Writing can be fun

Today you are going to become a … writer and publish your own writing. Follow the instructions carefully. If you are in the computer lab (1E) you can also choose to work with your partner. If you’re at home you can work individually.

1) You can choose to write a short ARTICLE for .. a newspaper In this website you choose the name of the NEWSPAPER, the HEADLINE (titolo) of the article & date. Then you create the text & at the end you press GENERATE. The article will appear & you can DOWNLOAD it & SAVE it as an image (Jpeg ) to your folder (salvalo con nome nella tua cartella). From your folder you can send it to your email account and at home you can print it 🙂 & bring it to the next lesson to show your classmates. Today is St Valentine’s. Why not talk about …love 😉

Instead of an article you can write a SPEECH OR THOUGHT BALLOON (fumetto) as

.. talking squirrels ( scoiattoli parlanti). Make it funny!
.. talking cats Imagine your cat could talk! What would he/she tell us?
.. talking owls Imagine you were an owl! What would you tell us?

2) To be done in class as text (without audio) or as home assignment. If you’ve got a microphone you can create an animated PICTURE STORY with audio.

Go to this website Picture a Story ( the art of storytelling)

Choose:

Your Genre (il genere letterario)
Your backgroung ( lo sfondo)
Your characters (i personaggi) by dragging them (trascinandoli nello sfondo scelto)
Add props ( aggiungi materiale scenico)
Tell your story by writing it. If you want you can record it with your voice. Just click record. Done!! Fatto!
Last step: Share it. (condividilo) Write your data & email & 2 other emails. One must be your teacher’s 🙂 You’ll receive it at home so you can show it to your parents & friends.

3) Follow up: home assignment with extra credit. If you enjoy the idea, you can create a short movie 🙂 It’s incredibly easy and you needn’t sign up.

Go to this website Dvolver moviemaker. Click “make a movie”.

Choose: 1 a backgroud, 2 a sky, 3 a plot (trama), 4 characters (personaggio o personaggi), 5 write the lines, 6 a music, 7 a title design … done!

Send it by email to yourself & me 🙂

Here below you can se my movie.

I cannot wait to see all your new creations!

As T. Roosevelt said : “Believe you can and you’re halfway there”.

I’d love to read your comments on the activity. Thanks

cimy