PROJECT 7 - iMovie Book Review

Grading Criteria: 

• 60 seconds or longer (not including the black slugs)

• Titles - At least ten titles, free of spelling, punctuation, grammatical errors.

• Author's name.

• Who is the Protagonist(s)

• Who is the Antagonist(s)

• Did this book win any awards?

• Voice-Over Plot Summary in 5-6 sentences (without giving away the resolution of the book)

• Describe the Conflict

• Why should we read this book?

• Five or more images about the book

• Soundtrack (music)

• You can record yourselves talking to the camera, or just do voice over narration with no video.

Step 1:

Working solo, or with one other student, select a book to review.  Think of it like a book report or a TV commercial.

Tell Mr. Gilley the title and author of the book you have chosen.

NOTE: No Harry Potter Books.

It's not that I don't like Harry Potter, I'm just sick of hearing about them. :^)

EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2 EXAMPLE 3

Step 2: Open iMovie. 

Create a new project with your name in it ("Danny and Juana's Book Review").

In the Projects Folder, click the + "Create New" button to create your project if this is your first time using iMovie.

Choose "Movie."

This is what your editing workspace looks like.  The top area called "Events" is just raw footage that you or someone else may have imported.  The bottom area is your timeline where you will drag clips to create your movie.

  Now you need to import some raw footage.  You can do this by surfing the web and finding images of the book you are reviewing.  Save those images to the desktop and then drag them into the timeline.

Step 3: Use iMovie to create a 60-second review or commercial of your book.  

We NEED A QUIET CLASSROOM FOR THIS PROJECT

-Use earphones to record narration and voice overs.  Let me know when you need to record and I will ask the class to get extra quiet.  

-Use a background soundtrack.  Adjust the volume of this track to 25% - 50% so it doesn't overpower your voice-over recordings.

You can find music in iMovie under the Audio tab:

-Use at least 5 five different images of the book or related images.

Save images from the web by right-clicking on them, select SAVE to DESKTOP, then drag and drop them into iMovie.

PROJECT 4 - Sketchup

Sixth Grade Technology Students

For this project you will learn how to use a 3D Modeling program called Sketchup. You will use this Turn-in Document to paste screenshots of your finished tasks.

Go to sketchup.com

Click on “Try Sketchup” in the lower left corner to create your free account.

In the drop down menu, select “primary & secondary”

Yes, we are enrolled in Google’s G Suite for Education, select YES

Next drop down box select Student 

and click the blue box “Sketchup for Schools”

Click Sign in with Google

Choose your @student.pps.net account

This part may sound scary, but let’s just go ahead and trust those nice Sketchup people and click the blue Allow button.

And now you have your very own free sketchup online account. Remember the password.

  

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This is the Sketchup Home Screen.

Start by Taking the Tour

Click through the prompts to complete the tour.

TAKE A SCREENSHOT of the final page of the tour, and then paste it into the Turn-in Document

Open the Turn-in Document while logged into your google drive, then select MAKE A COPY from the FILE menu.

Fill out the Turn-in Document and upload to Canvas when it is complete.

When you feel ready to start, move ahead to the four tutorials below:

Tutorial #1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_bJPNnO3HQ

When you are done with this tutorial, your file should look like this:

Tutorial #2)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQSyofKyKIQ

When your tutorial is complete, your file should look like this:

SAVE this file as “tutorial 2” in your online sketchup folder. Mr. Gilley will check your folder to see if it’s complete.

Tutorial #3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKOIObcAY2A

When you are done with this tutorial, your file should look something like this:

You don’t need to save this file.

Tutorial #4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF3K2Th0IR0

When you are done with this tutorial, your file should look something like this:  

Feel free to change the siding material, the colors, add more windows or doors, change the lawn, the fence, the sidewalk, etc.  

Also add to your file:

Trees and landscaping.

A driveway

A swingset or other playground equipment

Anything else you want!  Use your imagination and have fun with it.

SAVE this file to your online Sketchup folder.

Take screenshots of the four files you created and share them with Mr. Gilley.

FINAL TASK - Design and build a tree-fort.  

Grading criteria:

• Tree fort is in a tree at least 20 feet above the ground (yes that means you have to draw the tree.

• Tree fort has three rooms in it. LEAVE THE ROOF OFF so we can see the floor plan.

• Tree fort has four or more windows.

• Tree fort has your name on the door, or on the front wall somewhere.

• Tree fort is made mostly of wood.

CLICK HERE FOR google doc INSTRUCTIONS