10th Grade — Unit 12: Going Further: Intro to Video: Your First Timeline Edit

🗓️ Before Class: Teacher Prep

Gather/set out: Phone or camera footage (own or provided), A video editor (Premiere Rush, CapCut, or similar).
If today includes physical/hands-on work: make sure the classroom cameras are charged, working, and have a cleared SD card ready for photo uploads.
Pull up today's slide deck (see 🖥️ Slide Deck below) so it's ready to project.

🖥️ Slide Deck (project or share with students)

Short, on-the-board pacing slides for today's Do Now, agenda, vocabulary, and exit ticket -- the full detail lives in the handout above, not here.

🧑‍🏫 Substitute Teacher Guide

A scripted, step-by-step runsheet for today's class -- hand this to anyone covering the room who doesn't know the daily routine.

🎯 Essential Question

Everything you know about layers and time already applies to video -- so what happens when we add motion?

📈 Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson (4 Days), students will be able to:

Import real footage into a video editor and assemble a basic timeline.
Trim, sequence, and add simple titles to a short video.
Export a finished short video in a web-appropriate format.

📐 Standards Alignment

CDOS (Career Development & Occupational Studies)

CDOS 1 — Career Development -- students will be able to explain the range of career choices, and identify personal interests, skills, and aptitudes that relate to those choices.
CDOS 2 — Integrated Learning -- students will demonstrate how academic knowledge and skills are applied in the workplace and other settings.
CDOS 3b — Career Majors -- knowledge and skills required for success within a specific career pathway (here, Digital Design).

ACP (Adobe Certified Professional) Photoshop Exam Objectives

ACP 2.1 — Create a document with the appropriate settings for web, print, and video.
ACP 5.1 — Prepare images for export to web, print, and video.

🎓 Study this for the ACP exam: Domain 2: Project Setup and Interface · Domain 5: Publishing Digital Media

📚 Key Vocabulary

Timeline: The horizontal, time-based workspace where video clips are arranged in sequence.
Trim: Cutting a clip shorter by removing unwanted footage from its start or end.
Sequence: The order clips play in, which shapes how a story is told.

🧰 Materials & Tools

Phone or camera footage (own or provided)
A video editor (Premiere Rush, CapCut, or similar)

🧠 Do Now (Warm-Up)

Think of a 30-second video you actually enjoyed recently. What made the editing feel smooth instead of choppy?

📤 How You Submit This — For Credit

How you submit today's work depends on what kind of work it was. Physical/paper work (most of this semester so far): photograph it with a classroom camera, upload the photo from its SD card onto a computer, and save it into your portfolio -- that upload is your submission, and the physical piece itself is yours to keep, the same as in Grade 9 (your notebook is the one thing with a home base in the room, and even that's your call to bring home when you want it). Digital work (once you're producing files in Photoshop, second semester on): no camera needed -- instead, EXPORT the file. Export your finished project as a JPG, as a PNG, AND save a copy as a PSD (all three), then upload all three into your portfolio. Either way: the portfolio upload, with a description, is what actually counts as turning the assignment in for credit.

📁 Portfolio Update — Once a Week

Once a week, add your best finished or in-progress piece to your portfolio (the Google Drive folder you started in Grade 9, becoming your Google Sites portfolio in Lesson 10) with a 1-2 sentence caption: what it is, what tool/skill it used, and one thing you learned. Keep it current -- don't save it all for the portfolio-website lesson.

✍️ Example description for your Google Sites portfolio (fill in YOUR blanks -- don't just copy this):

For this piece, I made ______________ (name what you made) for “Intro to Video: Your First Timeline Edit.” This project asked: “Everything you know about layers and time already applies to video -- so what happens when we add motion?” I used Timeline by ______________ (explain how you used it in THIS piece). The hardest part was ______________, and I solved it by ______________. I'm proud of ______________ because ______________.

📋 Main Workshop / Lesson Sequence

This lesson spans 4 Days. Suggested pacing:

Day	Focus	Plan
Day 1	Import & Plan	Do Now (5 min, above). Mini-lesson (15 min): timeline basics and how editing software mirrors layers you already know. Plan (20 min): outline a simple 3-shot sequence.
Day 2	Assemble	Independent work (40 min): import footage and build a rough timeline sequence.
Day 3	Trim & Title	Independent work (40 min): trim clips for pacing and add simple titles.
Day 4	Export & Share	Finish (25 min): polish and export. Share (15 min): screen finished videos for the class.

✅ Assessment & Exit Ticket

Finished video assessed for a clear sequence, clean trims, and a working export -- not technical perfection.

Exit Ticket: What was the single hardest editing decision you had to make, and how did you decide?

📊 Pull up the anonymous Class Check-In for students to fill out before they go.

🧩 Differentiation & Accommodations

English Language Learners: provide translated or bilingual glossaries, visuals, and sentence frames; pair with a peer for meaningful participation. Students with IEPs: provide extended time, step-by-step checklists, and one-on-one or small-group support as specified in each student's plan. Attention-related needs: break the task into smaller steps, use visual timers, and minimize distractions. Students who finish early: extend the task by adding a second design variation, mentoring a classmate, or writing a short reflection connecting today's skill to a career pathway.

🔗 Resources & References

The Motion Path (companion book) -- Ch. 1-4, Video Editing