BP4_Animoto

My students are currently reading the novel Tears of A Tiger.  The students have to plot the events as they happened in the story.  They must have an exposition, rising action, climax and resolution.  Once the students have analyzed the novel through a plot diagram, they must give an explanation by relating the novel to real life.  In creating this explanation the students have to complete an animoto movie answering the question, what is the world like?  The video must be at least 30 seconds long.  When using animoto the students are able to tell a story through pictures and music.  They will find a background theme related to the theme of the novel.  The students then will find pictures based on the plot diagram of the story.  They will then organize the pictures to tell the story from their point of view.  The story must answer the question as a guide.  The choice of music must also relate to the theme of the story.  The students will then paste the video on the class blog page and all students will comment on the video.  This assignment motivated the students to read the novel and take notes on how to plot the sequence of events.  They were all excited and some wanted to place their videos on YouTube to for others to see.  Once again using technology motivated my students to read and I got 100 % participation.  Some of the parents were also excited and made great comments on the activities the students were engaging in.  To complete this assignment the students used the school computer lab.

This is my example of animoto that I shared with my students.  Please view it by visiting the website below.
http://animoto.com/play/kBsX6AC1ejMd5kCVHrRrhA#

Tears of A Tiger Animoto Video