pivot.contest

=April 6-9= Title: Pivot Animation Contest Objective(s): o   Students will work in small groups to create a short story o   Students will work in small groups to create a Pivot animation to illustrate their short story o   Students will share their story and animation with the class o   Students will vote for the most original and creative story and animation Bridge Technology Standards o   1.1.1 o   1.1.3 o   2.2.2 o   3.1 o   3.2 o   4.1 o   4.2 Materials o   Graphic organizer o   1 pencil per student o   Microsoft Word o   Pivot animation MONDAY Procedure BEGINNING ACTIVITY 4:00/5:00  4:05/5:05  INTRODUCTION 4:15/5:15  MODEL 4:20/5:20  a. 2-3 characters b. 1-2 settings (places) c. A beginning activity or event d. A middle activity or event (a problem) e. An ending activity or event (a solution INDEPENDENT WORK  4:35/5:35  4:50/5:50  TUESDAY Procedure  4:00/5:00   4:05/5:05  INTRODUCTION  4:15/5:15   MODEL  4:20/5:20  INDEPENDENT WORK  4:25/5:25  4:50/5:50  WEDNESDAY Procedure  4:00/5:00   4:05/5:05  INTRODUCTION  4:15/5:15   MODEL  4:20/5:20  INDEPENDENT WORK  4:35/5:35  4:50/5:50  THURSDAY Procedure  4:00/5:00   4:05/5:05  INTRODUCTION  4:10/5:10   INDEPENDENT WORK  4:15/5:15  SHARING  4:45/5:45
 * 1) students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 1) take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) explain that this week they are going to work with 1-2 other people to create a story and a Pivot animation to illustrate their story
 * 3) the stories and animations will be voted on by the class and two groups from each class (two in k-2nd and two in 3rd-5th) will receive a prize
 * 4) explain that there will be a winner for best story and a winner for best Pivot animation
 * 1) the goal for today is to create an outline for the story
 * 2) show the students an example of the graphic organizer
 * 3) complete an example graphic organizer as a class
 * 4) call on students to think of the following for the story
 * 1) write their ideas on the correct lines in the graphic organizer
 * 2) explain that this is the outline for the story and it will help them organize and write
 * 3) each student needs to make a graphic organizer, but it will be the same as their group members
 * 1) divide students into groups of 2-3
 * 2) pass out one graphic organizer to each student
 * 3) assist/monitor while the groups fill out their graphic organizers
 * 4) once they have completed the graphic organizer, they may open Microsoft Word and begin typing their story
 * 5) PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SAVE THEIR STORIES ONTO THE FLASH DRIVE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TOMORROW  J
 * 1) students may have free time if they have completed the graphic organizer AND have started typing their story using Microsoft Word
 * 2) groups who have not completed their graphic organizer __may not__ have free time
 * 1) students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 1) take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) explain that today they need to finish typing their stories
 * 1) review the graphic organizers from yesterday and remind students that this will help them organize and write their story
 * 2) have student groups move to a computer and move their story from the flash drive to the desktop so they may continue typing
 * 1) students continue typing their stories on Microsoft Word
 * 2) when they are finished typing, read over it for spelling/grammar errors
 * 3) help them correct any errors, then print out the story
 * 4) SAVE THE STORIES IN A SAFE PLACE FOR TOMORROW!!
 * 5)  students need to practice reading the story at least two times
 * 1) students may have free time ONLY IF they have completed their story!
 * 1) students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 1) take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) explain that today and tomorrow they are going to make their Pivot animations
 * 3) remind the students that they are going to be judged on their animations
 * 4) explain that the animations need to go along with the story they created yesterday
 * 5) the students will have today and part of tomorrow to work on it, so advise them to use their time wisely
 * 1) ask a volunteer to read their story to the class
 * 2) as a group, decide some ideas for the Pivot animation so that it goes along with the story
 * 3) discuss length of animation; the animations should be AT LEAST 15 seconds long, but students can make them longer if they wish  J
 * 1) allow groups to move to a computer to begin working on their animation
 * 2) assist/monitor while they create the Pivot animations
 * 3) PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SAVE THE PIVOT ANIMATIONS ONTO THE FLASH DRIVE SO STUDENTS CAN FINISH WORKING ON THEM TOMORROW
 * 4)  if students finish their animation, review it to make sure that it goes along with the story they wrote and is at least 15 seconds long
 * 1) if the group’s animation meets the standards, they may have free time
 * 2) allow students the whole class period to work on their animations
 * 1) students go to computers and open Mavis Beacon
 * 1) take attendance and other housekeeping items
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) explain that today the will have 25-30 minutes to finish their Pivot animations and then the class will review all the stories and animations
 * 3) then the class will vote on the story winner and the Pivot winner
 * 1) have groups move to a computer
 * 2) move their animations from the flash drive to the desktop
 * 3) if a group is finished, they may have free time while the other groups work
 * 1) gather students together and call on volunteers to first, read their story, then show the class their Pivot animation
 * 2) when all the groups have read their story and shown their animation, have the class vote on their favorite story and their favorite animation
 * 3) there should be two winning groups (one story and one animation) in each class (two in the k-2nd class and two in the 3rd-5th class)
 * 4) give the prizes to the winning groups!
 * 5) save the animations on the flash drive please  J