We just wrapped up our Twits projects and I'm very proud of all of you. Your performance in the videos shows that you cared about your work and you put a good amount of time and effort into them. What is more important however, is how YOU feel you did on the project. Was it your best effort? What would you do differently?
After watching your projects I have some thoughts I'd like to share.
1) When you talk you need to be louder and more clear.
2) It helps to have the entire script written out and planned before you start to film.
3) Being silly doesn't work as well as you think it will. Take your time and produce more thoughtful work.
4) Ask yourself this question before you begin the project: What is it I’m trying to show my audience? What am I trying to teach them?
5) Practice, practice, practice... the more comfortable you are with the script, the better it will sound.
Your assignment this week is to tell me what you would do differently if we filmed them again. How would you make it better and more informational.
PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION,
Mr. Dickson
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Discussion Question # 8
Poetry is a part of writing and reading that we don't always spend as much time on as we should. Poets are excellent writers who find creative ways to share their feelings and thoughts. Your assignment this week is a fun one. Please read the poem below and share your thoughts about what you think it means. Explain your reasons and discuss what kinds of emotions you think the author was trying to get you to feel when he wrote it. When you have finished writing about what the poem means to you, I want you to pick your favorite verse from the poem and write about why it stood out.
We are going to use this discussion as a way to start reading, reciting, and learning the wonderful skill of poetry.
Progress not perfection,
Mr. D
Where the Sidewalk Ends
from the book "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (1974) by Shel Silverstein
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
and before the street begins,
and there the grass grows soft and white,
and there the sun burns crimson bright,
and there the moon-bird rests from his flight
to cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
and the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
we shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow
and watch where the chalk-white arrows go
to the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
and we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
for the children, they mark, and the children, they know,
the place where the sidewalk ends.
We are going to use this discussion as a way to start reading, reciting, and learning the wonderful skill of poetry.
Progress not perfection,
Mr. D
Where the Sidewalk Ends
from the book "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (1974) by Shel Silverstein
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
and before the street begins,
and there the grass grows soft and white,
and there the sun burns crimson bright,
and there the moon-bird rests from his flight
to cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
and the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
we shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow
and watch where the chalk-white arrows go
to the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
and we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
for the children, they mark, and the children, they know,
the place where the sidewalk ends.