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Presentation-reading your column in front of the Editor and other inspiring columnist (read, shown on film, or interactive). || Podcast Rubric: Duration of presentation, Emotion, Points of View: Awareness of Audience, Voice-Conversational Style, Economy, and Soundtrack-Originality. || toc
 * Goal || To master the techniques of where and when each genre belongs and how to keep an ongoing/updated blog to reach the goal of creating a column good enough for "G" Magazine. ||
 * Role || To step into the shoes of an inspiring magazine columnist and get accepted to write for "G". ||
 * Audience || The Editor of the well-known magazine "G". ||
 * Setting || Fighting for a column in "G" through a Podcast presentation. ||
 * Presentation || Product-Blog with entries of all the different genres, which genre suits you and why and a final paper (your column).
 * Standards || Presentation Rubric: Posture and Eye Contact, Time-Limit, Content, Enthusiasm, and Attire, and Preparedness.

=Introduction= Good Afternoon future columnists of America, are you ready to embark on a contest that may set your career in first gear? Are you ready to have your face in the limelight? Are you ready to be the best columnist America has ever seen? The pen and paper are going to be pushed aside, can you work without them? Ms Deville and her sidekick editors want to hear your voice. Why should they pick your column? Why are you the best? She is tough to get through so you must stay focus and shine, prove that you deserve a corner office that overviews New York City's busy streets and captures Lady Liberty's reflecting gleam across the sea. From your column, make a Podcast to present and be prepared to get praised, or criticized. If Ms Deville likes your work, you will get flown to New York with her to be a trial columnist in the genre of your liking for a year. Make it good and make 9th graders around the world envy you and your talents. Are you up for the challenge?

=Task= From your previous knowledge of good editing techniques, citing, avoiding plagiarism, genres, oganization skills and being able to "tell" the story, you are going to make an audio recording Podcast to present at your meeting with the "G" Magazine editor, Ms Deville. Ms Deville only hires the best, so SELL your piece and make it worth reading. This is the chance of a lifetime. The Podcast will be on the genre that you have mastered and created a column for. The column and the preview "Podcast" will be presented in front of her and her most stealthy editors to critique and get back to you. She only picks one 9th grad1er from all over the US, make it YOU! Make our town famous and proud. Don't you want a corner office? Don't you want a 6-digit salary a year? Don't you want your name on the cover of "G" magazine? On the day of your meeting, be prepared and don't be too terrified, but Ms Deville is also meeting with 20 other inspiring columnists that day and then flying across the states to meet with many, many more. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, show that you deserve to be chosen. Prove that "G" needs you!

Process
1) Look back at your genre column that you wrote in the previous lesson and pick a section to Podcast. You will be using GarageBand, a program in which music, photos and your voice can be combined. You should then go into your ongoing [|blogs] and write a blog on why you chose that section. It should be title, "My Proposal" and be labeled, "Genre," like most of the blogs in this unit. This blog should be filled with answers to questions as to how you chose it, why you chose it and what you will do with the section. [|Genre is] defined for clarification to make sure you wrote the genre that you think you did...

2) Look through your favorite magazines either on the web or hard copy. Blog about how the writer intriques you and what you would do if you would tell it in person. How would you get your audience engaged, and motivated emotionally?

3) Review at least three [|Grammar Girl] podcasts and blog on her voice and engagement values. Title the blogs, "Audience Engagement" and have it be labeled, "Genre." This blog will also be helpful in revising the grammar of your column before handing it in for the final evaluation from Ms Deville. We must strive for perfection!

4) Make a story board on your plans for the GarageBand. What music do you want on your Podcast? How does it fit with the piece? What pictures will fit nicely with your piece? Are you going to choose to put iMovie on the podcast? How will you stay [|organized] and keep up with your [|time management skills]. Blog about these questions and the two articles. You should have 4 blogs and a hand-written or computer generated story board. The first blog titled, "plans," second, "story board," third, "organizing" and last, "time management" all with th the label of "Genre."

5) Create a Podcast using GarageBand. Play around first and look at some tutorials to answer your questions, [|YouTubube], wil show you a video on using the program, tech info, [|tutorials], [|home recording], help make the process easier and more concise, and [|YouTube playnet], shows you how to add pictures, music and movie to your voice. A blog titled, "GarageBand" and labeled, "Reflections" should conclude this step.

6) Edit your podcast and turn it from project file to a product file. This answers questions on [|exporting songs from garageband] and the next teaches [|import and export] tools.

7) Rehearse your podcast and be ready to present it in front of Ms Deville and her colleagues. If you are uncomfortable speaking in an audience, review these evaluation and observation tips [|communication]and [|PS tips], to help overcome your fears and become more social.

8) Present Podcast in front of Ms Deville and the other inspiring columnist. Use the feedback [|sandwich] to evaluate each presentation and then blog for homework on yours and two others. It does not matter care what you title the blogs, but please label them "Reflections. "

9) Have a conference with Ms Deville on any changes to your column or podcast. Blog about changes. Title blog, "changes" and label it "Genre."

10) Make needed changes.

11) Submit unit final to Ms Deville (pin drive with Podcast and hard copy of column). Blog on lesson as whole, likes/dislikes? How can the project be improved? Did you have enough time? This will be your self-assessment, label blog "assessment" and title it, "Podcast /Column."

12) Congratulate yourself! Good luck on getting a job with "G" Magazine.

Evaluation
Here is the criteria Ms Deville will be judging you on during your meeting!Here is the criteria Ms Deville will examine in your column. Here is the criteria for the Podcast created on GarageBand.

Conclusion
What is a genre? Do you remember? A genre is a type of writing. We have descriptive, technical, research, poetry, expository and narrative and each genre has different sub-categories. What's your favorite? Each genre is made for a different audience and has a different purpose. Did you write yours for friends? Sports fans? Doctors? Did you write to bring up an issue, like doing chores, who you can date, school lunch, drug policy or curfew? Persuade having a 4-day school week? How to solve a disagreement with friends? An interview with a celebrity? Song lyrics? Or did you just tell a story? You should be able to identify what kind of genre each of these is and when they should be used. Was research done? If you can answer all these questions, then I think Ms Deville would be pleased to have you on her team, but that ball is in her court now. Good luck!