By Friday, we need a Proposal, Script and Storyboard for a story-based film or audio project. If you can't complete it during class, write at home.
Speaking of home, projects should be recorded there. Construction in the building and after-school activities make JMS a bad place to film right now. If you decide on an audio project, more than one person can take a camera home each night to lay down their narration.
A few people were denied cameras over Spring Break. To make sure you get yours, reserve it on a weekday, a few days in advance. The best way to NOT get a camera is to bring in an Equipment Sign-Out Form for Friday and expect to take it home that night. That's usually too late. Everything is already booked.
Take a second look at the proposal for my dragon story. Yours should look like mine, with an outline of the story from start to finish and a list of the characters and how they relate to each other.
Peer Eval forms are in the camera cabinet. Three people grade it, then me. I need written comments on your sheet, not just a circled letter grade. We've worked all year on Constructed Response, so each person should justify your grade in writing from the text, then initial their comment.
MY PROPOSAL: Write about the dragon that saved a princess from her knight.
I will create an epic fairy tale based in Vietnamese mythology. A dragon who is a rain god brings a drought to punish an angry father marrying off his daughter against her will.
The story will mirror Capulet and Juliet's arguments from Shakespeare's classic play, and will also hint at Creon vs. Antigone. The father's anger will grow stronger as the story progresses, until he is completely unreasonable. At the end of the story, the daughter hops on the dragon’s back and flies away to safety.
This story will be an audiobook with music and sound effects to pump up the drama.
List of characters:
The father is a well-respected man who does not mean to hurt his child, but his stubbornness keeps him from seeing the pain he causes in his daughter's life.
The daughter is a free-thinker who doesn't follow rules just because they exist. She loves her father, but she thinks his idea is a bad one, so she refuses.
The mother is worried that her husband's pride will be his downfall. She sides with the daughter.
The dragon serves as the conscience of the reader, pointing him or her to the idea that people matter more than the rules. When we believe the opposite, we deny the humanity of those we love.
The story will be told in a series of monologues. Each person adds their narration one at a time.
Speaking of home, projects should be recorded there. Construction in the building and after-school activities make JMS a bad place to film right now. If you decide on an audio project, more than one person can take a camera home each night to lay down their narration.
A few people were denied cameras over Spring Break. To make sure you get yours, reserve it on a weekday, a few days in advance. The best way to NOT get a camera is to bring in an Equipment Sign-Out Form for Friday and expect to take it home that night. That's usually too late. Everything is already booked.
Take a second look at the proposal for my dragon story. Yours should look like mine, with an outline of the story from start to finish and a list of the characters and how they relate to each other.
Peer Eval forms are in the camera cabinet. Three people grade it, then me. I need written comments on your sheet, not just a circled letter grade. We've worked all year on Constructed Response, so each person should justify your grade in writing from the text, then initial their comment.
MY PROPOSAL: Write about the dragon that saved a princess from her knight.
I will create an epic fairy tale based in Vietnamese mythology. A dragon who is a rain god brings a drought to punish an angry father marrying off his daughter against her will.
The story will mirror Capulet and Juliet's arguments from Shakespeare's classic play, and will also hint at Creon vs. Antigone. The father's anger will grow stronger as the story progresses, until he is completely unreasonable. At the end of the story, the daughter hops on the dragon’s back and flies away to safety.
This story will be an audiobook with music and sound effects to pump up the drama.
List of characters:
The father is a well-respected man who does not mean to hurt his child, but his stubbornness keeps him from seeing the pain he causes in his daughter's life.
The daughter is a free-thinker who doesn't follow rules just because they exist. She loves her father, but she thinks his idea is a bad one, so she refuses.
The mother is worried that her husband's pride will be his downfall. She sides with the daughter.
The dragon serves as the conscience of the reader, pointing him or her to the idea that people matter more than the rules. When we believe the opposite, we deny the humanity of those we love.
The story will be told in a series of monologues. Each person adds their narration one at a time.
