Assignments & Handouts

I will post current assignments on this page and also upload them so students can always find what they need.

12./5

Final Project Handout

"Ligeia" Writing Questions

• • What do you understand about the poem? How does it connect to the story?

  • How does the opening quotation relate to the story?

  • What happened at the end?  Then what does your interpretation imply happens next?

  • What connections do you see with other Poe stories or poems?

11/14

•  Classic Tales Assignment

• Claim another story for which you'll create an activity.

  •  Post activities and previews here

  • Choose stories from the list above and complete the activity

  • Put work in your Poe Folder

 Tarr and Fether Activities

William Wilson Writing Questions

• • Look over your first impressions and what you first thought of the story

  • Explain what the discussion did to help your interpretation of the story

  • React to re-reading the story and to looking into the Literary Criticism

  • Give your final thoughts on "William Wilson."

  • Read this Literary Criticism and respond to its claims.

• "Diddling" Discussion & Write-up

  • Get a section paraphrase it with a partner

  • Write your own version--use a term different than "diddle"

• Fun Facts/Webquest (make another doc in your folder)

  • Three interesting facts about Poe

  • Any useful/interesting websites--that should be links pages

  • Read some poems and find one you like

    • Poetry Index

  • Provide me links and short description/explanations

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Final Project Handout

• Poe Presentations explained

  • Watch My Movies:

    • Pfouts' Guide to Better Presentations

Link to First Paper Assignment

Pre-Writing for Classic Tales In-Class Essay

• Pre-Writing Web:

Make a cluster with all the stories.

• • • • "Diddling"

      • "Tarr & Fether"

      • "Red Death"

      • "William Wilson"

      • "Tell Tale Heart"

      • "The Raven"

      • "Pit & Pendulum"

      • "Hop Frog"

      • "Black Cat"

      • "Cask of Amontillado"

      • "House of Usher"

      • Alternative Stories--if you did them.

• Pre-Writing Prompt #2

Write your impressions of each story on its own--like the Onion Reviews

• Thoughts on Poe

                    "Say Something" about Poe.

•  Classic Tales Assignment

Red Death Movie Poster

For our next Applied Tech step, I want you to learn about Pixlr and create a Movie Poster for “The Masque of the Red Death.”

Things I want you to know when you’re done:

• • Tools

  • Pasting/Combining Images

  • Layers

  • Put text on them

  • Pull down menus

  • Magic Wand

  • Eraser

  • Crop

Photoshop Tutorial (5min)

I also want you to learn how to use tutorials.  Check these out:

http://www.wikihow.com/Use-the-Pixlr-Online-Image-Editor

http://www.nisd.net/technology/training/pdf/pixlr.pdf

A List of basic Pixlr YouTube Tutorials

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL931F7D402AF4DD10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_XDQSG1wsA

For your Movie Poster I want you to at least learn how to use Pixlr to the point where you can combine parts of multiple images and put text on top of them.  If you’ve taken Digital Imaging I want you to know about Pixlr, web tutorials and Freeware.

Poe Video Poem 

 For this assignment, I want to extend your capabilities with the filmmaking aspect of this class. Hopefully you can use this assignment to think about important parts of the film making process: how to tell a story and/or convey a message using images, how to sequence purposeful shots, how to use audio (music & voice over) and text. 

What you should know by the end 

§ How to gather footage from YouTube and the Web 

§ How to handle the cameras and tripods? 

§ How to import into iMovie 

§ How to arrange clips 

§ How to trim clips 

§ Titles 

§ Transitions 

§ Effects 

§ How to adjust audio 

The order in which you should work: 

• Decide with whom you’re going to work 

• Find the text you want to adapt 

• Kick around ideas (consider shots, locations & how to interpret the poem) 

• Create storyboards/shot lists—show Pfouts plans before getting footage 

• Start filming—take more than you think you need 

• Import, Order and Edit 

Things to keep in mind after our observations: 

    • You should be building your knowledge base 

    o Compose your shots deliberately (Rule of Thirds) 

    o Vary your shots and strive for effective sequencing—consider what you’ve started to observe when you watch anything 

    o Get better at the software 

    o Develop your editing skills/speed 

    • You may adapt/interpret things to keep it in the realm of possibility—i.e. locations, actors etc. 

    • Your goal is to offer a deeper understanding of your text through your video. 

•  Classic Tales Assignment

• Claim another story for which you'll create an activity.

  •  Post activities and previews here

  • Choose stories from the list above and complete the activity

  • Put work in your Poe Folder