Using Animoto for Social Writing

This week, I used Animoto to write about My Journey to the Ocean. This type of photo story could address the following two standards for middle school students:

• Using an electronic form of social communication for writing about oneself.
• Applying self-monitoring and self-correcting strategies in communication.

 Our original directions for the project were to make a photo story of a minimum of four scenes using text and music to enhance the presentation. Therefore, my directions for a class assignment would be to explain a journey in their lives, whether it be the first time they came to America or visited a new place. They would need to use the phrase "I would" at least twice in their presentation.

 There would also be a part of the assignment where the students would comment on what they did well and what they could improve on for the next video. I would assess their videos with the following rubric:

I especially like this rubric because it is very clear to see what is expected out of the language component of the slides. They have to have a beginning, middle, end of their journey in order for the students to receive full credit.