3.4 Cracked Vision Board and Explanation Paragraph

  Assignment

Step 1:  Examine the rubric to see how you will be assessed on this assignment.

Step 2:  Study Darcy’s 3.4 Cracked Vision Board to see an example of this assignment.  Also study her rubric to see how she was assessed. NOTE:  Darcy analyzed the character Wes Holman from the short story “Long, Long After School” for her assignment.  You must analyze a character from Selfie. 

Step 3:  Choose a character from the play whose vision of the future changes significantly from the beginning to the end of the story.

Step 4:  Note some ideas on a piece of paper, using the bullet points below to guide you.

• Draw a line down the centre of the paper and label one side Old Vision and the other side New Vision.
  
  
• Write down phrases that describe the character’s old and new visions for his or her future
  
  
• Jot down specific actions that the character took to achieve the old and new visions.
  
  
• Note ideas for artifacts you could include on both sides of the vision board.  You need a mixture of artifacts, and at least three for each side of the board.  

• Also jot down an idea for a symbol that represents the transition from the character’s old vision to his or her new vision. 
  

Here are some examples of artifacts.  You might think of others.  

• pictures (e.g. drawings or photographs)
• videos (e.g. movie clips, music videos, etc.)
• song lyrics
• advertisements

Step 5:   Choose how you would like to complete this assignment.  You have many options.

• Hard Copy—Paint, draw, build, etc. a hard copy of your vision board and mail to your teacher, or photograph it and submit it on the space provided on this page.
  
  
• Animoto—Add photos, videos, and text to create stylish videos and set them to music.  (Animoto Tutorial)
  
  
• Linoit—Design a virtual interactive bulletin board.  (Linoit Tutorial) 
  
  
• Powtoon.com—Create an animated cartoon-based video. (Powtoon Tutorial)
  
  
• PowerPoint— Create a slide show with the option of adding animation and sound effects.  If you have Microsoft Office on your computer, PowerPoint is usually included.  (PowerPoint Tutorial)
  
  
• Microsoft Word (or any word processing program)—Create a traditional document containing all of your links, images, and other artifacts. 

Step 6:  Write a short paragraph to accompany your project to explain your ideas and ensure your teacher understands what you want to convey.  Here is Darcy’s explanation paragraph.

Step 7:  Save your assignment in the following way:  Your Full Name 3.4 Cracked Vision Board, and save your explanation paragraph as Your Full Name 3.4 Cracked Vision Board Paragraph.

Step 8:  Submit your assignment and your explanation paragraph in the space provided.

• If you created your project using an online application, you can simply copy and paste the link to your project online in the space provided on this page.
  
  
• If you created a physical Vision Board, mail it to your marker, or photograph it, and upload your photo on this page.