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English 7 - 3rd Quarter Performance Task PDF

The performance task requires students to deliver a news report by summarizing and reading two news articles aloud while observing proper broadcast techniques. Students will be evaluated on their ability to clearly convey content with logical organization and proper grammar, as well as their rate of speech, volume, pitch, and stress placement. The goal is to simulate delivering an accurate and professionally presented news report for television viewers.
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English 7 - 3rd Quarter Performance Task PDF

The performance task requires students to deliver a news report by summarizing and reading two news articles aloud while observing proper broadcast techniques. Students will be evaluated on their ability to clearly convey content with logical organization and proper grammar, as well as their rate of speech, volume, pitch, and stress placement. The goal is to simulate delivering an accurate and professionally presented news report for television viewers.
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Performance Task

NEWS WATCH

Goal: Your task is to deliver news to the viewers of


a TV station.

Role: You are the newscaster of a certain TV


station.

Audience: The target audience are the viewers of that TV


station who wants to be updated on the latest news.

Situation: The challenge is to be able to deliver news with proper pitch, rate, stress,
juncture, etc.

Product / Performance and Purpose


You need to deliver news observing the proper pitch, volume, rate, stress, intonation, etc.
1. Search for the latest news. Choose two news articles and print them.
2. Study the articles. Practice reading them aloud with proper stress, pitch, volume, rate etc.
3. Record yourself/make a video that you read the two news articles aloud like a true newscaster.
Standards and criteria for success
Your work will be judged by the following rubric:

Criteria Beginning Developing Accomplished Score


(0-12 points) (13-16 (17-20 points)
points)

Content
(Focus on details/events are
clearly evident; it is clearly
related to the topic.)

Organization
(Logical progression of
details/events; clear
transitions between ideas.)

Language
(spelling, mechanics,
grammar and usage)

Rate of speech The rate is The rate is Rate of speech


too fast or slightly slow is appropriate
too slow. or slightly to the news
fast. article.

Volume Volume is Volume is a Proper volume


too loud or bit loud or a was observed
too soft. bit soft for a in the news
news delivery.
report.

Pitch The voice is The voice is The student


too slightly high used
high-pitched or slightly appropriate
or too low. pitch for a
low-pitched news report.

Stress The students The student The student


made a lot made some observed
of mistakes mistakes in proper stress.
in stress putting
placement stress on
while words or
reading. syllables

Total Score:

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