Miranda DoyleSan Francisco Unified School District

One True Media (onetruemedia.com) or jaycut.com

One True Media – Denzil’s video (msdoyle03@gmail.com)

•Assign report in comic strip form•Show a comic strip and have students

“write” it – describe setting, characters, use dialogue

•Have students turn a scene from a novel or story, or a concept in a science/social studies text, into a comic strip

•Have students write and illustrate an original comic strip or comic book

•Other ideas

http://tarheelreader.org/write-a-book/write-a-book-1/Login msdoyle, school password

Khalen’s bookhttp://tarheelreader.org/2009/11/23/wwe-wrestlers/

Alice’s book http://tarheelreader.org/2009/11/19/what-is-so-funny/

•“Book trailers” – like movie trailers but for books

•Research reports using text and photos•Poetry – alternate line of poetry with an

image that adds meaning•Personal narratives; tell a digital story (see

Streetside Stories for examples)• Illustrate a science concept with words and

drawings/pictures•Dramatize a historical event

•Write poetry•Learn about alliteration, metaphors, similes,

onomatopoeia, etc. •Get story ideas – use words as story or

sentence starters•Sort words: nouns, verbs, adjectives•Write concrete poems or haiku•Other?

•Make a picture book•Summarize a plot in pictures•Make a drawing to illustrate a report•Make a sympathy or congratulatory card for

a character in a book•Draw a picture to convey the tone or mood

of a book or poem•Make an instruction manual for operating a

piece of equipment (7th grade standard)•Other?

•Teach information literacy, i.e. the Tree Octopus – how images can be manipulated

•Have students create fantasy creatures/images to study different genres of fiction

•Lessons on advertising and the use of images

•Edit photos for picture books or other projects

•Other?

•Teach a lesson on appropriate fonts for different purposes (formal vs. informal)

•Learn about fonts and writing styles through the ages

•Okay, this is mostly just for fun!•Other?

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•Have students brainstorm together from different locations/classrooms/labs

•Save ideas from a day’s worth of classes•Use for group projects•Have students sign up for topics while in the

computer lab or library•Use for Think Pair Share activity so that all

partners can share•Other?

•Contests and competitions•“Free time”, but limit students to learning

games on your web site•Typing games to improve typing speed and

also word recognition

•Other?

1. Comicshttp://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/index.htmlhttp://superherosquad.marvel.com/create_your_own_comichttp://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/comic.htmhttp://www.toondoo.com (requires registration/email address)

2. Books/Writing Toolshttp://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/make-your-own/story-makerMake sentences -- http://membres.distributel.net/~redeemed7/firstday/firstday_main.htmlWrite it! -- http://teacher.scholastic.com/writeit/

3. Videoshttp://www.jaycut.com (requires registration)

4. Animationhttp://www.fluxtime.com

5. PoetryInstant Poetry Forms: http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htmhttp://www.poetry4kids.com/modules.php?name=Games&op=display_game&game=WordMagnetshttp://www.magpo.com/play.asp

6. Art

http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm

http://www.wiiplayable.com/playgame.php?gameid=230

http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/

http://www.zefrank.com/snm/index.html

7. Photo editing

http://www.picnik.com/

http://www.lunapic.com/editor/

8. Graffiti

http://graffiti.playdo.com/

http://www.graffwriter.com/

http://www.graffitigen.com/

9. Work together

http://www.dabbleboard.com/draw

http://cosketch.com/

http://www.imaginationcubed.com/

http://www.stixy.com/

10. Games

See my word games link at msdoyle.info

https://mlk-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1275747825028