Community Service Project
AN ENGLISH PROJECT FOR GRADE X
by Jack Pillemer
[Public Oral Presentation, supported by PowerPoint Presentation of pupils' volunteer/ community work
"Mehuyavut Ishit"followed
by Formal Written Report and Reflection.]
A. Brief description
Don't be put off by the rather daunting-sounding
title and number of pages. This is a great project. It's been
tried and tested and is ready for re-use.
Below is a simple description of what happens.
Once the basic idea is clear, the more technical instructions and
rationale are easier to follow:
Your grade X pupils have been volunteering doing
different forms of community service "מחויבות
אישית". - "Mehuyavut Ishit." They report on
their experience in a number of ways:
First in groups or individually pupils create
simple PowerPoint slide shows of 4-5 slides. (A poster could
easily replace this if your class does not have access to
computers.)
Then, fleshing out the points made in the PowerPoint slides, they report orally to an audience.
Prior to actually starting, you and the pupils
together set up the criteria for good PowerPoint slide shows and
good oral presentations. These points provide the basis for a
checklist used while the pupils prepare, and later they are used
in an assessment form.
After everyone has presented orally using the
PowerPoint slides as a focus, the pupils write up a formal
written report.
Finally, the pupils write their personal
reflections regarding the project.
All the work is done in class and the project
takes approximately 12 lessons.
Feel free to adopt and adapt this project to suit
your needs.
Let me know how it works out
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