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 Middle Goals and Examples TERM ONE 2008


 * MEGAN Wilson YR 3/4 ||
 * We are learning to use an expressive voice to recite a poem.

In Room 9 we have been using Garageband to present our poems. We had to think carefully and plan our poem out. We had to think about pace, pitch, expression and other effective use of voice. It was great to be able to hear ourselves talking because then we could self assess ourselves against the RUBRIC.

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We had step by step planning sheets to help us with using Garageband. We were allowed to use 3 sounds effects that would add emphasis to our poem. Have a listen and see if you think we achieved our success criteria. || We are learning to draw accurate pictures from a description
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 * We are learning to describe

We have set up some buddies at Russell Street. We work collaboratively with them over the Term on different projects. The first thing we did was set this up as part of literacy time. We wrote descriptions of ourselves and sent them to our buddy, they had to draw a picture of the description in KidPix and emailed it back to us. These are some of the pictures that we drew of our buddies - we can't wait to see what they look like. The next thing is we are going to send a photo to see just how right their and our drawing are

(The description and pictures do not match - these are just examples of what the students created)

 From Kelly, (Dana) Hey yo my names Kelly. I’m 8 years old. I have blueish greenish eyes and my face is round. My eye brows are a light black and I sometimes wear glasses. I got my ears pierced before. The hole is still there. At the bottom of my mouth there are baby teeth and at the top is adult teeth. I sometimes smile sometimes not. My hair is blonde. I’m gonna dye it red. My hair is down to my shoulder and it’s curly. I don’t have a fringe. I always wear it in a pony tail or pig tails.

From Michael, (Wilbur) Hi, I'm Michael. I'm 8. I'm a boy. I have blue eyes. My face is oval. The colour of my hair is blonde. The length of my hair is short. I do have a fringe. I have 4 moles around my mouth. I have no glasses, no birthmark either. I have dimples. I have adult teeth and baby teeth. I have straight hair. I have thin eyebrows. I have no hearing aids.

From Georgia, (Skye) Hi, my name is Georgia. I am a girl. I am 8 years old. My face is oval. My hair is layered and dark brown. It is down to my shoulders. I have blue eyes and dark eyelashes. My fringe covers them. I also have pink glasses. I have some freckles on my nose. ||
 * NOELINE Smith YR 4/5

 We are learning to capture personality through close up shots

OUR BRIEF FOR THIS TASK:

“USING THE DIGITAL CAMERA…TAKE A CLOSE-UP OF THE SUBJECT’S HEAD, ENDEAVOURING TO CAPTURE AN ASPECT OF HIS/HER PERSONALITY OR EMOTION.

CONSIDER: HEAD ANGLE, FACIAL EXPRESSION, BACKGROUND, LIGHTING…

 ||  We are learning to identify our preferred learning styles (SMARTS)
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UNIQUE AND ‘SMART’ ROOM 10 LEARNERS!

WE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFYING OUR PREFERRED WAYS OF LEARNING… OUR ‘SMARTS’… OUR TASK WAS TO COMMUNICATE THESE IN AN EFFECTIVE AND CREATIVE WAY, USING THE COMIC LIFE APPLICATION.

OUR TASK INCLUDED: * DECIDING ON OUR ‘SMARTS’
 * PLANNING OUR PHOTO SHOTS TO MATCH EACH OF OUR ‘SMARTS’
 * WORKING WITH A BUDDY TO TAKE A RANGE OF PHOTO’S
 * WRITING CAPTIONS AND HEADINGS FOR EACH ‘SMART’
 * <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">SELECTING APPROPRIATE ACTION PHOTO’S

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