Futures Forum Summative Mr. Cowan

FHCI

You will be creating an on-line portfolio in Weebly for your summative. For this project you will compile a selection of existing projects and you will create new ones to be

included in the portfolio.

Website Layout:

You will create a new menu under your Weebly website with the following pages and sub-pages :

* A portion of your summative evaluation will be based on the overall appearance of your website*

1) English 2) Civics 3) Careers- Novel Analysis - “Make a Difference” - Business Plan - FFP Reflection Campaign - “Who Am I”

Part 1: English 1) Novel Analysis: For this part, you will be required to examine several elements related to your novel. You can demonstrate your knowledge in a number of ways: Power Point, Prezi, Time Toast, Weebly, or anything else you can think of. You will be presenting your analysis to the class so it should include a number of written and visual elements. Here is what you must focus on in terms of story elements:

a) Plot (discuss and/or illustrate the main plot points throughout).

Minimum of 10.b) Setting (identify the various settings) c) Characters (discuss the main and secondary characters)d) Conflicts (person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs. nature, etc.)e) Theme (Identify 1 or more themes that exist within your novel)

2) Reflective Piece on “Futures Forum”:

Your written reflective piece will be 1 page in length, double-spaced. It should address the following questions:a) How did you enjoy Futures Forum?b) What were some of the highlights for you? c) What frustrations did you encounter?d) What types of skills/knowledge did you take away from 1)English 2)Civics and 3)Careers?e) What would you do to improve the course for next yearf) What advice/information would you give to a grade 9 student looking to take Futures Forum next year?

Part 2: Civics “Change the World” 1) Research Paper: Step 1: Research An IssueChoose a global issue that Canadians should be concerned about. Outline the background information behind the issue. What are the causes of the issue? How have foreign governments and agencies played a role? How have politics and conflict influenced the issue? Focus on one country where this global issue is particularly problematic and describe the

situation in the country. Finally, show where the country or countries are on a map and provide some visual elements to further illustrate the issue.

Step 2: Research An Organization

Summarize which NGOs are involved with this global issue. Focus on one of the NGOs to profile. Some questions to consider would be: How long has the NGO been around? How many employees does the NGO have? How does the NGO raise money? What percentage of the money that is raised actually goes toward actively solving the problem? How much of their budget is spent on promotion and salaries? Anything else you find interesting.

 Step 3: Ad Campaign For the final stage of the civics’ summative, you will create anad campaign to promote the organization and/ or issue. The campaign can be a webpage, website, video, podcast, poster, radio commercial, or any other multimedia platform you can think of.

Possible issues include: Blood diamonds Child SoldiersPolitical prisoners Rain forest destructionIllegal arms trade SlaveryPacific Garbage Patch HIV/AidsGenocide (Darfur) Political Revolution (Syria)Famine Women’s Rights (Afghanistan)Infanticide (India, China) Human Rights AbusesDrug Wars Global WarmingRefugees PovertyNatural Disasters MalariaIllegal Whaling Endangered Species

Possible organizations include: Greenpeace KivaWorld Wildlife Fund Amnesty InternationalWorld Vision Red CrossDoctors Without Borders CareFree the Children Plan CanadaSave the Children War Child CanadaOxfam UNICEF

Human Rights Watch

Part 3: Careers Business Plan ReportFor the final part of the summative, you will be required to create a business plan and formal report for your own business and present your plan to the class in an oral presentation.

Part 1: Plan & Research1) You will research businesses and jobs that you are interested in outside of high school. 2) Include the following questions in your report:

• Who are my customers? What do my customers want?• How will my business provide customers with what they want?• How do I determine whether I am capable of starting a business? • What differentiates my business from all the others in the industry?

Part 2: Business Proposal Presentation 1) Once you have completed your planning and researching, you will prepare a multimedia presentation that will include the following items:

• Business name and logo• Company motto• 5 services and/ or products your company will provide customers.• List of competition (other similar businesses). • 5 Year plan (where do you see this company going?)• A variety of multimedia components (website links, pictures, videos, etc.)

“Who Am I” Webpage Finally, you will compile everything that you think is relevant with regards to you as a potential employee of a company. Imagine sending your employer to a website that highlights the skills, knowledge, and abilities that you have to offer to a company. The page should include the following:

1) Brief bio about yourself (written and visual)2) Resume 3) Cover Letter

*Imagine the site as a virtual business card that you could perhaps one day use as a tool to promote yourself to a potential employer.*

English: Story Analysis /100

Criteria R Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Knowledge of Content

Demonstrates limited knowledge of content

Demonstrates some knowledge of content

Demonstrates considerable knowledge of content

Demonstrates thorough

knowledge of content

Understanding of content

Demonstrates limited under- standing of content

Demonstrates some under- standing of content

Demonstrates considerable understanding of content

Demonstrates thorough under-

standing of content

Presentation

Poor formality Poorly structured Poor presentation skills Poor use of media

Fair formality Fairly structured Fair presentation skills Fair use of media

Good formality Well structured Good presentation

skills Good use of media

Great formality Very well

structured Great

presentation skills

Great use of media

English: Reflection /50

Reflection

A number of questions are unanswered

A limited number of connections are made to the course

Some questions are not answered and answers appear unclean

Some connections are made to the courses

All Questions are answered with an good degree of clarity

Good connections are made to the courses

All Questions are answered with an excellent degree of clarity

Excellent connections are made to the courses

Civics: Research Project /100

Criteria R Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Knowledge of Content

Demonstrates limited knowledge of content

Demonstrates some knowledge of content

Demonstrates considerable knowledge

of content

Demonstrates thorough

knowledge of content

Use of Processing

Skills

Uses processing skills with limited effectiveness

Uses processing skills with limited effectiveness

Uses processing skills with limited effectiveness

Uses processing skills with limited

effectiveness

Presentation Poor formality Poorly structured Poor presentation

skills Poor use of media

Fair formality Fairly structured

Fair presentation skills Fair use of media

Fair audience interaction

Good formality Well structured

Good presentation skills

Good use of media Good audience

Great formality Very well

structured Great

presentation skills

interaction Great use of media

Civics: Ad Campaign /50

Ad Campaign

Ad is not effective Media elements are not

adequate

Ad is somewhat effective

Media elements are adequate

Ad is effective Media elements are

good

Ad is extremely effective

Media elements are excellent

Careers: Business Plan /100

Criteria R Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Knowledge of Content

Demonstrates limited knowledge of content

Demonstrates some knowledge of content

Demonstrates considerable knowledge

of content

Demonstrates thorough

knowledge of content

Use of Critical/Creativ

e Thinking Processes

Uses critical/ creative thinking processeswith limited effectiveness

Uses critical/ creative thinking processeswith

some effectiveness

Uses critical/ creative thinking processes with

considerable effectiveness

Uses critical/ creative thinking processes with a high degree of effectiveness

Presentation

Poor formality Poorly structured Poor presentation

skills Poor use of media

Fair formality Fairly structured Fair presentation

skills Fair use of media

Fair audience interaction

Good formality Well structured

Good presentation skills

Good use of media Good audience

interaction

Great formality Very well

structured Great

presentation skills

Great use of media

Careers: “Who Am I” Website /50

WebsiteElements

Website is missing most of the required elements

Overall appearance is less than satisfactory

Website is missing some of the required elements

Overall appearance is satisfactory

Website includes all of the required elements

Overall appearance is good

Website includes all of the elements with great detail

Overall appearance is excellent