Ms. Mercer's ELD Class Blog http://mercereld.edublogs.org Writing our way to success Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:44:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Flickr http://mercereld.edublogs.org/2009/03/02/flickr/ http://mercereld.edublogs.org/2009/03/02/flickr/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:44:52 +0000 alicemercer http://mercereld.edublogs.org/2009/03/02/flickr/ This is a test post from flickr, a fancy photo sharing thing.

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Video in the Classroom

Look at the films and think about what you’ve learned about making films.

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Photo Credit: Roll Camera! by Knot (http://flickr.com/photos/knot/881466760/)

You’ve figured out what your movie will be about, now you need to plan what you will film. You need to fill out a storyboard to plan what you will be showing in your film.

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Mic Originally uploaded by niallkennedy

Our goal this week will be to produce a podcast, or online radio show. We start with a script. Here are some suggested ideas.

We will do two stories thanking folks at Orrick for the uniform shirts, and
talking about upcoming Parent Conferences
Here are some other topics we could cover:

  • Red Ribbon Week
  • What’s new about Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Grade?
  • What have we learned?

Please send me a note with two stories (the ones listed above, or you r own suggestions) that you think we should cover. Tomorrow, script writing…

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Dark side of the moon

Originally uploaded by simonkoleznik

“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.”–Mark Twain, 1835-1910

Do you have a “dark side”? what are some things about you that you don’t share with others?

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Fairy Tales

Originally uploaded by margolove

“Make ‘em laugh; make ‘em cry; make ‘em wait.”–Charles Reade, 1814-1884

Read made this statement to describe how to write a successful novel. What do you think a good story needs? OR, what makes a good movie, or video game?

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teenage angst

Originally uploaded by Malingering

“The young think they know everything and are confident in their assertions.” — Aristotle, 284-322 B.C.

What do you know already? What have you learned? What would you like to share?

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What did Jason’s run mean to you? What do you think about this?

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“School’s out for Summer!” Originally uploaded by Conspirator

If you could design a school, what would it be like? What would it teach? How would it teach?

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