Ryan M Devlin

As students deliver speeches these are the peer review forms I have their classmates fill out. Each student gives both positive feedback and a suggestion for improvement along with a comment in a specific area such as: volume/tone, body movement, introduction/conclusion, "filler words" (like umm, ahh, etc.), speech content, and eye contact. After I read them I cut each student's name off the top and then give the feedback to the speaker.

When students are researching colleges and universities I have them fill out this worksheet on the four schools that interest them most. This website is a great resource for this activity: https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-search However, I like them to get on each college's website as well for more information. I used this research project in my 11th grade English class. Students always told me this was the most relevant and valuable unit that I taught. It always prompted lots of gr

As students learn about the various film cuts and video transitions used in video production, they'll create a storyboard for each type of cinematic cut. Next, students can use this storyboard to plan, film, and edit their own Transition Video Demo. This worksheet includes the standard cut, cutting on action, cross cutting, cutaways, jump cuts, cross dissolves/fades, wipes, match cuts, invisible cuts, whip pans, smash cuts, J-cuts, and L-cuts.

Have students write 6-word-memoirs about 16 influential people in honor of Black History Month for a billboard writing challenge.

Students can use this blank storyboard template to plan out video projects.

After reading literature related to epic heroes have students create their own epic hero and then write about him or her. This is a graphic organizer to get them started!

Students can design their own snowperson using this blank template!

Have students design a book cover for one of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales