Assessment

A class discussion on different children’s book authors will be held. Students will share about the authors they have heard of or like and why they like them. This way, I will be able to see if the students have heard about the five authors they will be researching for this assignment.
 * Pre-Assessment:**


 * Assessment:**
 * **Product –** Each group of students will be creating a VoiceThread on the author they have researched. The VoiceThread will include information on the author’s birth date, death date if there is one, and at least two of his/her popular books with a summary of each. Students will also complete a form/survey after all the groups have presented, telling which author he/she like learning about the most, explaining which group did the best job on their VoiceThread and why, and rating the project on a scale of one to five.
 * **Process –** Groups of students will research assigned authors, organize information on those authors in a table on a Google Document, find and save pictures and photographs to support each section of the filled-in tables on the Google Document, upload those pictures and photographs to VoiceThread, add narration to each picture/photograph, and save on VoiceThread’s website for others to see and enjoy. Each student will also fill in and submit a form/survey after all the groups have presented, telling which author he/she like learning about the most, explaining which group did the best job on their VoiceThread and why, and rating the project on a scale of one to five.
 * **Student Self-Questioning**
 * On the “Survey on Authors’ VoiceThreads”, students have to answer a couple of questions about their own projects as a form of self-evaluation.
 * Self-Evaluation Questions on Survey
 * What did you like about your own VoiceThread?
 * How could you make your VoiceThread even better?
 * Students can also evaluate their projects while they are working by following the given rubric.


 * Example of Final Product:**

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