Grade 8 - P.S.A. (public service announcement)
format/ persuasion social issue/ resource
-narration, question and answer dialogue, slice of life etc.
Examples:
http://cca-kids.ca/psas/bullying_prevention.html

http://www.adcouncil.org/gallery.html

T.V. and radio PSAs

Procedure: Pick a topic / issue.
Give some information about it/ or what you want someone to know about.
Give contact information about where to find more information.

15 to 30 seconds
Like a commercial but instead of selling you a product or service (for profit), you are “selling an action or thought”.

Instructions: Use this form to outline your PSA. 1. Scenario: Characters act out the problem. Write script for actions (video and audio) and dialogue.2. Goal: These words flash across the screen. (video)3. Reasons: Voiceover explains the problem while image shows problem. (In an audio PSA you tell / describe the problem.)4. Facts: Voiceover discusses the facts while image shows facts. (Audio PSA tells the facts clearly.)5. For More Information: Show / tell organization phone or website (make one upor use existing).remember to write in your script DOT COM (for a website not just .com)




Name: _______________________

Topic / Issue of concern: _________________________


Audio PSA.

Rough copy of scripts:

1.
Narrator: __________________



2. Q and Answer / Dialogue

Person 1:

Person 2:

Person 1:

3. Improv scene that you are catching a bit of dialogue.

Choose your type of dialogue and write a 15 – 30 second P.S.A. approximately 100 words (give or take) your pausing.


1. Pick an issue. Create a public service announcement (audio only).
2. Why remember? Create a public service announcement the power of remembering during Remembrance Day Nov. 11.

Grade 7 - speeches "Tell the World" We read and analyzed Severin Suzuki's speech words only...and compared it to her actual speech making at the United Nations. (see link Tell the World)

persuasive techniques of speech writing - repetition, emotional language, questions

pausing - as effective as what words are said

Speech/Collage - Why our community should Remember.
Create a collage (headlines, images) accompanying speech of why we should Remember (veterans, peacekeepers, etc.) during Remembrance Day.


Math - 8 Culminating assignment: a park/trail with perimeter 110m. See blue package / double pocket folder.
Math - 7 Culminating assignment: Nov. 5 start.
Nov. 1-4: practice surface area of rectangular prisms and triangular prisms.