Mock Oscar Awards!!!
Hello fellow teachers! I'm so excited to share this new idea with you!! I tried it for the first time in my French II class last week, and it was an amazing success on so many levels. I imagine that many of you ask your students to make videos for an assignment as I do. This activity was done right after my students turned in a major video project which was due right around the time of the Oscar Awards. In the past, I have asked the class to vote on the best video & I awarded a prize to the winner. I liked doing this because it inspired students to produce something they were really proud of, rather than just making sure they met the requirements to get a decent grade. I also discovered that my students often surprised me. Sometimes students who didn't shine in other areas showed amazing creativity & ingenuity that I hadn't seen before. But this year, I took this idea to the next level. I held a mock Oscar Awards cerem...