CSLA 2010 presentation Miranda Doyle

1. Miranda Doyle
San Francisco Unified School District

2. One True Media (onetruemedia.com) or
jaycut.com
One True Media – Denzil’s video
(msdoyle03@gmail.com)

4. • Assign report in comic strip form
• Show a comic strip and have students “write” it –
describe setting, characters, use dialogue
• Have students turn a scene from a novel or story,
or a concept in a science/social studies text, into a
comic strip
• Have students write and illustrate an original
comic strip or comic book
• Other ideas

5. http://tarheelreader.org/write-a-book/write-a-book-1/
Login msdoyle, school password
Khalen’s book
http://tarheelreader.org/2009/11/23/wwe-wrestlers/
 Alice’s book
 http://tarheelreader.org/2009/11/19/what-is-so-funny/


6. • “Book trailers” – like movie trailers but for books
• Research reports using text and photos
• Poetry – alternate line of poetry with an image that
adds meaning
• Personal narratives; tell a digital story (see
Streetside Stories for examples)
• Illustrate a science concept with words and
drawings/pictures
• Dramatize a historical event

9. • Write poetry
• Learn about alliteration, metaphors, similes,
onomatopoeia, etc.
• Get story ideas – use words as story or sentence
starters
• Sort words: nouns, verbs, adjectives
• Write concrete poems or haiku
• Other?

11. • Make a picture book
• Summarize a plot in pictures
• Make a drawing to illustrate a report
• Make a sympathy or congratulatory card for a
character in a book
• Draw a picture to convey the tone or mood of a
book or poem
• Make an instruction manual for operating a piece
of equipment (7th
grade standard)
• Other?

13. • Teach information literacy, i.e. the Tree Octopus –
how images can be manipulated
• Have students create fantasy creatures/images to
study different genres of fiction
• Lessons on advertising and the use of images
• Edit photos for picture books or other projects
• Other?

15. • Teach a lesson on appropriate fonts for different
purposes (formal vs. informal)
• Learn about fonts and writing styles through the
ages
• Okay, this is mostly just for fun!
• Other?

16. http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/msdoyle7

17. • Have students brainstorm together from different
locations/classrooms/labs
• Save ideas from a day’s worth of classes
• Use for group projects
• Have students sign up for topics while in the
computer lab or library
• Use for Think Pair Share activity so that all
partners can share
• Other?

19. • Contests and competitions
• “Free time”, but limit students to learning games
on your web site
• Typing games to improve typing speed and also
word recognition
• Other?

20. 1. Comics
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/index.html
http://superherosquad.marvel.com/create_your_own_comic
http://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/comic.htm
http://www.toondoo.com (requires registration/email address)
2. Books/Writing Tools
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/make-your-own/story-maker
Make sentences -- http://membres.distributel.net/~redeemed7/firstday/firstday_main.html
Write it! -- http://teacher.scholastic.com/writeit/
3. Videos
http://www.jaycut.com (requires registration)
4. Animation
http://www.fluxtime.com
5. Poetry
Instant Poetry Forms: http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
http://www.poetry4kids.com/modules.php?name=Games&op=display_game&game=WordMagnets
http://www.magpo.com/play.asp

21. 6. Art
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/
http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm
http://www.wiiplayable.com/playgame.php?gameid=230
http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/
http://www.zefrank.com/snm/index.html
7. Photo editing
http://www.picnik.com/
http://www.lunapic.com/editor/
8. Graffiti
http://graffiti.playdo.com/
http://www.graffwriter.com/
http://www.graffitigen.com/

22. 9. Work together
http://www.dabbleboard.com/draw
http://cosketch.com/
http://www.imaginationcubed.com/
http://www.stixy.com/
10. Games
See my word games link at msdoyle.info
https://mlk-sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1275747825028