a reminder, and a guide

I hope Friday's class went well for you.  Thanks so much for your patience while I was away on Senior Retreat.  If the retreat for the class of 2017 is anywhere as terrific as this one was, you guys are in for an amazing experience in three years.  

You will present your storyboard/video project next class (Monday, March 10 for sections 1 and 7; Tuesday, March 11 for section 3).  I will be grading this based on two major criteria: let's refer to them as Useful Information, and Creativity.

The ideal project will present important, vital details about ancient Athens or Sparta, and it will present them in an interesting, original way.  In other words, if you have great visuals but they don't really tell me anything about Athens or Sparta, even if they are extremely well-presented, you will score low in Useful Information and high in Creativity.  The result will be an average grade.  Likewise, if you include lots of of pertinent facts and figures, but the video (or storyboard) is flat and boring, your Useful Information grade will rock, and your Creativity grade will stink, resulting in an overall grade of blah.

The super fantastic project, the one that teaches the viewer about Sparta or Athens, and does it in a fun, entertaining way, will score high in both categories, resulting in a superior grade.  You will also have the benefit of blowing the rest of your classmates' minds, and giving you something to brag about for the rest of your high school years and beyond.

Please don't wait until class to email me your project, if possible.  Also please remember to let me know everyone who worked on the project, first and last names.

Don't be late.  10% penalty for every day you are late.

Questions?  Email me.  rschick@johncarroll.org