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Chapter 3: Framing the Problem
Ideas for Student Roles, Authentic Audience, Performance/Product
Student Roles Performance/Product Authentic Audience
Applicant
Architect
Artist
Athlete
Autobiographer
Biographer
Businessperson
Campaign worker
Cartographer
Cartoonist
Character book/movie
Chef
Citizen
Coach
Collector
Consumer
Consumer advocate
Contractor
Curator
Detective
Editor
Engineer
Executive
Advertising campaign
Anthem
Anthologies
Autobiography
Board presentation
Brochure
Business letter
Business plans
Consumer newsletter
Debate
Designs for experiments
Ecosystem
Eulogy
Fable
Fashion show
Film review
Food critique
Friendly letter
Game
Graphics
How-to directions
Inventions
Journals
Artists
Authors/publishers
Businesspersons
Classmates
Community members
Government officials
Industry leader
Newspaper
Parents
Politicians
School leaders
Scientists
Teachers
Technology company
• An authentic audience provides motivation to produce high-quality work.
• Think outside the box—use digital tools to bring experts to you—scientists, authors, politicians, and more.
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Chapter 3: Framing the Problem
Ideas for Student Roles, Authentic Audience, Performance/ProductContinued from previous page
Student Roles Performance/Product Authentic Audience
Famous person
Farmer
Inventor
Journalist
Judge
Jury member
Lawyer
Marketing person
Musician
Newscaster
Parent
Photographer
Photojournalist
Playwright
Poet
Police officer
Publisher
Reporter
Set designer
Software developer
Speechwriter
Stockbroker
Student
Teacher
Tour guide
Travel agent
Tutor
Judge’s decision
Lab report
Lawyer’s argument
Maps
Models
Movie or short film
Museum exhibit
Newspaper
Observation logs
Panel discussion
Personal narrative
Persuasive letter
Prequel
Proposal
Puppet show
Quilt
Reaction paper
Scrapbook
Sculpture
Short story
Slide show
Symphony
Tall tales
Technical manual
Travel journal
Website
• Give students the opportunity to determine the role they would like to play and who they want their audience to be.
• Empower students to create a context for learning that provides them with purpose and motivation to persevere with the performance tasks.
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