readings on issues that can be researched.
2.4 Synthesize the content from several sources or works by a single author dealing with a single issue; paraphrase the ideas and connect them to other sources and related topics to demonstrate comprehension.
2.5 Extend ideas presented in primary or secondary sources through original analysis, evaluation, and elaboration.
2.6 Demonstrate use of sophisticated learning tools by following technical directions (e.g., those found with graphic calculators and specialized software programs and in access guides to World Wide Web sites on the Internet).
Expository Critique

2.7 Critique the logic of functional documents by examining the sequence of information and procedures in anticipation of possible reader misunderstandings.
2.8 Evaluate the credibility of an author’s argument or defense of a claim by critiquing the relationship between generalizations and evidence, the comprehensiveness of evidence, and the way in which the author’s intent affects the structure and tone of the text (e.g., in professional journals, editorials, political speeches, primary source material).
3.0 Literary Response and Analysis
Students read and respond to historically or culturally significant works of literature that reflect and enhance their studies of history and social science. They conduct in-depth analyses of recurrent patterns and themes. The selections in Recommended Literature, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve illustrate the quality and complexity of the materials to be read by students.
Structural Features of Literature

If the students can cover all this in their presentation or an act from Hamlet they have succeeded in their assignment. Part of my grading will depend how well they do on this. The students will also be graded on the ISTE Standards as listed below.

ISTE Standards
1 Basic operations and concepts > Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems.

> Students are proficient in the use of technology.
2 Social, ethical, and human issues > Students understand the ethical, cultural, and societal issues related to technology.
> Students practice responsible use of technology systems, information, and software. Legal
> Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.
3 Technology productivity tools > Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.

> Students use productivity tools to collaborate in constructing technology-enhanced models, prepare publications, and produce other creative works.
4 Technology communications tools > Students use telecommunications to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts, and other audiences.

5 Technology research tools > Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
> Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.


> Students use technology tools to process data and report results.
> Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks. Critical thinking - knowledge, evaluation, synthesis, application
6 Technology problem-solving and decision-making tools > Students use technology resources for solving problems and making informed decisions. Webquests

> Students employ technology in the development of strategies for solving problems in the real world.Critical thinking - knowledge, evaluation, synthesis, application
this chart was cut and pasted from http://cnets.iste.org/docs/NETS_S.doc. It is a personal homeworkaid. J. Garfunkel

Obviously, the students need to have a good understanding of how technology works do to this assignement. In fact, there is a good chance they might know it better than some teachers. One reason to have them work in groups is because if one does not understand a certain aspect of the technology most likely another student will. The student who understand it can teach the student does not.

Technology Utilized

The technology utilized would be facebook, youtube, the smartboard, and powerpoint or prezi. This should make the presentations interesting for both the students doing it and the students watching it. I will find it interesting and rewarding watching my students use this technology. It should also help them deliver a good presentation.

Assessing students

The students will be assessed on not so much how well they do the project but how they understand the play. In their presentations were they able to analyze the scenes that they show from youtube on the smart board from Hamlet. Through the powerpoint or Prezi presentation were they able to cearly summerize and analyze the Act of the play that they are presenting.

Lesson Structure

The project is to have 10th graders read Shakespeare's Hamlet. Divide the class into five groups and have each one discuss the five acts of the play. The students are to show clips of a scene or monologue from the act from a film version of Hamlet. They will get them off youtube and show them om the smartboard. It can be any film version.
The students would then do a powerpoint or Prezi presentation describing the overall act. What is the main action goin on during the act? How do the characters develop? Why does Hamlet forstall in killing Claudius, at least until the end of the play? These are some of the questions that they need to discuss during the presentation.
I would also want the students to use create their own Facebook group. I still would want them to meet on together but they could also get together on line if they could not meet for some reason or another. They could also share ideas in their group on line. If one of the students thought of a good idea for the project outside of when the group met then he or she could share it in the facebook group.

Thoughts on Prezi

I think Prezi could work well as a tool. I would need to learn how to use it. The one demonstration that Colin gave us was not enough for me to learn it. If I can learn how to do it I might be able to use it. Since I am getting a credential in English I could probably use it in some way for that subject. If the students were to read John Steinbeck's THE GRAPES OF WRATH, which as most know deals with a family fleeing Oklahoma during the Dustbowl and the Great Depression and coming to California thinking it's the promised land. Unfortunately, not so. I could do a Prezi presentation showing the route from Oklahoma to California during the 1930's. How the family would have traveled. It could also include pictures of the harsh reality of that time period. In the prezi presentation I could also show how President Roosevelt and the government responded to the crises of Dustbowl and the Depression. How certain organizations like the CCC were created to deal with unemployment and poverty.
Prezi makes a good tool. If one of my students wanted to do a Prezi presentation that would be fine with me.