Writing+Blog

Pixar films is the master of **personifying** objects. I love **//Toy Story//**. Don't you wish some of your favorite toys could come to life? When you use your imagination you can make anything come to life by personifying it. We will have fun with this aspect of creativity. Your job is to watch the __#|video__ below and summarize the story. Use the plot structure graph to organize your work.
 * 9-4-12**

I can't wait to hear your interpretation of the story being told. Before you __#|get started__, we will talk about the attributes (big word!) of the plot structure graph. Everyone will get the opportunity to read his/her story to the class. We will also talk about the attributes (There's that word again!) Pixar uses to create this video. Click to download.

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 * 9-14-12 Moth Wikipedia Template**

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 * 10-1-12 Colonial Plantation Documentary**
 * The first step in creating our documentary is to create a story board. You will need to copy and paste 5 to 10 pictures that represent your topic of choice from our Colonial Plantation field trip on our class Shutterfly site onto a Word __#|document__. (Oh my goodnes what a long-winded statement!)Then, save the Word document** **onto your flashdrive. We started this in school today. Click to view how to retrieve your document.**

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 * 10-23-12**

The video below is demonstrates the process of making edible pumpkin seeds. The last step or two is missing. Your job is to "fill in the blanks!" Since we are working on sequencing skills and semantics, create a How-To on the process demonstrated in the video.

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 * 10-23-12 Writing in script vs. paragraph Format**

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 * 10-24-12 Ideas for Pumpkin Sports ( for our Pumpkin Press newspaper)**

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 * Pumpkin Trebuchet**
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 * Pumpkin Rolling
 * 1-18-13 Sniglets**
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 * 3-4-13 Interjections!**

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