Day 5

Summer School 2013 8/7 Day 5 Tuesday July 9

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Helpful Apps: Snapseed (free), Lens Light (Paid), Over or overgram 

Joke of the Day (The Gold Book):

Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they?

Getting Started:

*New Poll on Class blog, check it out and vote!

Digital Photography 

Lesson 1 Composition 

Using Thirds to construct your picture 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceyWgCFy7d8

We will go outside and construct a photo composition (people are optional)

Use the example photos as a guide to constructing your photo. 

Then we will edit the photo using snapseed, Lenslight, Over

Photos will be uploaded to my computer 

Lesson 2 Using Snapseed and working with Saturation, Contrast, White Balance and Tilt Shift Focus

Lesson 3 Using Lens Light and Over to add light flares and inspirational quotes

FIRST ROUND OF PHOTOS ARE DUE Friday July 12

*each student will upload on to my computer their 2 best photos (realistic, well composed, and perfectly adjusted)

English 

Read Aloud 

The Cheat 

Characters: Sarah (poetry/cool/popular), Rob (afraid), Katie (nervous), Ruby (jealous girlfriend), Jake (the man that started it all), Dan (smug and supremely confident, ), Mr. Chen (Principal)

Reviews of the book The Cheat :

This is a middle school book about cheating on a geography midterm. What makes it charming and thought-provoking is the fact that it's told from the points of view of six kids who were involved, with 2 or 3 pages of text at a time told in each kid's distinctive voice. The voices are great: they make the book.

This is a book that I picked up as a MS reading teacher. I try to read books to recommend for my students. I would NOT recommend this book. The book focuses on a group of friends who get caught (some not caught) cheating on a midterm. The narration moves from person to person. I felt like there were too many voices--4 main, 2 supporting--for middle school students to follow. Because there were so many voice, the characters, in my opinion, were never really developed at all. I found myself asking, "Wait, is she the one who's dad died? or did he leave her mom? Which one was that again?" I also felt that there was no real resolution to the problem. The book explained what happened, but nothing was really resolved. Overall, a quick read, but not one that I would recommend to my students

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/865316.The_Cheat

Reading Activities

Photo Activity:

Using the same dramatization groups create a photo/quote of two of the characters in the book in a specific scene.  Again, create good composition and perhaps include a prop that will help identify the setting and problem.   

examples:

Rob with his head down in the office

Katie nervous writing test

Ruby and her friends 

Etc. 

Journal Response:

Write about someone who has shared wisdom and experience with you. Explain why it is important to learn from the experience of others. Include specific details and examples in your response.