Omar's Tech-enhanced Learning Activity A (Learning Designs)

 

1.      LEARNING OBJECTIVES/OUTCOMES

Example: Descriptive Scenes in Writing and Reading for Language Arts Level1

Objective:
Students will create a visual representation of a historical or emotional scene from the readings.

Scene prompt:
“The Long Walk of the Navajo” – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown.

Students will analyze this script, describe it using rich vocabulary, and create a visual (drawing, collage, short video, or multimedia image) to represent it.

 

CONTENT AREA STANDARD

ISTE STANDARD

NM ELA Standard RL.9-10.3
Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.

Students will demonstrate their understanding by reimagining a scene visually and connecting character emotion and plot through descriptive language and artistic interpretation.

 

ITSE 1.6 Creative Communicator by students communicating clearly and expressing themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals through online content visual examples.

 

2.      ASSESMENT APPRAOCH (with rubric and assessment guide)

Students will produce a visual representation through a picture, drawing or video with a description of the scene using vocabulary words provided. Students will turn in a final visual product (image/video/artwork) along with a short paragraph describing the scene and explaining how the visual elements connected to the text.

 

 

 

Rubric Categories (out of 20 points total):

Category	Points	Description
Visual Creativity	5 pts	Original, thoughtful, and expressive representation of the scene.
Vocabulary Integration	5 pts	Uses all five provided vocabulary words accurately in the scene description.
Scene Accuracy	5 pts	Visual accurately represents the scene’s historical and emotional context.
Digital Tools Usage	5 pts	Effectively uses digital tools (art software, video, collage apps, etc.) to enhance the final product.

 

 

 

3.      TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES

I Pads, Laptops or Personal Computers.

Online tools like:

Canva (www.canva.com)

Pixlr (www.pixlr.com)

Adobe Express (express.adobe.com)

YouTube (for student-created videos or for inspiration)

StoryBoardThat (www.storyboardthat.com) – great for comic-style scenes

 

 

4.      ACTIVITES

Class will incorporate the scene in the writing through media and use these vocabulary words.

1. Displacment

2. Sovereignty

3. Exile

4. Resilience

5. Oppression

           

Students will work individually or in small groups to complete their visual project and present it to the class.