Snapshots Unit: Narrative Reflection
Dear 8th-grade families,
This week students are looking at one of the purposes of writing: to express ourselves and reflect on life. One of the most powerful tools for expression of memories are photographs. Over this week and next week, we will be creating a narrative and descriptive poem with an accompanying video.
Today we talked about the videos and the expectations, which we will continue to cover over the next week. We’ll work with the poems starting tomorrow. Students will have some time in the lab to work at school, but some of the work will be done at home. We are working to create Animoto videos, which will be presented to the class. If you do not have any digital photos, I have told the student to let me know and we will work together.
Here is an example of the video I made of my life.
Animoto accounts
are private. The only way to access a video is if someone provides the link. My
goal with these was to post them in a special section on my blog, which is how
we will access them when we are presenting them. However, if you do not want
your student’s video to be posted or you would prefer them not to make a video
(they would do an alternate assignment), it will not harm their grade in any
way. Please let me know if you would not like me to post your student’s work.
If I do not receive a response from you, I will assume you are OK with this.
To see some examples that students made last year, visit http://msrajewskiswriters.blogspot.com/2012/11/2013-8th-grade-class-snapshots.html.
Have a great week!
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