Bly LA 6

The student's watched the short film "Dear basketball" as a high level example of a creative character representation. Dear basketball film

Presentations for the creative project will begin on Thursday March 15.  Below is the feedback form that will be used by peers and the teacher. Creative project feedback 1.      Did the presenter have an in-depth representation of their character? Strongly disagree         disagree             undecided                agree                strongly agree         2.      Was the presenter confident, clear and engaging?   Strongly disagree         disagree             undecided                agree ...

Criteria for creative project Goal: To represent a character of your choice in a creative way Key to success: Content 1)    Demonstrates a strong understanding of your character 2)    Detailed explanations included about your characters feelings, environment, personality, actions/behaviours, motivations, thoughts 3)    descriptive writing or detailed visual representation with specific examples or proof from the book/movie/show Presentation 1)    Visuals (if used) need to be connected and appealing 2)    Speaking clearly 3)    Prepared script of what you will say 4)    Able to answer questions – interacting with audience 5)    Clear you know what you are talking about 6)    Convincing/interesting/engaging

The four comprehension questions for the character analysis is due Monday.  Please see below post for questions.

The students will be working on a new project.  I will be walking them through each step and provided examples and class time. Here is a copy of the project: When developing characters, authors avoid the stick figure.    Rather, they work to create rich, complex characters that experience both inner and outer conflicts with their environment.   For this assignment , your task is to analyze one complex character from your choice book, movie or story .   First, you must analyze your characters’ indirect characterization .   Second, you must choose a creative project to express who this character is.   You must include all of elements of indirect characterization—what the character does, feels, looks, and says. Character Project Guidelines :   -   Feel free to see me with other ideas. ~Your goal is to ANALYZE a character with your creative project.   You will need to be as specific as possible. Character’s Name: Luke - ...

We have been looking at Character analysis in class and connecting it to the Olympic athlete stories. The students wanted the link for the online video  Olympic stories/videos CBC Olympics - kids

On Thursday the students will have a reading test.  This will be on finding the main idea in a text which we have been working on for a few weeks.  There will be a section that the students will have to read that they have not seen before. There will also be a comprehension section on a short story we have been studying together all week. Here is a link to the story if they would like to review and discuss it at home:  Grade 6: short story for test