Project term 2

ORAL PART OF YOUR EXAM:  SECOND TERM.

PRODUCING A PODCAST:  THE  AUTOBIOGRAHY  OF A RELEVANT  PERSON IN 

HISTORY

The best podcasts will participate in a contest organised in the school!!!

The final product will be a (5 minutes approx.) podcast in which a relevant person in history talks about his/her life, or about some important aspects of it and his/her achievements. It should be a monologue emphasizing the human aspect of this person and trying to avoid a mere list of events/facts just copied from the Internet.

STEPS TO FOLLOW: 
1- Listen to the model example of podcast about “Santa Teresa” – which you can find in the blog-. This way you will have a clearer idea of what you are expected to do.

2- Choose a person you find interesting: a writer, a politician, an activist (Peace Nobel Prize, for example), ...etc. He/She should preferably come from an English speaking country in order to make your monologue in English more believable.

You might like to choose some  relevant people like:
-British historical figures:  Queen Victoria, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth II.
-Worldwide Icons:  Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon, Marilyn Monroe, Martin Luther King,  Rosa Parks, Florence Nightingale, Anna Frank, Frida Kahlo.
-Here are some writers you might find interesting:  Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Mary Shelley, J.K .Rowling, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Oscar Wilde.

3- Do some serious research about the person you choose. Try to get and contrast information from different sources. Focus on the person’s human side: his/her personality, his/her family, important events...

4- Write your own script. Type your final version and send it to your teacher BEFORE 24TH FEBRUARY. Mention the sources you have taken the information from.

5- Select some background music which you can add to your recording. Make sure the music volume doesn’t interfere with your voice.
6- Read your text aloud. Pay careful attention to your pronunciation and intonation. Check the pronunciation of difficult words on the internet.

7- Rehearse reading your text as many times as you need to make it sound fluent and natural: You might find these tips useful:
    -underline the key words and phrases
    -decide where to breath / plan where you will pause
    - enunciate clearly
    - change the pitch and tone of your voice as appropriate
    -focus on dramatic pauses and emphasis
    -practise your reading in from of a friend
    - record your reading on your mobile phone and listen to it.

8- Use “Audacity” (audio editor) to record and edit your podcast.

9- Send the podcast and your final script to your teacher. DEADLINE TO MEET: 3rd of March 

ASSESSING YOUR WORK: 
The following aspects will be taken into account to assess your work:
-Content (Grammar accuracy / extensive vocabulary / organization of ideas)
-Pronunciation / intonation
-Technical aspects (quality of sound..etc)
-Originality / work


* IMPORTANT: No more than three students should record their podcasts about the same “person”. You will find a paper sheet on your class notice board: please write down your name and the “person” you have decided to create your podcast about.

As an alternative, you can write a project on one of the figures mentioned above. You will make a presentation in class, between 24th-27th February.













PODCASTS
When you have decided who your podcast will be about, please let us know on this paper sheet!  (By 24th January)

 Podcast Character Student 1 Student 2 Student 3  
(British Historical Figures)  
Queen Victoria  
Henry VIII  
Anne Boleyn  
Elisabeth I  
Elisabeth II  
(Worldwide Icons)  
Nelson Mandela  
Mahatma Gandhi  
John Lennon  
Marilyn Monroe  
Martin Luther King  
Rosa Parks  
Frida Kahlo  
Anna Frank  
(Writers)  
Jane Austin  
Charlotte Brontë  
Mary Shelley  
J. K. Rowling  
William Shakespeare  
Charles Dickens  
Oscar Wilde

(Other)