Ms. Boone

3rd Week of the 6th Six Weeks
April 20 -24, 2009

Fifth Sixth Weeks Project — Fractured Fairy Tale
Due Friday, May 8 at the end of the period.
(Tutorials will be held next week Tuesday AND Friday at lunch)

Review the Rubric for the project

This lesson continues with a study of story structure and the six traits of writing, using both traditional and fractured fairy tales. The six traits are ideas, organization, voice, word choice, fluency, and conventions. In a collaborative writing activity, students use the Fractured Fairy Tales tool to plan their own fractured tale with several alternate plotlines and endings. Students then add images, transitions, and motion to enhance the meaning of the text.

2nd Week of the 6th Six Weeks
April 20 -24, 2009

Fifth Six Weeks Project — Fractured Fairy Tales
Review the Rubric for the project

This lesson continues with a study of story structure and the six traits of writing, using both traditional and fractured fairy tales. The six traits are ideas, organization, voice, word choice, fluency, and conventions. In a collaborative writing activity, students use the Fractured Fairy Tales tool to plan their own fractured tale with several alternate plotlines and endings. Students then add images, transitions, and motion to enhance the meaning of the text.

First Week of the Sixth Six Weeks

lesson plans - April 13 – 17

Requirements –  Each Fairy Tale should have the following:

1. Creative Title
2. Clearly defined main character
3. Setting – where does the story take place?
4. It should be obvious who is telling the story (point of view?)
5. What is the problem in the story
6. How does it end?

Each student will create a Flash Movie telling his/her story.  The story must be at LEAST 60 seconds long.  Tweens should be used to create motion.  Minimum grades will be given for static slides.  Buttons can (should) be used to advance to other scenes.

Research should be done on Flash to learn the skills necessary to create the movie.  The water glass and the phone movie directions are available for student use. 

There will be class lessons on the following:

• Interactive Buttons to change scenes
• Recording Sound to import into library
• Creating object movement (as in running or talking).

6th week of the SIXTH 6 weeks grading period
lesson plans 

Fifth Six Weeks Project — Fractured Fairy Tales

This lesson begins with a study of story structure and the six traits of writing, using both traditional and fractured fairy tales. The six traits are ideas, organization, voice, word choice, fluency, and conventions. In a collaborative writing activity, students use the Fractured Fairy Tales tool to plan their own fractured tale with several alternate plotlines and endings. Students then add images, transitions, and motion to enhance the meaning of the text.