Week 10

Wow! I can't believe we have already arrived at week ten. So here is my storyboard for the movie we are making. I am pretty sure I'll use MovieMaker since I have a PC, but my husband does have a Mac, so if I start having issues, I'll probably just use his computer. So I decided to make a book trailer for The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This is an assigment I would have my students do--maybe in groups or individuall. I would use it as a replacement for a book report. However, in addition to making this movie, I would probably have them write a 1/2 page about their favorite scene or character in the book and why--just to make sure they actually read at least some of the book, since most of the information needed to create a book trailer can be found on a wikipedia site or the back of the book. Second, I would probably have a question/answer session (to help fit the core curriculum even better) where both the students and I would ask questions about the book, plot, characters, etc. after this movie was shown in class. I think its a very clever idea, and I'm excited to actually make my storyboard into a real movie!