Ms.

Ballard | AVID ELA

Hello Scholars,
For your next assignment you will become the Resident Experts in various ELA
Standards. Below you will notice your assigned group members. You will also find
the respective topics and standards for your discussions. Remember, you along with
your group members will become the teacher. It is your job to develop interactive
presentations, tests, and assignments to make each standard understandable to
your peers.

Resident Expert Assignment

Step 1: Identify your group members
Step 2: Identify your standards, as well as topic of discussion
Step 3: Begin to plan your lessons
Step 4: Create a presentation that includes the requirements
below
Step 5: Present your presentation to the class

Presentation Requirements
Each presentation must be presented using the following:
Prezi, Powtoons, Animoto, Powerpoint or Sway.
Slide 1: This is your title slide, presenters names, and Essential
Question
Slides 26: Each slide focuses on a selected lesson and example
and includes helpful information.
Slide 7: Indicate the activity and how your activity aligns with
your assigned standard(s).
Slides 7-10: Activities as they align with your standard(s).
Examples: Quizziz, Kahoot, Quizlet, Activity Themed Learning
Bags, Digital Cornell Notes etc.
Final Slide: Thank your audience! Build a quiz or a test to check
for understanding.
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Group Members
Group 1: Figurative Language: Personification, Simile,
Hyperbole, And Metaphor
Types of sentences (Complex Sentences, Compound Sentences
and Adjective Clauses)
Standard(s):
ELAGSE7L3: Demonstrate understanding of Figurative
Language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
ELA
Jobbers, Evanne
Olmos, Lizbeth
Stewart, Jessica
Smith, Khorin
Group 2: Organizational Order: Spatial Order, Chronological Order,
Least Important to Important and Most Important to Least
Important

Parker, Alayna
Lynem, Madison
Chelsy, Twum
Martin, Antonio
Group 3: Cite Textual Evidence: MOST LIKELY, BEST SUMMARIZES, cite
examples from the text
Standard(s): ELAGSE7RI1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to
support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as details
from the text

Moses, Austin
Sarr, Babacar
Guerrero, Oscar
Holmes, Nicori
Group 4: Connotation and Denotation of words/Commas in series and
Semicolons
Standard(s): ELAGSE7RI4: Determine the meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative,
and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word
choice on meaning and tone.
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ELAGSE7L2: Determine command of the conventions of Standard

English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
a. Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives.
Fahie, McKenzie
Holmes, Jaylin
Johnson, Taliyah
Mitchell, Laniya
Group 5: Story Elements: Theme, Plot, Setting, Conclusion, Rising
Action, Falling Action, Characters,
ELAGSE7RL3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drams
interact (e.g., how settings shape the characters or plot)

Cervantes, Valeria
Santoya, Alondra
Segura, Lorena
Fenandez, Sarah

Presentation Dates:
Group 1: Feb. 27- March. 1
Group 2: March 6-11
Group 3: March 13-17
Group 4: March 20-24
Group 5: March 27-31
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Multimedia Project : Resident Experts

Teacher Name: Ms. Ballard

Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Presentation Well-rehearsed with Rehearsed with fairly Delivery not smooth, Delivery not smooth
smooth delivery that smooth delivery that but able to maintain and audience
holds audience holds audience interest of the attention often lost.
attention. attention most of the audience most of the
time. time.

Sources Source information Source information Source information Very little or no

collected for all collected for all collected for source information
graphics, facts and graphics, facts and graphics, facts and was collected.
quotes. All quotes. Most quotes, but not
documented in documented in documented in
desired format. desired format. desired format.

Oral Interesting, well- Relatively Delivery not smooth, Delivery not smooth
Presentation rehearsed with interesting, but able to hold and audience
smooth delivery that rehearsed with a audience attention attention lost.
holds audience fairly smooth delivery most of the time.
attention. that usually holds
audience attention.

Content Covers topic in- Includes essential Includes essential Content is minimal
depth with details knowledge about the information about the OR there are several
and examples. topic. Subject topic but there are 1- factual errors.
Subject knowledge is knowledge appears 2 factual errors.
excellent. to be good.

Originality Product shows a Product shows some Uses other people\'s Uses other people\'s
large amount of original thought. ideas (giving them ideas, but does not
original thought. Work shows new credit), but there is give them credit.
Ideas are creative ideas and insights. little evidence of
and inventive. original thinking.
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