Rhetorical+Devices+Project

=Project Objective:=
 * Collaborate in a small group to produce a video teaching given rhetorical devices or sentence structures. **


 * Due Dates: **
 * Project Description: Mon., 10/25
 * Storyboard: Thurs., 10/28
 * Video: Wed., 11/3
 * Project Work Log (kept by each individual): Wed., 11/3
 * Project Reflections (by each individual): Wed., 11/3

**Step 1: Get Inspired!**
 * Watch some student-created models:
 * I've left a video on my desktop for the sub to play for you.
 * You can find many others on YouTube (search "rhetorical devices project"), which I realize will be blocked at school.
 * Think about different approaches:
 * Will you write one skit?
 * String together multiple skits?
 * Could you write a song? (The folks at CreditReport.com have produced several of these!).
 * Could you create a cartoon? (using an online cartoon tool or hand-drawn toons).
 * Could you create a spoof of a show like like //Mr. Rogers// or //Blue's Clues// or //SpongeBob//?
 * Could you use the approach made famous by the folks at CommonCraft (paper cut-outs moved around with voice narration).
 * Could you dream up a different approach? What's a unique, creative way for you to explain a concept to your audience? You're limited only by your creativity!


 * Choose any format you like, but--remember--the goal is to TEACH the concepts. Don't allow the format to detract from the content! **

**Step 2: Understand Project Parameters.**
 * Project Rubric [[file:Video Project Rubric.docx]]
 * Class Work Time: Video must finished and ready for viewing at the **beginning of class, Wednesday, 11/3.** You'll have 180 minutes of class time to work on project: if you are unable to finish project within this time frame, you must work on it outside of class to complete it:
 * All period Monday, 102
 * 45 minutes in class Thursday, 10/28
 * 45 minutes in class Monday, 11/1.

**Step 3: Learn Your Terms.** Your team assignments and terms are listed below. Your friend, Google, will supply all you need to know about your assigned terms: the definition, examples, and an explanation of what effect they create--why author's use them.


 * Group 1: Sam, Peter, Becky, Kelsey G.
 * Sentence Types: **Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex**
 * Group 2: Rebecca G., Nathan, Thomas, Kim
 * Sentence Patterns: **Loose (Cumulative), Periodic, Balanced, Inverted (Inversion)**
 * Group 3: Crist, Spencer, Kate, Meagan
 * Sentence Patterns: **Rhetorical Questions, Rhetorical Fragment, Parallel Structure, Repetition**
 * Group 4: Russ, Hallie, Nelson, Natasha
 * Rhetorical Devices: **Antithesis, Asyndeton, Polysyndeton,** **Anaphora**
 * Group 5: Lauren G., Georgia, Trevor, Nic
 * Rhetorical Devices: **Epanalepsis, Epistrophe,** **Ellipsis, Anadiplosis**
 * Group 6: Lauren C., Sean, Andrea
 * Rhetorical Devices: **Antimetabole, Synecdoche, Metonymy**
 * Group 7: Wendy, Sadie, Chris E., Connor
 * ** Rhetorical Devices: ****Contrast, Juxtaposition, Chiasmus, Zeugma**
 * Group 8: Kim B., Braden, Natalie
 * Rhetorical Devices: **Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Litotes**

**Step 4: Devise a plan and create storyboard.**
 * As a group, decide what format you'll use, and begin writing your storyboard complete with a script. **Email your storyboard to 2010cafe19@gmail.com no later than Thursday, 10/28.**
 * What will we be seeing on the screen? (video footage, images, words, special effects)
 * What will we hear? (narration, music, sound effects)
 * How will you transition between scenes if there are multiple film shots?
 * Avoid winging it. The more you plan, the better your video will be!

Step 5: Gather supplies.

 * What will you need to prepare for filming?
 * Do you need to create backdrops, costumes, props?

Step 6: Shoot scene(s).

 * Each group will have a FLIP video camera to film your scenes (or if you have other equipment you'd rather use, you may.)
 * Watch the scenes as you film them to make sure the volume and image are clear.

Step 7: Create Video.

 * Select a video creation tool to combine your video clips, images, voice narration, and add transitions. Windows MovieMaker is installed on the mini laptops, or there is a software available on the FLIP video camera. You may want to use an online tool, such as onetruemedia.com.

Step 8: Revise and Edit.

 * Be sure to watch your video and make any corrections, which could even include re-filming scenes that are blurry or which you can't hear clearly.

Step 9: Publish Video
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 * If you created your video online, grab the embed code and add to this page at the bottom: **be sure to include your group number so that we know whose video it is.** I added the video below from onetruemedia.com.
 * If you created your video in Windows MovieMaker or another video creator, save the finished video so that you can show it in class.