by gwmarshall
8:27 am in Fairfield by gwmarshall
Concept mapping can help students organize thoughts and works extremely well for visual learners. There are numerous tools available to students for concept mapping on the computer, such as Inspiration, myWebSpiration.com, OmniGraffle, and more!
Students in Mrs. Sharpe’s English 6 class use Inspiration to identify literary elements in stories.
by jamaddux
12:15 pm in Short Pump by jamaddux
The students in Mr. Cross’ 8th grade English class spent some time studying abridgements. (Specifically- The Princess Bride) After finishing their study, they were given the task of taking one of the Grimm, Perault, or Anderson fairy tales and abridging it. In groups, they wrote, directed, filmed, edited, and starred in their own “abridged” versions of the fairy tales. Students used iMovie to create their movies. Here is an example from a group that abridged “Little Red Riding Hood”
[flv]http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/staffdev/maddux_j/littlered.flv[/flv]
by dasaunders
9:33 am in Wilder by dasaunders
Ms. Sides English Class showed their self expression by creating online posters to share with people around the world. The assignment was to read a book and report back using the online tool Glogster. The students had a plethora of multimedia tools to choose from when creating their project (e.g. text, video, photos, and audio clips). Students in the class also had the option to leave constructive feedback to one another using the comment feature, as well as take advantage of Glogster’s 5 star rating system in order to determine how individual projects compared to others in the class.
by plhassan
10:29 am in Brookland by plhassan
Ms. Myers 6th grade Reading class worked collaboratively using the ActivStudio software to summarize and illustrate the journal, Trapped By the Ice, written by Michael McCurdy. Their small group projects where then collected to form a short story video about the real-life story if Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance. Click on the links below to find out what happened to these brave men in 1914!
by acowens
Ms. Landis works with her 8th grade creative writing class to create an online newspaper. Students decided the layout of the paper as well as the content that was included. The students conducted interviews, created original editorials, along with other staples that you would see in your local newspaper. The class in continuing to improve the online paper and wants to include blogging so that students can respond to editorials and create a discussion on important topics relevant to our students.
by kwbenjamin
3:31 pm in Brookland by kwbenjamin
8th grade English students, in Ms. Saunders and Ms. Duckenfield’s classes, created websites using iWeb to illustrate, summarize and critique Historical Ficeion Novels Each site includes a short summary, character analysis, research into the historical time period, and a personal critique of the novel they chose.
by acowens
9:49 pm in Featured, Rolfe by acowens
Ms. Landis 8th grade Creative Writing Class created their own magazine publications, which included a variety articles along with other basic magazine fillers such as horoscopes, book reviews, star interviews, and games. This lesson reinforced English Standard’s of Learning that student’s cover in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade as well as giving students a real world experience of creating their own magazine. Allowing the students to be creative and design the theme of the magazine and relate all of its contents to that theme develop creativity skills and give students a personal connection to the assignment.
The articles were created by the magazine’s authors and then edited by other students in the class, which also enhances student’s collaboration and grammar skills. Research was done through a variety of sites and personal information. Graphics were also located and downloaded from the Internet for student’s to organize into a power point presentation that was later printed and bound just as a magazine would look.
by kdbostain
Students in Mrs. Clements’ 6th grade Gifted and Talented class worked together to create ad campaigns centered around a product of their choice. Students were organized into groups (“agencies”) that were responsible for creating an ad designed to sell their product. Students had to work together and effectively communicate key components of their product with a larger audience. In their groups, students created TV commercials, radio commercials, and billboards that highlighted their product. Once the products were created they had to share them in a professional and informative presentation.
This lesson allowed a wonderful opportunity for students to engage in a lesson that they could easily transfer into a “real world” context. Before creating their own campaigns, students used the internet to research PR firms, listen to adds, and generate ideas based on their findings. Technology enabled students to create multimedia products that were very professional. Students were engaged and excited about the unit.
Because students starred in their television commercials we will not be able to post them here, but can share some of their radio ad’s. We hope you enjoy!
“The Ultima Show” (Radio Ad)
[audio:http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/byrd/bostain_k/ultima.mp3]
“Groovy Gum” Bubblegum (Radio Ad)
[audio:http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/byrd/bostain_k/groovygum.mp3]
by dasaunders
1:08 pm in Wilder by dasaunders
Ms. Vernon’s 8th Grade students utilized podcasting in order to increase comprehension and writing skills using the novel Copper Sun by Sharon Draper. There is a particularly dramatic scene in the story about slavery, where the outsiders come to the African village and kidnap the members of the tribe. After reading the chapter and an introductory lesson on screenwriting, the students dramatized the scene by writing scripts in small groups. They used dialogue and description, through the use of a narrator.
by kdbostain
In conjunction with their unit on The Diary of Anne Frank, Mrs. Hunnicutt’s advanced 8th grade English students researched and studied The Holocaust and other instances of genocide as a way to bring to life the idea of promoting dignity and respect among all people. For this unit, students completed a learning contract that offered a wide variety of topics of study topics and a wide variety of ways to demonstrate learning. Students were asked to utilize critical thinking and reading skills as well as a myriad of tools to create traditional as well as multimedia artifacts that demonstrated their knowledge and creativity.
Mrs. Hunicutt was consistently amazed and impressed by the depth of knowledge and feeling that students demonstrated in their projects from vodcasts about The Trail of Tears to original songs composed and recorded on Garageband, to scripted chapters of Elie Wiesel’s Night, to interviews with Holocaust survivors, to community service projects, to paintings and collages that profoundly communicate the pain and suffering caused by intolerance.
The SOLs covered by this project are as follows: 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.5 8.7
My Own Memory – Original Music Score
[audio:http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/byrd/bostain_k/myownmemory.mp3]
Why? – Original Music Score
[audio:http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/byrd/bostain_k/why.mp3]
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