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3rd Grade, Torchiano’s HR, 8-29

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Welcome to your first Media Arts class of the year!

THIS VIDEO EXPLAINS THIS LESSON!

Today's Agenda:

  1. Announcements:
    1. Our 1st semester will focus on media creation, while or 2nd semester will focus more on coding.
    2. Regardless of the lesson, FouloisTech.info should be your destination every time you come into class. This space will be used to provide announcements, lessons, and other resources.
  2. Today's Lesson
    1. Audio 1: Haiku
        1. 4 Points Stories have very few spelling and/or grammatical errors. Proofread!
          3 Points Stories are 3 sentences each, with 1 sentence for the beginning, 1 for the middle, and 1 for the end.
          3 Points Haiku (mostly) retells the first story but in the form of a haiku.
        2. To begin, we need a story.Possible story hooks:
          • What did you do during vacation?
          • A comet is heading towards Earth! What does the superhero do to stop it?
          • The athlete works to win a sporting event!

          You aren't limited to just these 3 hooks, but consider them if you're having trouble thinking of a starting point.

          Next, we'll need to plan the beginning, middle and end of your story. To make this more challenging, you will need to write your story with only 3 sentences.

          With only 3 sentences to tell the whole story, you'll have to be very concise with your details.

          1. Click the "Reply" button below to open up the text box for you to write.
          2. The first sentence should be the beginning of the story. Does it mention the main character? Does it mention the event taking place? It should do at least one or the other.
          3. The last sentence (Yes, we're skipping to the end.) should reveal how everything works out. How did the athlete win? How did the superhero stop the comet?
          4. The middle sentence should be your bridge from the first sentence to the last. What happened in-between those events?
          5. Proofread your sentences and press the button to hand them in. Once you've done that, you will be able to see what other student's have written.

          Time to make this a bit more challenging and turn your story into a Haiku!

          Haiku are one of my favorite forms of poetry.

          • You don't need to rhyme!
          • The first and third lines need to be 5 syllables.
          • The 2nd line needs to be 7 syllables.

          A 6th Grade Language Arts teacher once showed me that if you're having trouble counting syllables you can put your hand just under your chin. When you read a word out loud, each time your chin hits your hand counts as a single syllable.

          1. Look over the 3 sentences you wrote for your story. Do they have too many syllables? Not enough? Both are possible.
          2. Click the "Reply" button for this assignment in Canvas to your own story, then rewrite it to make sure it's a Haiku.
          3. It's possible that your haiku story might not be the same as your original story. That's OK! Books are never fully the same as the movies that are made from them.
            1. You might need to leave something out!
            2. You might need to add something!
            3. You might need to change a detail!
          4. Proofread your haiku (Count the syllables! 5-7-5!) and press the button to hand it in.