Assessment Activity: Frame Story
Have students access the student chapter Frame Story and go through it with them.
Students should think of something that has happened recently in your home, school or community.
You may want to approve stories before students start work. Stories should not be anything that is private or embarrassing to anyone,
Have students make two news stories about this story. Including only things that are true, use as many different forms of framing to make the two stories seem as different as possible.
Students can do this activity individually, in pairs, or in small groups, as you prefer.
If you have already delivered the Digital Storytelling unit, you can have students use the Digital Story Maker to create their stories. If you have not, you can deliver just the Digital Story Maker activity since these will not follow the usual Digital Story format.
You may also have them create their news stories in any other format that allows them to use the different forms of framing studied in this unit.
Assess students’ Frame Stories using this assessment rubric.