As you move toward your future career, your ability to communicate through digital platforms is just as vital as your technical knowledge. In today’s professional world, employers look for candidates who can present themselves with confidence, clarity, and authenticity online.
For your final task, you will create a "Guide to Grade 11 English" video (or series of videos). Your goal is to share the "insider secrets" of your success in this course, providing actionable advice to future students while showcasing your growth as a creator. Think of this as a contribution to your professional public profile—something that proves you can take complex ideas and make them engaging for an audience.
To give your audience the best advice, your content should cover three main pillars:
1. Navigating Difficult Texts (Reading) Help new students approach challenging material. Share the specific reading strategies that worked for you when the language got tough. Discuss how you handled texts from different time periods or cultures that might have different standards or use controversial language compared to what we expect today.
2. Finding Your Voice (Speaking & Listening) You have been recording yourself all semester! Reflect on how your "on-camera" voice has evolved from your "everyday" voice. What speaking strategies do you use now to sound more professional? Additionally, share your best tips for effective listening—how do you stay focused and interpret complex ideas when watching or listening to course content?
3. Mastering the Edit (Media Production) What are your current strengths and weaknesses in video production? Since starting this course, have you noticed things about the content you consume online that you never saw before? Give the new students some "pro tips" on how to get up to speed with Canva and other production tools to make their work shine.
You have the creative freedom to decide how to package this information. You can produce one long-form video or three shorter, platform-specific clips. Total duration should be between 5 and 10 minutes.
Before you submit, please complete the Pre-Submission Self-Assessment.
1–3 video files (5–10 minutes total duration)
We are learning to:
Critically reflect on personal learning in reading, oral communication, and media analysis
Plan and organise media content to clearly support a professional message
I can:
analyse my personal learning by identifying my growth, strengths, and clear next steps in reading and communication
create well-planned videos that demonstrate increasing skill and attention to media craft and conventions
| Category | Level 4 | Level 3 | Level 2 | Level 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge/Understanding | Demonstrates a high degree of actionable personal knowledge and thorough understanding of learning growth | Demonstrates considerable actionable personal knowledge and understanding of learning growth | Demonstrates some actionable personal knowledge and understanding of learning growth | Demonstrates limited actionable personal knowledge and understanding of learning growth |
| Thinking/Inquiring | Demonstrates an exceptionally personal, insightful, and critical reflection on the creative process | Demonstrates a significant and personal reflection on the creative process | Demonstrates some significant personal reflection on the creative process | Demonstrates limited significant personal reflection on the creative process |
| Application | Videos expertly support the intended message through professional-grade use of design and technical tools | Videos considerably support the intended message through effective use of design and technical tools | Videos mostly support the intended message through some use of design and technical tools | Videos somewhat support the intended message with limited use of design and technical tools |
| Communication | Videos communicate the message in a very compelling, clear, and professional way for the target audience | Videos communicate the message in a compelling and clear way for the target audience | Videos communicate the message in a somewhat compelling and clear way | Videos sometimes communicate the message compellingly or clearly |
Demonstrates a high degree of actionable personal knowledge and thorough understanding of learning growth
Demonstrates considerable actionable personal knowledge and understanding of learning growth
Demonstrates some actionable personal knowledge and understanding of learning growth
Demonstrates limited actionable personal knowledge and understanding of learning growth
Demonstrates an exceptionally personal, insightful, and critical reflection on the creative process
Demonstrates a significant and personal reflection on the creative process
Demonstrates some significant personal reflection on the creative process
Demonstrates limited significant personal reflection on the creative process
Videos expertly support the intended message through professional-grade use of design and technical tools
Videos considerably support the intended message through effective use of design and technical tools
Videos mostly support the intended message through some use of design and technical tools
Videos somewhat support the intended message with limited use of design and technical tools
Videos communicate the message in a very compelling, clear, and professional way for the target audience
Videos communicate the message in a compelling and clear way for the target audience
Videos communicate the message in a somewhat compelling and clear way
Videos sometimes communicate the message compellingly or clearly