What's+Your+Sentence?+Project

After attending the Edscape Conference (2012) and meeting Tim Needles, an art teacher in Long Island, I am inspired by his What's Your Sentence? Assignment. In the "What's Your Sentence?" assignment students are asked to imagine what goals they would like to achieve in their lifetime then write it in the future as if they've completed it. The assignment is totally apropos to Beyond RMS. Thus, students in BRMS Fall 2012 created their own sentences about their goals and achievements thirty years from now. Below is a short video of the sentences students created.

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Below is the video that Tim Needles' class put together for ideas. Hopefully, this video will inspire my own students to write and create their own original and personal sentences of what they aspire to. media type="youtube" key="8RLbzvIwY44" height="315" width="560" For more ideas and video inspiration you can check out Dan Pink, author of Drive: The Surprising Truth of What Motivates us, and originator of What's Your Sentence. As legend has it, Clare Booth Luce, a journalist and one of the first women to serve in Congress, paid a visit to a young President Kennedy. She told him that “a great man is a sentence.” By that she meant the life’s work of any successful leader should be summed up into one sentence. She said she feared that Kennedy didn’t have a sentence but a muddled paragraph—and that he risked losing focus by trying to do too much.

Dan Pink suggests asking yourself, “What’s my sentence?” In other words, how can you summarize the mission of your work clearly and concisely?

The Assignment: Students will create an original and unique sentence that summarizes the mission of their life clearly and concisely. What do you want to be remembered for? Students will write and illustrate their sentence and then create a video montage of the sentences presented. (Originality, Clarity & Summary) || Sentence lacks clarity, originality; does not summarize mission of work and life long goals || Sentence is clear and concise; offers insight into lifelong goals. || Sentence is unique, clear, and concise. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Summarizes mission <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">of work and lifelong goals || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">illustration and or mixed media <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">of sentence || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Graphic representation <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">supports sentence goals <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">and ideas || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Graphic Representation <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">helps convey sentence; <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Graphics could stand <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">alone to present ideas || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">reminders to stay on task || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Student used class wisely; sometimes needed reminders to stay on task || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Student worked diligently <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">during class time <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Helping others and <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">promoting a positive <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">learning environment. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Grading Rubric **
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 * **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">What's Your Sentence **
 * **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Graphic Representation ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Sentence lacks graphic
 * **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Use of Class Time ** || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; text-align: center;">Student needed constant

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