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[|Cave Painting]
 * Week One** Media Reflection

The Caves of Lascaux: online tour
 * Week Two** Media Reflection

Unit 2: In the News
Today we will start by watching a very famous television broadcast by Walter Chronkite. Listen to his voice, watch his gestures and try to decide if this man is a good public speaker. If you agree that he is a good public speaker, be prepared to share your reasons why you think so.
 * Week Three**: Famous Speeches

**Week Four**: Voice Recording studio Today you will be trying out some recording software called **//Audacity.//** As you record your voice, keep in mind the characteristics of a good speaker that your class brainstormed last week.

When you're done, fill out the reflection below. media type="custom" key="21004050"

Are you done early?
Click on [|Time for Kids] and read up on some current events in the news!

Week Five and 6: Television and Printed News\
//You// be the reporter: -Watch a short video on print news and television news as a class. Key understanding: what makes printed news different from television or radio news? [] Courtesy of the Harrington School of Communicaton and Media (University of Rhode Island) 1) **Pick a news story that is interesting to you.** 2) **Hilight** ONLY the **important information.** When deciding what is important, use the reporter's questions WWWWWH (//Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How?)// Remember: TV and Radio news shows offer the important information in a //quick// way (usually less than a minute) so don't hilight too much! 3) **Re-write** the important information from the newspaper story into a short video or radio news script. Write your name on the script. 4) **Practice** your script and make sure that it is **less than a minute** in length. Also be sure to use your "newscaster voice." You may wish to find a partner and read to them. We will record them at another time. Good Luck!

On-Line versions of the news articles we have used: Local Events
 * If you are done early,** please read the other articles we have used here:
 * __[|Autumn in the Village organizers hope for better luck next year]__
 * __[|The Livonia-Tanzania library connection]__

The Livonia Fire


 * __[|Officials report on firefighting efforts and damage]__
 * __[|Livonia teachers prepare for school after July 5 fire]__
 * __[|Livonia Students Return After July Fire]__
 * __[|UPDATE: Fire at Livonia Elementary School]__

Science, Animals
 * __[|Marvelous Monkey: Scientists uncover a new species of monkey in Central Africa]__
 * __[|Touchdown! A powerful robot called Curiosity lands on Mars]__
 * __[|Jupiter to the Rescue: a discovery reveals Jupiter may be acting as a magnet for asteroids]__
 * __[|Horse Fair moves into new territory in its 97th year]__
 * __[|Panda Parents Welcome New Cub]__
 * __[|The Return of the Mammoth]__

Health
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|Goodbye, Big Drinks New York becomes the first city in the U.S. to ban large-sized sugary beverages]__
 * <span style="background-color: #f4f5fa; color: #000000; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|Teens try out distracted driving simulators]__
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|The Danger of Texting While Driving]__

Week 7: Television and Printed News
Today we will: record and save our News shows using Audacity. Please watch the demonstration. It's a bit tricky to save your file to the right place, so PLEASE put up your help card or raise your hand if you are having trouble.

Remember your tips to being a great Public Speaker are ones you can use for yourselves, so feel free to record over anything that you think you can do better. Just don't try to make it TOO perfect or you may run out of time.

Are you done early?
-Make sure your recording file is named with your first name and saved in your Homeroom Teacher's folder. -Click on [|Time for Kids] and read up on some current events in the news! -Please be quiet and respectful for the people who are still working. Thanks!

Week 8: Television and Printed News
Today we will add News Music to our voice recordings. Please follow these steps:

-Make sure your recording file is renamed with "01 your first name Done" and saved in your Homeroom Teacher's folder.
-Click on [|Time for Kids] and read up on some current events in the news! -Please be quiet and respectful for the people who are still working. Thanks!

**Week 9: Evaluating my work**
Go to your finished piece, and listen again. Then fill out the evaluation form below. When you are done, listen to the recordings created by your classmates.

media type="custom" key="21485374" //You// be the reporter: -Watch a short video on print news and television news as a class. A Greener School Sports at a Glance Owego Reflections Varsity Boys Lacrosse An Easter Surprise.. 7th Grade Boys Basketball goes Undefeated Science Olympiad Math Team Success Livonia's All County Musicians Pen Pal Project Mars Rover Horse Competition Everest Base Camp Girl's Swimming
 * Week 10**
 * -Pick a news story that is interesting to you.**

1) **Print** a copy to the Library. (There is a "Print Article" button on the website. __Boys please print to the Library__ 2) **Hilight** ONLY the **important information.** When deciding what is important, use the reporter's questions WWWWWH (//Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How?)// Remember: TV and Radio news shows offer the important information in a //quick// way (usually less than a minute) so don't hilight too much! 2) **Re-write** the important information from the newspaper story into a short video or radio news script. Write your name on the script. 4) **Practice** your script and make sure that it is less than a minute in length. Also be sure to use your "newscaster voice." You may wish to find a partner and read to them. We will record them at another time. Good Luck!

Week 11: **You Are the Reporter, Round 2** Today, your job is to finish writing the News scripts you began writing last time. When you are finished, practice them using Audacity. Please DO **NOT** SAVE your file today. If you are practiced and you sound like a Radio Newscaster then: Visit the Time For Kids website. Think about this question: What makes these reporters effective?

1. Find your classroom folder on the **Shared :S Drive** 2. **Right Click** on your Newscast recording and "Open With" Choose **Audacity** 3. Find the Media Studies Folder on the **Shared :S Drive** and look for the folder called **"Newscast Music."** 4.**Listen** to the Music sample you wish to put **before and after** your speaking part. 5.Follow the instructions to add a Music Track -**Pick a music file** from your classroom folder. **Look in Newscast Music** Under the menu item called**"Project"** choose **"Align Tracks...",** then **"Align with Cursor"** Visit the Time For Kids website. Think about this question: What makes these reporters effective? Go to your finished piece, and listen again. finished newscasts Then fill out the evaluation form below. When you are done, listen to the recordings created by your classmates. media type="custom" key="21592722"
 * Week 12: You Are the Reporter Round 3**
 * (Finish recording your newscast if you were absent or unable to finish last week)**
 * -Copy and paste, or Drag** the music you want into Audacity (it will make a new music track in your recording)
 * -Decide** how long you want the music to go in the beginning. **Cut it** to length then use **fade in and fade out**
 * -Put the Cursor at the end of the music track (after it fades out)**
 * -Select** the track with your voice. On this track click above where the music track ends.
 * (Your speaking part should move to the end of the intro music.)**
 * -Repeat the steps to put music at the end of your voice track.**
 * IMPORTANT: When you have everything the way you want it put up your help card so we can save it to the right folder**
 * as an .MP3 file.**
 * If you have time left over, help a friend or....**
 * Week 12: Evaluating my work**

Photo Essays
PhotoKids: Advice for using a camera

I'm done taking pictures and uploading them to the shared drive Look at Altered Photos Paired photos show a change in time or space [] Enter your term in the search window. Pick one image that will help you with your design and please print one copy.
 * Week 10-11 Photos tell a story or show**
 * a change in time and space.**
 * Use this template and open your original photograph we took last week**
 * (Mr. Lyons will show you how.)**
 * [[file:livemedia/Photo Template.docm|Photo Template.docm]]**
 * Be sure to save your work in your //homeroom// folder on the shared drive as a .//PDF file//**
 * //When you are done://**
 * //Think about the theme of your "Twisted Teacup" design for Mrs. Bush//**
 * //Go here://**

media type="custom" key="10837809" //**Past Examples of "Altered Photos"**// //**Click on the arrow to play, or watch a bigger version here.**//
 * Photo Essays: watch this slideshow for information on using your camera.**

//**Past Examples of "Diptychs":**// //**or.... two pictures can show a "change in time and space!"**// //**Click here to watch a bigger version.**//


 * Week Seven**
 * First finish your photographs showing "changes" that you** **started last week.**
 * **Next, dive into Tangrams and Tessellations**

Click on the following links to get some background on Tessellations. Try making some of your own Tessellations using the different shapes and colors @http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Tessellate/ Take a visit to "Tessellation Town." Don't forget to read the directions @http://www.mathcats.com/explore/tessellationtown.html Tired of Tessellations? Try a Tangram! Read about the history of Tangrams here: @http://logicville.com/tangram.htm Then try to build these Tangrams here: @http://logicville.com/tangram1.htm Week 11
 * You have been learning about Tangrams and Tessellations in math class:**

Photo Essays and Sequencing Pictures
Take a look at these two photos by a famous photographer

What do you notice about the pictures? How does the photographer make you think about the images? Would this be as effective if he had only used one picture instead of two?
 * Week 10-11 Photos tell a story or show**
 * a change in time and space.**
 * Use this template and open your original photograph we took last week**
 * (Mr. Lyons and/ or Mrs. Gordon will show you how.)**
 * [[file:livemedia/Photo Template.docm|Photo Template.docm]]**
 * -Open the image twice on the page. We will do this part TOGETHER.**
 * -Now use the "Artistic Effects" in Microsoft Word to change or "Alter" the second image.**
 * -When everyone is done we will save our work to our //homeroom// folder on the shared drive as a .//PDF file//**

Time to tell a photo story!
Find the person you went out to take pictures with for our last assignment. Listen to your 3 choices of assignments and look at the examples provided by Mr. Lyons and Mrs. Gordon Decide as a group which assignment you would like to work on! (Please remember our TRIBES agreements). Use the form below to enter your information media type="custom" key="22259210"

Week 14

 * Finish your digital storytelling. Turn in your completed checklist to Mr. Lyons or Mrs. Gordon.
 * Do each of the following at least one time:
 * Watch the wordless video //**Song for Rain**.// Think about how the artist tells the story. (The movie is in the S:Drive in the Media Studies folder.)
 * Play a sequencing game with a partner.
 * Look at the following photo essays. Choose the one you like the best.
 * New York Times: Clouds
 * New York Times: Disney's FantasyLand
 * Make a Cornell Box on the Art Institute of Chicago Site From the menu, choose "Play With Art," and then choose "Cornell Box."
 * Create your own online book using Story Jumper

**Sequencing Games** We have already learned that pairs or sequences of photographs can show some kind of change and force the viewer to think. Today we will play a variety of sequencing games. Please watch and listen to the directions. We will be working in groups. Remember to be mindful of all the people in your group and think about our TRIBES agreements.

If you finish early, you may want to check out these great photos by kids Altered Photos by Homeroom

Week 15
-We will start the lesson by opening our original photo book. -Check to be sure it is the way you and your group want it. -Mr. Lyons and Mrs. Gordon will show you how to export your work as a movie file.

When everyone is done we will learn a bit about Tangrams: Tangram Puzzles

**Build your own Original Tangram;**
Mr. Lyons and Mrs. Gordon will pick up all of the printed pages from the computer lab.
 * Open** the template for directions.

**While you are waiting for your picture, practice solving** Tangram Puzzles
= **POSTCARDS FROM THE PRAIRIE** =
 * Week 15 **
 * Background:**

You might be a newspaper writer telling the folks back East what the West is like.

 * Your job:**
 * Write from the __point of view__ of a person alive in the 1800's.**
 * Over the next few weeks you will write one of the following (Pick one):**
 * Genre of writing /Examples of the type of writing from real documents**
 * -Personal Narrative/ From the Kennebec to California**
 * Buckaroos in Paradise (Nevada)**
 * -Friendly Letter /Letter from John May to Samuel Beall**

[|Voice of America-Settlers Rush to Claim Land]
 * -News Article** /Daily Territorial Enterprise July 8, 1874
 * -Journal Entry/ Shakertown Journal**

To help plan your writing, please take time to answer these 4 questions:
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 * When you have investigated each type of writing pick one that you will use for your writing.**
 * Complete this Google Document:**


 * If you finish early, go here and learn about Baker's Gold**
 * a document that may have led many people to go west**
 * seeking their fortune!**


 * Week 16 **

Last week you looked at 4 genres or types of writing (Personal Narrative, Journal, Newspaper Article and Friendly Letter).

You chose one for your project.

You also decided who you want to be from the 1800's as you write.

If you do a GREAT job on this piece we should really believe that your "voice" is from the 1800's.


 * To help gather information about the person you chose we will use this planner:**



Use the resources in the room to complete your paper copy of the planner.
This may take a couple of classes, but please get as much information as you can.

We have a cart of printed resources and links to online sources.

Do this each time you gather information from each resource.
= **[|A Sample Project]** = Examples of Fifth Grade Documentaries Take a look at the marvelous "Ken Burns"-style films our fifth graders made!

1. Databases:
-Click here and log in:

Library Research Database

- In the upper left go to "Subscription Databases"

-Go to #26 "TrueFlix"

-Click on "Westward Expansion"

2. Books and Magazines:
--Return them to the cart when you're done.

3. Online Resources to help you find information for your "voice:"
1. [|Westward Expansion]: Great site for background information on the "Old West" and the people of the Prairie

2. [|Legends of America] (Searchable Old West Index of people and occupations)

3. [|Life as a Pioneer] (Simplified accounts and actual documents from the West)

4. [|Halley-Howard Family Album]: Names, pictures, dates and what was going on in the world during their lifetime

5. [|Chinese Immigrants in the Old West]

6. [|Cowboys/Cowgirls, Rodeos, Outlaws and Wild West Shows]

7. [|The Wild West]: Good general site with descriptions of the people

8.[| Library of Congress: History of the American West]: descriptions of major events with photos

with [|subject index] to look at photos

9. [|African Americans as Pioneers]

10. [|Civil War Home:] How Civil War Soldiers Lived

= **Finding and Saving Images for your Project** =

**Sites to Search for Images:**

 * **Library of Congress, American Memory:** @http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/hawpsubjindex1.html
 * **New York Public Library Picture Collection Online:** @http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

Instructions for Saving your Images
==

=If your movie is finished:=

=-You may watch Baker's Gold=

=-Learn about the Gold Rush at the Oakland Museum of California=

=-Try this Interactive Map of the West=

=-Read more about the People of the West=

= Adventures in Cartooning =

** A simple timeline for the history of comics can be found here Here **
Comics and cartooning are powerful forms of Media.

Sometimes comics were used for political reasons
elections.harpweek.com

Comic strip characters can also be used for advertising
Take a look a The Official Peanuts Website

In the 1980's a big insurance company bought the rights to use this popular comic strip by Charles Shulz. Take a look at their guidelines: Met Life's Rules for Snoopy Logo Why do you think they purchased the permission to use these characters?

Other times comics are for simple entertainment. They make us laugh.
Garfield is a great example of a popular comic strip that entertains many people Garfield Website Here is a clip from the author of Garfield, Jim Davis on Creating Comics

Today we will end by learning to draw some simple animal characters: We will use the excellent teachings of Lee Ames to hone our drawing skills. As we draw, think of simple people or animal forms that you can use as characters for your own comic strip! Adventures in Cartooning