Activities

 **Beginning of Unit** 1- Play a radio advertisement as an example of poor communication (including monotone voice, too soft and too loud, too fast and too slow, emphasis placed on unimportant words, and multiple articulation errors). 2- After listening to the advertisement, the students will use [|scribblar] to state one reason they had trouble listening to the message. 3- Team Stand and Share: In groups of three, students will discuss the importance of good communication skills. One person will stand and share one thing that was discussed in the team. 4- Play examples of good radio advertisements using [|internet archive.] 5 - Present the activity that students will create their own radio advertisement. Brainstorm with the class on products the students can advertise.

 **During Unit** 1- Students will be randomly placed into groups of 3 using a deck of cards that are randomly handed out. Students will be grouped into same numbers. As a group, the students will choose one product to research and advertise.  2- The students will use internet and library resources to complete the research. 3- Graphic organizers will be used to assemble their research. Each of the group members will be required to fill out one of the graphic organizers. (Marzano strategy: Summarizing and Note-Taking) [|Student A] [|Student B] [|Student C] This will ensure participation by all group members. After the students have completed their research they will then compile the results using google documents. Not all data will be available and will require the student to create an answer. 4- The individual students will then create their own radio advertisement using the compiled teams' research. 5- When the student has created his/her radio script he/she will record the script. 6- The team will then play the radio advertisements for one another. Those who have listened to the advertisement will provide negative and positive reinforcement using the attached survey. [|Radio Advertisement Feedback] (Marzano Strategy: Feedback)  7- Using the provided feedback the presenters will edit and make any necessary changes to the radio advertisement then re-record the advertisement.
 * Positive Interdependence: Students will work together doing research and will assist one another in recording the individual advertisement.
 * Individual Accountability: Each teammate is required to complete a different graphic organizer with their research.
 * Equal Participation: All students have five questions to answer.
 * Simulataneous Interaction: Students will be working on their research in the library and computer lab. They will also be recording their individual radio advertisements at the same time. (Marzano Stratgegy: Cooperative Learning)

1- Students will present the radio advertisements to the classroom. The radio advertisements will be assessed by the teacher using the scoring guide. 2- The best radio advertisements will be presented to the entire school during morning announcements. 3- Talking Chips: All students will be provided with 2 chips. Each student must make 2 comments about the activity and cannot make a comment before everyone else has used their chip to make a comment. (Marzano Strategy: Generating and Testing Hypothesis)
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