Directions for Podcast: - Commack Schools



2410460-21347000THE MOTH RADIO HOUR: PODCAST HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTThe Moth Radio Hour features true stories told live on stage without scripts, notes, props or accompaniment.? The Moth Radio Hour is the winner of a 2010 Peabody Award, the highest honor in broadcasting.?“Storytelling, likely the oldest art, is revered and reinvigorated by this hour for everyday raconteurs,” wrote the Peabody judges.Directions for Podcast: Click on the link that I provided for your selected story. You must open up the document for your class and find your name. Click on the story that you have been assigned. If your link absolutely does not work, try to cut and paste the link or the story into your browser and get to the story that way. If that doesn’t work, open up the document “Extra stories if your link doesn’t work” and choose a different story; don’t come to class unprepared.This assignment is the basis for our class lesson, so please come prepared. After listening to the story, answer the questions below. Please read the directions first.ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS (Journal #____: Typed and MLA format):Directions for Journal: (1) Please number your answers but do not answer these questions in “yes/no” fashion. Develop and explain your answers as if you were in a conversation about the story you heard. (2) Remember that the titles of the story should not be the title of your Journal Entry. Use your own original title on your Journal Entry. (3) Proof-read by reading your work out loud. (4) Do not add spaces between numbers. Double space the entire document only.In one paragraph, summarize the story you listened to. (Please include the title of the story, in quotation marks, in the first sentence of your summary.) Were you interested in the speaker’s story right away? If so, why? If not, why not?Did the author maintain your interest? How or why not? (Remember, these are not yes/no questions.)All Moth stories are about how experiences in life change or shape who we are. Even tiny events can change our attitude about something or someone. What did the author of the story experience and how did it change him/her? What was the moral, lesson, or THEME to the story you heard? How did the storyteller get you to understand the STAKES in his/her story?Did the speaker conclude the story to your satisfaction? Are there unanswered questions? Explain your answer.Would you recommend this story? Why or why not? ................
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