"Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all." 

William Faulkner.  

Step 1

Provide learners with their assigned topics. Learners can work individually or in groups. If they work in groups, assign specific roles to each member (e.g., researcher, writer, editor, designer). 

Step 2

• Review the learning outcome learners will need to achieve. Note: This activity will require that learners find, synthesize, and integrate a range of information and then arrange and design the content in a way that effectively communicates to a specific audience.

• Next, review the assignment rubric. This will depend on the learning outcome learners need to achieve, however, common components to an infographic assignment rubric include:

Step 3

Learners can explore the app genially to create their infographics. 

Who said this in the story? Who did they say it to? Baloo, Bagheera, Akela, Kaa, Chil the Kite, Mowgli, Shere Khan, Mother Wolf, the Wolf-Pack.？

a 'Go away, fish-killer, eater of cubs!' ............... to ...............

b 'Let him run with the Pack. I myself will teach him.' ............... to ...............

c 'I will say the words to Bagheera, not you!' ............... to ...............

d 'Watch where they take me, and tell Baloo and Bagheera.' ............... to ...............

e 'The Bandar-log call you "old yellow fish", I hear.' ............... to ...............

f 'It's only old Kaa dancing. Let us go.' ............... to ............... and ...............

g 'The law of the jungle says that you can kill me now.' ............... to ...............

30 marks 

Content

Accurate, detailed and well-researched information is presented and supports the topic/purpose or argument.   

Organization/Layout

Information is systematically organized and effectively aligns with the main message. 

Visual Appeal

Colours, fonts, graphics and data visualization effectively contribute to the topic and message being conveyed. 

Argument

The infographic effectively informs the audience of its intended purpose.

3 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences.

A

1 The wolves knew that Shere Khan could not get into the cave ...

2 Baloo did not want Mowgli to talk to the Bandar-log ...

3 Bagheera jumped into the tank ...

4 Messua took Mowgli into her house ...

5 Mowgli laughed ...

Focus

All content (visuals & text) are intentional and complementary to the purpose of the infographic. 

Step 4

Learners can present their infographic options through asynchronous online discussions, or synchronously by sharing their screens and facilitating a group/class discussion on applications such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Blackboard Collaborate, Adobe Connect or other conferencing tools available to them. 

Mechanics

The infographic is free of spelling and grammatical errors. 

3 Match a number from A with a letter from B to make complete sentences. 

B

a ... because they had no law.

b ... because the monkeys were afraid of water.

c ... because Buldeo's stories were stupid.

d ... because her boy was taken by a tiger.

e ... because he was too big.

20 marks  

4 Match the name with the animal: Kaa, Akela, Bagheera, Baloo, Tabaqui.

a Wolf: ...............

b Bear: ...............

c Panther: ...............

d Jackal: ...............

e Python: ...............

10 marks

5 Put the following events in the story in the right order. Number them 1-5.

a Shere Khan could not escape.

b Grey Brother took the cows to the bottom of the ravine while Mowgli and Akela took the buffaloes to the top.

c Akela and Grey Brother put the cows and buffaloes into two groups.

d He fell under the feet of the buffaloes.

e Mowgli jumped on the back of one buffalo and the buffaloes began to move down the ravine.

20 marks