ENG4C Ms
We Are Here: Immigration Stories
Grade 12 College English Independent Study Unit (ISU)
This assignment is worth 15% of your final mark
Media project & presentation due WEDNESDAY MAY 28TH
We all have stories. Every story is different but we all deserve a chance to be heard. Your voice is powerful.
Like Amir in The Kite Runner, you will tell your own immigration story OR interview someone else about their immigration experience and tell their story.
Your ISU has TWO components: a media project and an oral presentation. You must complete both parts of the ISU in order to be assessed for the full 15%.
Steps to Completing the Project
1. Respond to the attached questions OR use the questions to interview someone about their immigration experience. Responses to questions are due Wed. May 7th.
2. Analyze the information you have gathered and reflect on the themes that connect your story to The Kite Runner. Come prepared to write a short reflection paper on these themes in class and discuss your ISU with your teacher on Wed. May 21st.
3. Once you’ve identified the themes, you will create a media project that communicates the immigration story. Your media project options include:
a) A poem or spoken word presentation
b) A poster display of images and writing
c) A video
d) A song that you’ve written and will perform
e) A well-scripted short drama skit
f) A dance
g) A Power Point or Prezi presentation
Note: Whatever option you select, your project must communicate CLEARLY and ACADEMICALLY the immigration story you captured in your interview.
4. Present your media project in a fair-style presentation on Wednesday May 28th.
ISU Research: Immigration Story Questions
(10 marks for detailed & thorough responses)
*DUE MAY 7TH
Name of person being interviewed (if you are not writing about yourself):
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1) Where were you born? During what time period?
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2) Describe your upbringing.
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3) Where did you move to? Describe the move in detail.
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4) List all the different places you have lived within your lifetime.
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5) Using three words describe what comes to mind when you think about the word immigration.
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6) Describe the way you felt, the things you saw or smelled, the questions you had and the overall thoughts you had once you arrived to this new place (either a new country or a new home within the same country).
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7) What are some challenges or disappointments you faced before, during or after you immigrated?
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8) What are some highlights and positive aspects of your immigration?
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9) If you could change the past, what would you have done differently?
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10) Do you ever regret moving to a new place or country? If so, why?
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11) Was immigrating to a new place everything you thought it would be?
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12) What surprises did you encounter during your journey?
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13) Is there anything else you wish to share about your experience?
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Media Rubric
|Criteria |Level 4 |Level 3 |Level 2 |Level 1 |Level R |
| |(80-100%) |(70-79%) |(60-69%) |(50-59%) |(0-49%) |
|Knowledge |Media project shows thorough |Media project shows considerable|Media project shows some |Media project shows limited |Media project shows little |
|/10 |knowledge & understanding of |knowledge & understanding of |knowledge & understanding of |knowledge & understanding of |knowledge & understanding of |
|/10 |immigration story as captured in|immigration story as captured in|immigration story as captured in|immigration story as captured in|immigration story as captured in|
| |the: |the: |the: |the: |the: |
| |a) interview |a) interview |a) interview |a) interview |a) interview |
| |b) reflection |b) reflection |b) reflection |b) reflection |b) reflection |
|Thinking & Inquiry |Your media project explicitly |Your media project highlights |Your media project displays |Your media project does very |Your media project does not |
|/20 |highlights thoughtful and highly|relevant and appropriate themes |somewhat relevant and |clearly display or identify the |clearly display or identify any |
| |relevant themes of your |of your immigration story. |appropriate themes of your |themes of your immigration |themes of your immigration |
| |immigration story. | |immigration story. |story. |story. |
|Communication |Your media project effectively |Your media project clearly |Your media project somewhat |The story and themes you have |Your media project explicitly |
|/20 |communicates the story and |communicates the story and |communicates the story and |identified are communicated with|highlights the themes you have |
| |themes you have identified, |themes you have identified, |themes you have identified, |limited clarity. |identified, either through |
| |through words, visuals, body |through words, visuals, body |through words, visuals, body | |words, visuals, body language |
| |language during presentation, |language during presentation, |language during presentation, | |during presentation, etc. |
| |etc. |etc. |etc. | | |
|Application |Media is used in creative & |Media is used in creative & |Media is used with some |Media is used with limited |Media is used with minimal |
|/20 |highly effective ways that |effective ways that exploit the |creativity and some sense of the|creativity and a limited sense |creativity. Very few elements |
| |exploit the specific strengths |strengths of the chosen format. |chosen format. Some elements |of the chosen format. Few |make a contribution. |
| |of the chosen format. All |Most elements make a |make a contribution. |elements make a contribution. | |
| |elements make a contribution. |contribution. | | | |
TOTAL: ________________/80
Oral Communication Rubric
|Criteria |Level 4 |Level 3 |Level 2 |Level 1 |Level R |
| |(80-100%) |(70-79%) |(60-69%) |(50-59%) |(0-49%) |
|Knowledge |Your presentation thoroughly and|Your presentation clearly |Your presentation somewhat |Your presentation summarizes |Your presentation summarizes |
|/10 |very clearly summarizes your |summarizes your immigration |clearly summarizes up your |your immigration story with |your immigration story with |
| |immigration story. |story. |immigration story. |limited clarity. |little clarity. Presentation is |
| | | | | |difficult to follow. |
|Thinking & Inquiry |Your presentation thoughtfully |Your presentation clearly |Your presentation somewhat |Your presentation makes limited |Your presentation does not |
|/10 |and explicitly connects the |connects the themes of your |connects the themes of your |connections between your |effectively connect the themes |
| |themes of your immigration story|immigration story to The Kite |immigration story to The Kite |immigration story and The Kite |of your immigration story to The|
| |to The Kite Runner. |Runner. |Runner. |Runner. |Kite Runner. |
|Communication |Presentation is clearly and very|Presentation is clearly |Presentation is somewhat |Presentation is prepared to a |Presentation is not prepared; |
|/10 |effectively prepared; volume, |prepared; volume, tone & body |prepared; volume, tone & body |limited degree; volume, tone & |volume, tone & body language |
| |tone & body language are |language are used with |language are used with some |body language may be |distract or do not engage the |
| |purposefully used to communicate|considerable effectiveness. |effectiveness. |distracting. |audience. |
| |ideas & insights. | | | | |
|Application |Your presentation effectively |Your presentation engages your |Your presentation somewhat |Your presentation engages your |Your presentation does not |
|/10 |engages your audience and |audience and invites responses &|engages your audience and |audience in a limited sense and |effectively engage your audience|
| |explicitly invites responses & |interactions. |somewhat invites responses & |does not clearly invite |or invite responses & |
| |interactions. | |interactions. |responses & interactions. |interactions. |
TOTAL: ________________/40
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