Beowulf End of Unit
Performance s
Due August 27th
2012
Directions: Choose one of the following projects to complete as your
end of the unit performance task. Please see the rubrics below for each
performance task. Your choices are as follows:
1.
Film —
A trend in film today is to modernize old stories. (Example: the movie O is a
modernization of Shakespeare’s play Othello portraying the Othello character as
the school’s black star basketball player, dating a white girl. The Iago
character, the coach’s son, is jealous and seeks to destroy the Othello
character). How would you envision a modern-day or futuristic Beowulf? Think
about what modern-day or futuristic counterparts each major character might
have and what roles they would play. Sketch out a storyboard or write a
proposal for the movie. Think about what costumes, sets, and special effects
might be needed. Then you will extend this activity, by filming/videotaping
part of your movie.
2.
Newspaper
— Create a newspaper outlining the major events in Beowulf. Write articles
and include appropriate pictures (hand or computer-drawn, cut from magazines or
newspapers, or found on the Internet). In addition to major articles, include
typical newspaper features like editorials, obituaries, advertisements, and
comics.
3.
Web site
— Create a web site for Beowulf. Include such things as images of the
characters as you envision them, a summary page, a commentary page, and a
Beowulf links page.
4.
Comic
book — Beowulf is a story that lends itself well to an action/adventure
comic book. Create a fully-realized comic book based on the story of Beowulf.
FILM
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NEWSPAPER
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WEBSITE
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COMICBOOK
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10 boards, 1 page proposal, and 3-5
minute film
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2 Articles, 8 pictures, 1 editorial,
obituary, advertisements, and a short (3-7) pane comic
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Summary page, commentary page, 5
character pages, Anglo-Saxon Background on oral story telling page,
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Depict 1 of the events leading to and 1
of the major action scenes (Grendal or Dragon) 15 pages, color
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Standards assessed in
all projects:
ELACC11-12RL2:
Determine two or more themes or central ideas of text and analyze their
development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build
on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of
the text.
ELACC11-12RL3:
Analyze the impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and
relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action
is ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed).
ELACC11-12RL7:
Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem (e.g.,
recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating
how each version interprets the source text
ELACC11-12RI3:
Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how
specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of
the text.
ELACC11-12W2: Write
informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts,
and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection,
organization, and analysis of content
ELACC11-12W3: Write
narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective
technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
ELACC11-12W4: Produce
clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style
are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
ELACC11-12L1:
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.
ELACC11-12L2:
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English
capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
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