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August 9, 2009 Dear Parents,

The 7th grade students are very excited to begin their language arts and science Interactive Multimedia Project (IMP) on Monday of this upcoming week. In the next couple of days I will be taking the students to the Library Media Center for orientation to the software they will be using in their project. They will also have the opportunity to begin researching IMP topics that pique their interest.

Building an Interactive Multimedia Project for language arts and science requires patience and persistence as students learn and apply new skills. Using the Internet in researching their topic will increase the student’s ability to understand which sites and sources are reliable and which are not. Working on their project at home as well as school can provide more time to experiment and will help the students improve their understanding of the new iMovie software we will be using. I expect students to work on their IMP approximately 20 minutes each day in order to finish before our due date of November 18, 2010. Students and parents should make this a goal and try to work time into their evening schedules to allow for this. Students may want to increase their work time on the weekends if they are working on something complicated. We will have time in the library and computer lab to work on this project until November 23, 2010.

Each student will have a timeline that will be kept in the IMP planning folder; please review the timeline with your child today. This folder contains a rubric for the IMP, suggested topics that are compatible with our State Learning Standards, and the goals and objectives for the project. Should your student lose their folder or any of the pieces inside, there are duplicates posted on our district website.

Your student's IMP grade will be based on: l Storyboard/Mindmap 20 points l Showing mastery of new iMovie Skills 20 points Checking in with the teacher weekly 5 points each week l Draft 60 points l Peer reviewing and giving feedback to two other projects 20 points l Final Product 60 points Sincerely,

Ms. Michelle Schmid 7th grade language arts teacher

=Please tear off this bottom strip and have your student return this form to me by 9/16/09=

My child and I have reviewed this letter and the IMP packet and are familiar with all of the Interactive Multimedia Project requirements.

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