TEACHER HANDOUT:ACTIVIST SPOTLIGHT RUBRICExceeding theStandardMeeting theStandardApproaching theStandardEmergingContentI select many specificdetails that show what isimportant and interestingabout the person.I use someappropriate detailsto show what isimportant andinteresting aboutthe person.I use a few details,but the readerdoesn’t really learnwhat is importantand interesting aboutthe person.I do not use verymany details, andthe reader doesnot learn whatis important orinteresting aboutthe person.Language:VocabularyI use interesting and livelywords that show ratherthan tell about the person.I use interestingwords to describethe person.I use someinteresting words,but most of thelanguage in myarticle is ordinary.The languagein my article isordinary.Language:QuotationsWhen it makes sense todo so, I include some ofthe person’s exact wordsin quotation marks inmy article along with mydescriptions of what theperson said to make thestory more interesting.Sometimes I includethe person’s exactwords.I try to include theperson’s exact words,but sometimes itdoesn’t really makesense.I do not includeany of theperson’s exactwords.ConventionsI do not have anymistakes in sentences,spelling, punctuation, orcapitalization in my article.I do not haveany mistakes insentences, spelling,punctuation, orcapitalizationthat make it hardfor the reader tounderstand what Ihave written.I have a fewmistakes insentences, spelling,punctuation, andcapitalization thatmake it hard for thereader to understandwhat I have written.I have so manymistakes insentences,spelling,punctuation, andcapitalizationthat readershave a hard timeunderstandingwhat I havewritten.MultimediaI effectively integratemultimedia featuresthroughout the spotlight.The photo and video arehigh-quality, support thespotlight’s purpose, andare appropriate for theaudience.I use multimediafeatures effectivelythroughout thespotlight. The photoand video arehigh-quality andrelate to the topic.I try to usemultimedia thespotlight, but someof the photos orvideo are low-qualityor do not relate wellto the topic.I do not usemultimedia onmy spotlight.*Adapted from Intel’s Assessing Projects Library: educate.intel.com/pk/AssessingProjects16
engaging <strong>educator</strong>s and students through film<strong>ITVS</strong> Engagement and Education StaffAssociate Director of Engagement & EducationDuong-Chi DoEducation ManagerAnnelise WunderlichNational Community Engagement CoordinatorSara Brissenden-SmithEngagement & Education AssistantNallaly JimenezMedia Services ManagerBenita StillsTribeca Youth Screening Series StaffExecutive Director,Tribeca Film InstituteBeth JansonEducation DirectorVee BravoSchools CoordinatorAshley FarmerEducation AssistantRachel MillerDesignerJulia YangCOMMUNITY CLASSROOMCommunity Classroom is an innovative and free resource for <strong>educator</strong>s, offering short-form film modulesadapted from <strong>ITVS</strong>’s award-winning documentaries and standards-based lesson plans for high school andcommunity colleges, NGOs, and youth organizations. itvs.org/<strong>educator</strong>s/collections<strong>ITVS</strong>Independent Television Service (<strong>ITVS</strong>) funds, presents, and promotes award-winning independentlyproduced documentaries and dramas on public television and cable, innovative new media projects on theWeb, and the Emmy ® Award-winning series Independent Lens on PBS. <strong>ITVS</strong> receives core funding from theCorporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people. Women andGirls Lead is a strategic public media initiative to support and sustain a growing international movementto empower women and girls, their communities, and future generations. To learn more, visit itvs.org/women-and-girls-leadtribeca film instituteTribeca Film Institute is a year-round nonprofit arts organization that empowers filmmakers through grantsand professional development, and is a resource for and supporter of individual artists in the field. TheInstitute’s educational programming leverages an extensive network of people in the film industry to helpNew York City students learn filmmaking and gain the media skills necessary to be productive citizens andcreative individuals in the 21st century. tribecafilminstitute.orgTribeca Youth Screening SeriesThe Tribeca Youth Screening Series is a free-of-charge program that brings New York City public middleand high school students and teachers to screenings at Tribeca Cinemas and during the Tribeca FilmFestival. Films are chosen for their educational relevance, but also for their cinematic merits. Studentsare exposed to independent films, filmmakers, and subject matter not typically explored in mainstreamHollywood fare, and teachers are supplied with a film text that can serve as a unique supplement to theircurriculum. In order to facilitate further study of films, TFI creates original study <strong>guide</strong>s for each film andworks with teachers to incorporate both these and TFI’s Teaching Artists in the classroom.Allison Milewski: Arts and Media Education Consultant, Curriculum Specialist, and Founder, PhotoForwardLoira Limbal: Independent Filmmaker and Deputy Director of Firelight MediaAdditional program support provided by:This program is supported, in part, by public funds fromthe New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.Honorable Margaret S. Chin,New York City CouncilHonorable Scott M. Stringer,Manhattan Borough PresidentThis program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council16