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Cathy Carpenter Group: VSpacers1

Title: Our Day Tags: story organization, our class, My Day at School

Self Evaluation || Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot. || || Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept. || || Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors. || Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices. || (45-50 pts.) || 80 – 89% (40 - 44 pts.) || <80% (<40 pts.) || **Comments**: As part of our school staff development, I am presenting a series of workshops on the six traits of writing at the primary level. One of those traits is organization so I thought it would be a good idea to use a photo story. "Their Day" is something the kids understand and they can practice organizing the events of the day in a logical order, then, apply that skill to writing. This is one in a series of activities I have with this workshop. I followed a first grade class for the day so that that teacher would be able to then use the story boards I made for the workshop with their class to see if it works. The pictures are mounted and then mixed up so the kids have to try and find the right order(I have them in the correct sequence in the picture).They can also then use them to create a story about what is happening.
 * Category || Strong || Adequate || Weak ||
 * Concept || Does an outstanding job of communicating the concept. || Does an adequate job communicating the concept. || Does a poor job communicating the concept. ||
 * Composition || Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. || Photograph does a good job using composition principles. || Photograph does a poor job using composition principles. ||
 * Focus || Focus is a good match with the concept of the shot.
 * Technical Aspects || Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept.
 * Depth of Field || Excellent use of depth-of-field. || Adequate use of depth-of-field. || Poor use of depth-of-field. ||
 * Title/tags || Title and tags were perfectly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes.
 * ** Instructor evaluates shaded section ** ||
 * Self Critique || Excellent self-assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate self-assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor self-assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Critique || Excellent peer assessment. Written comments meet or exceed requirements. || Adequate peer assessment. Written comments meet requirements. || Poor peer assessment. Written comments do not meet requirements. ||
 * Peer Comments || Peer comments exceed expectations. || Peer comments meet expectations. One or two comments might be missing. || Three or more peer comments were missing, incomplete or poorly written. ||
 * Total Points || >89%
 * Total Points || >89%

The value of this assignment was to create something usable instead of just something to be graded for a class. If the idea is successful, then I can show other teachers how to create their own story boards so it is personal to their class, as well as other topics that might be fun for the kids. I was thinking it would be good to teach processes and procedures as well in that you could take pictures of making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and then have them put the steps in order. As English teachers, we have to teach informational writing, so why not make it visual as well. It would probably help them not to leave out any steps and if it is effective, someone should be able to tell the process or story just by looking at the pictures. That is a perfect measure of how successful the student's project is.

I made the photos small on the wiki so they would fit without using a world's worth of space, but in reality, I printed them all out 8x10 and pasted them on boards to use in the classroom. I presented at a bilingual conference this week and actually used them in my presentation and people thought it was a great idea and one that they would try so that was personally satisfying. What I hadn't thought about until I presented was that the personal element of the kids in the class actually using their own pictures and how much more connected that made the assignment. It could be translated to any level or idea as long as you have the time to follow your students around and have all the bases covered of permission to photograph students at your school. I am also using the picture set in a writing workshop this week and can use what I learned to make that better as well.  Peer Critique for Cathy Carpenter

Additional Peer Comments:
 * Category || Strong || Adequate || Weak ||
 * Concept || Does an outstanding job of communicating the concept. || Does an adequate job communicating the concept. || Does a poor job communicating the concept. ||
 * Composition || Photograph uses composition principles very effectively. || Photograph does a good job using composition principles. || Photograph does a poor job using composition principles. ||
 * Focus || Focus is a perfect match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is an adequate match with the concept of the shot. || Focus is a poor match with the concept of the shot. ||
 * Technical Aspects || Shutter speed and aperture were perfectly chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were adequately chosen to match concept. || Shutter speed and aperture were poorly chosen and do not match the concept. ||
 * Depth of Field || Excellent use of depth-of-field. || Adequate use of depth-of-field. || Poor use of depth-of-field. ||
 * Title/tags || Title and tags were perfectly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are excellent with no mistakes. || Title and tags were adequately chosen and written to express the content and concept. Spelling and word choice are good with only minor errors. || Title and tags were poorly chosen and written to express the content and concept. Contains multiple spelling errors or wrong word choices. ||