Make a Multimodal Project

Plan a poster, slide show, or short podcast about a research topic for a chosen audience; build it on paper or with a grown-up.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 78

Time to share your research! First, choose your audience. Then choose a mode that reaches them: a poster, a slideshow, or a short podcast.
Plan it in sections, just like a report: an introduction, a few subtopics, and a conclusion. Add pictures, captions, or sounds that help.
Always include your sources, so your audience knows where your facts came from.
When you share it, look at your audience, speak slowly and clearly, and invite questions.
Your turn! Plan a project about a topic you researched. Name your audience and mode, then plan each part. Build it on paper or with a grown-up.

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards:

4.T.C.1.c — Create multimodal texts, using features of pre-selected modes for a specific purpose and audience. (C)
4.P.AC.3.d — Consume and produce multimodal texts, integrating a variety of genres, text features, and craft techniques to influence target audiences and achieve specific purposes. (I/C)
4.T.SS.1.b — Design texts using a variety of text structures and features, according to purpose and audience. (C)
4.P.EICC.4.a — Establish a purpose and goals for writing and identify a target audience. (C)
4.P.EICC.4.b — Plan how to organize the text by selecting modes, genres, and structures that will achieve the purpose and meet the needs of the target audience. (C)