Assignments
| Day | Lesson |
|---|---|
| Podcast Preparation | This is an activity your group should complete as part of preparing your portfolio. You can break up the tasks by group member or work on them together; come up with an arrangement that is fair and works for your group. Go to the… Read more |
| Portfolio Video | Use screen capturing and a video editor (e.g., Adobe RUSH) to create a video that captures the experience of composing your wellness videos and reflects on your learning and growth. The video should use narration to tell a story… Read more |
| Portfolio | Compose a portfolio of your work in the class. Before getting started think about these big picture aspects of portfolios: The portfolio serves a few purposes: 1) to allow continued revision of your projects, 2) to promote reflection… Read more |
| Three Videos | Create a series of three wellness videos to be posted on our class web site (and potentially on social media). These videos should be either 15 or 30 seconds. Be sure to create at least one video of at least 30 seconds. The process of… Read more |
| Group reading selection and discussion | This assignment asks your group to identify and post for the class a reading selection based on the work you have done with wellness books. Follow these steps: Discuss as a group the books you have read, and then identify one or… Read more |
| Wellness Book Review | Compose a review of the wellness book you have been studying. This will be a brief review with an emphasis on how the book fits within its genre and how it uses language to approach its subject. The review will have three main… Read more |
| Group book reading and report | This assignment has multiple steps that will involve individual and group work. The main aim is to produce a report on the language use, approaches, and key messages of a set of books. To do so, you will 1) each read one book, then 2)… Read more |
| Group Podcast: Five Questions | This assignment will play out over the course of the semester. See our schedule for specific recording or audience dates for your group. You will record twice and act as audience twice. Record a 20-40 minute podcast on a topic… Read more |
| Five Questions Wellness Article | For this assignment, you now have the option of limiting the work on step 1. If your group has decided to spend less time with your spreadsheet, jump to step 2. Step 1: Group Activities and Primary… Read more |