Lights,+Cameras,+Story+Elements!+(3rd+Grade)

by Kim Hollis and Chris Pugh =Standards= Language
 * CFU 0301.3.2 - Write for a variety of purposes: to entertain, persuade, inform, demonstrate knowledge, answer questions, tell a story, respond to literature.
 * CFU 0301.8.8 - Define and identify setting, characters (including main and minor characters), and plot (including sequence of events).

ISTE NETS - 1b. Creativity and Innovation 1create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

=Lesson= Before creating the movie showing the story elements, some pre-writing and drafting was done to plan the contents of the project.
 * 1) The students studied the fairy tales and identified their elements in a graphic organizer.
 * 2) They used the organizer to write a rough draft containing 2-3 sentences about each element.
 * 3) Pictures were gathered from the internet during center time to be used in the movie. The students had to use search terms to narrow their choices and evaluate the pictures to ensure they conveyed the proper message.

Sample Pictures Gathered for New/Absent Students Cinderella Pics - Three Little Pigs Pics -

Creating the Movie
 * 1) Click and drag picture folder to the iPhoto icon on the dock.
 * 2) Close iPhoto library.
 * 3) Open iMovie.
 * 4) Click the plus button on the left of the middle toolbar to add a new iMovie project.
 * 5) Type the name of the new project and click CREATE.
 * 6) Click the Title button on the far right of the middle toolbar to add a title.
 * 7) Click and drag the CENTERED title to the top middle section.
 * 8) Type the name of your movie in the "Title Text Here" box and "by"with author's first name only in the "Subtitle Text Here" box, then click DONE. (Only typing the first name allows the students to be able to publish to the web without giving away their identity.)
 * 9) Click the Camera button on the far right of the middle toolbar to add a the photos from iPhoto.
 * 10) Click on Last Import in the bottom right section to see the photos that were just added.
 * 11) Click and drag the photos from the bottom right section to the top middle section to add them to the movie.
 * 12) Click on the tiny icon on the photo to change the amount of time it shows from 4 seconds to 10 seconds to allow for more time to talk.
 * 13) Click APPLIES TO ALL and OK.
 * 14) Click the tiny icon on each photo to change from the KEN BURNS effect to FIT so the whole picture shows, then click DONE.
 * 15) Click the microphone icon from the middle toolbar, then click on a picture record your voice to it. Click it again to stop recording. Repeat for all clips. (If you don't need or like a clip, click on its purple icon and press the DELETE key on the keyboard to erase it.)
 * 16) When movie is finished, click the SHARE menu from the top toolbar. Choose EXPORT USING QUICKTIME.
 * 17) In the next window, click the drop down menu to change it from "Movie to Quicktime Movie" to "Movie to MPEG-4". Next, click SAVE.
 * 18) It is saved in the Movies folder. Your teacher can use a thumb drive to transfer your movie to another computer.