Agendas
Week of 12/9
Register for Exhibition Day
Grading: Process Grade 50 points. Final Product 100 Points
Check-ins and work time
Week of 12/2
My Documentaries links page Friday look through the Interview Help links
Interest Inventory (to help brainstorm)
Final Pitch
Should we watch one?
What's your plan?
What do you need?
What else do you want to get done this week?
Interview Practice?
Week of 11/18
Name your Doc Study Paper and CSPAN Video
Storyboard Someone Else's CSPAN Essay
Doc Study Paper Two Proofreading Tricks
Write a Script
Create an Intro for a possible entry
Pexels - free stock video for projects
Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century
Free Music Archives (Music for Video)
dig.ccmixter.org (Music for Film)
YouTube Audio Library (No Copyright Music)
YouTube (Music for Creators)
https://www.youtubemp3.click/en/# (youtbe mp3 ripper)
Fri 11/15
Watch Clips from your Docs.
Watch Drafts of OE Videos
Submit them to Kirk/Ivette
Doc Study Paper (peer edit/proofread)
I'll start grading them next week
No homework if you're done
Next Week: CSPAN Video Essays
Upcoming Schedule:
Turn B Roll into Loop Video
Mon 11/18: Kirk gives feedback, OE Movie finishing touches
Tues: 11/19 OE Movie shows. We start CSPAN Project
Fri 11/8: Watch Clips & Work on OE Night Video
Tues 11/12: Watch Clips & Work on OE Night Video
Thurs 11/14: Finish Clips. Finish Doc Study Paper
Week of 11/4
Content/Language Objectives: Students will continue their understanding of Documentaries through observation, presentations, note-taking and practice.
Agendas:
Open Enrollment Night Videos: First one Tue., Nov. 19th
Post scripts and Links to B-Roll here
Tip of the week: Jump cuts
Jump Cuts(with two Cameras)
Watch for how interviews are edited.
Thurs-Fri 10/31-11/1
Finish Five Warm-ups on Warm-ups Page
Start making your Video Essay
Things to go over
Essential Library
Voice Overs
Other things in WeVideo
Tues. 10/29
storyboard the opening
Critque
Pick a Warm-up, make a copy, call it your Video Essay Script, Peer Edit.
Finish Five Warm-ups on Warm-ups Page
Thurs-Fri 10/24-5
Content/Language Objectives: Students will prepare for their Video Essays by writing, reading and watching examples.
10/24 Warm-up on the Warm-ups Page
Questions on the Syllabus
Storyboard an essay
Watch examples
Cool Things
read-listen
write your own
Read "What I Believe but Cannot Prove"
More Warm-ups--into Monday
Mon-Tues 10/21-22
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get a sense of the course through writing, speaking and working with video.
Set up a folder: share it with me <andrew.pfouts@bvsd.org>
Attendance and Info Sheet (on paper?)
Breaking Down A Documentary
Another explanation of Key Elements
Some Examples--take notes on these after our discussion
Done? Check out the Links Page
Last Daze
Polish your video
Start watching on Thursday
Last Weeks
What's your plan?
What do you need?
What else do you want to get done this week?
Interview Practice?
10/4-5
Copycats
Can we get it done in 2 days?
Camera work and helping each other
Check IC--tell me about updates
A look ahead
10/1-3
Watch remaining CSPAN Essays/Intros
Look at Yearbooks and Enigmas--25 year anniversary
Mockumentary as a group?
Should we watch one?
NVHS Ideas--group Mockumentary
Examples--History Channel on Core Values
Examples:
Nanook vs Doc Now
Week of 9/24:
CSPAN Video Essays Due Thursday
Doc Study Papers--check grade, revise
Check out WeVideo's Essentials Library
Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century
Wed-Fri 9/19-21
Friday: Read our Intro Essays aloud and give feedback/suggestions.
Thought of the day: Six Types of Documentaries
CSPAN Prompt:
“WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AMERICAN?”
Choose a constitutional right, national characteristic, or historic event and explain how it defines the American experience.
Your video should evaluate how this right, characteristic or event is upheld in our society, or challenged by current events. Rights or characteristics may include aspects of democracy, opportunity, liberty, justice, equality, diversity, unity, individualism, other rights, guiding principles, or shared values.
Read rules
Watch footage
Write your Introduction
Do we want to contact anyone?
9/18
Ken Burns Class
First lessons
Master Class--login: andrew.pfouts@bvsd.org password: newvista
CSPAN Warm-up
Craft your intro essay
Think about the potential project
9/11 CSPAN Warm-up:
“WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AMERICAN?”
Choose a constitutional right, national characteristic, or historic event and explain how it defines the American experience.
Your video should evaluate how this right, characteristic or event is upheld in our society, or challenged by current events. Rights or characteristics may include aspects of democracy, opportunity, liberty, justice, equality, diversity, unity, individualism, other rights, guiding principles, or shared values.
Fri: Yannick's Clips
Doc Study Paper
CSPAN: Warm-up & Google Search
Week of 9/10
Finish watching Video Essays
Show clips
Take Notes
A Look Ahead
Pfouts' Choice for tip of the week
Find a pointer/tip of week.
Start with Links Page
Help me with adding/deleting link on the page
Thurs-Fri 9/6-7
Tip of the week: Jump cuts
Jump Cuts(with two Cameras)
WebQuest: find a pointer/tip of week.
Start with Links Page
Help me with adding/deleting link on the page
Get started:
When should we start showing clips next week?
Tue-Wed 9/4-5
Content/Language Objectives: Students wrap up their video essay unit and move on to Documentary Study.
Agenda:
Watch our video essays
IC Check
Mini practice at SIMA
Check out:
SIMA Classroom--a site of award winning documentaries for schools.
Go to MEMBER LOGIN menu item at simaclassroom.com
Username: New Vista High School
Password: 8EglfGlq
Homework: Find a film you like and show it to us on Wednesday
Tue-Fri 8/28
Content/Language Objectives: Students will begin their video essay, by writing, revising and planning.
Agenda:
Tues: Write/Read each others
Wed: No Class (Spend an hour downloading)
Thurs: Have a folder of downloaded videos. Edit.
Fri: Show them. Intro Doc Study. Equity Documentary? IC Check
Mon 8/27
Content/Language Objectives: Students will begin their video essay, by writing, revising and planning.
Agenda:
Thurs-Fri 8/23-4
Content/Language Objectives: Students will continue their introduction to documentaries through making their own film about the class.
Agenda:
WeVideo--Get it at the Chrome Web Store
Check out WeVideo Academy
First Video Assignment--goals and explanation
Wed 8/22
Viral Video Warm-up
check Warm-ups Page
A few more Video Essays
Essay Warm-up:
Defining a concept: like success, friendship, family, freedom
Old Video Essay/Collage Rubric
Tues 8/21
What I Believe
Favorites/explanations
Warm-up
Storyboard an essay
Watch Video Essays
Mon 8/20
Content/Language Objectives: Students will continue their introduction to documentaries through viewing, discussion, writing and critiquing.
Agenda:
"Cool Things" Warm-up
New Doc in your folder: "8/20 Notes" Critique "Flipped Classrooms" & "Wait for Me"
Breaking Down A Documentary
Another explanation of Key Elements
( If we have time...)
WeVideo--Get it at the Chrome Web Store
Check out WeVideo Academy
First Assignment--goals and explanation (Tues and Wed)
Homework: Read "What I Believe but cannot Prove" & pick your favorite answer.
Fri-Mon 8/17-20
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get a sense of the course through writing, speaking and working with video.
Friday:
Set up a folder: share it with me <andrew.pfouts@bvsd.org>
Attendance and Info Sheet (on paper?)
In your Folder, create a new Doc:
Call it "8/17 Warm up"--Choose one of the following
What Motivates You?
What Drives us to Keep Going?
What does it take to get to the top?
I’ve always wanted to go to ____________ because
New Doc in your folder: "10/17 Notes"
Breaking Down A Documentary
Another explanation of Key Elements
Some Examples--take notes on these after our discussion
Mon 8/20
WeVideo--Get it at the Chrome Web Store
Check out WeVideo Academy
First Assignment--goals and explanation
Your interview questions
First storyboards
"Cool Things"
Listen (Around 1:13)
Warm Up
Essay Warm-up:
Defining a concept: like success, friendship, family, freedom
Explain your Warm-up "What I Believe but cannot Prove" (have it in your folder)
Supersize Me Intro (script)
"8/17 Warm up"
"8/17 Notes"
"Cool Things" Warm Up
Warm-up "What I Believe but cannot Prove"
Warm-up #4 (If you had the world's attention, what would you say)
Essay Warm-up: Defining a concept: like success, friendship, family, freedom
12/19-21
Exhibition Day presenters rehearse
Watch our Final Projects
Electronic Copy of the Final Assessment (put it in your folder)
12/18
Mindful Monday
Exhibition Day Requests
Start Watching Tomorrow
12/15
CYWTB?
Peer Critiques
Get/Give Feedback
Show me your draft
12/11
Mindful Monday
Intro Videos--critique, get feedback
Thurs-Fri 12/7-8
Timeline Check-ins
400 points
IC check-ins
Lunch Help
Tues. 12/5
Guest Speaker: Michael Conti
Show me your notes and prep work today
Make a Final Video Folder inside your Docs Folder
CSPAN Deadline Mon 12/4
CopyCat/Mockumentary Deadline Fri 12/8
Yesterday's Video?
Branded
Natural Highs final project--David
Let's go through the Final Project Timeline
Week of 11/27
Content/Language Objectives: Students will have one more warm-up project before starting Their Final Documentaries.
Agenda:
Check IC and grades
email or show me things I haven't entered
CSPAN Essays-- Thursday Lunch Help/Friday deadline
Mockumentary groups
Options: Mockumentary/Leek Broadcast/CopyCat Scene
Thurs-Fri 11/16-17
CYWTB?: Copy this Doc: Sentences to Rewrite
Watch old core values videos
A Leek Broadcast
Show clips from what you watched
Figure out Groups make a plan--give it to me
CSPAN: Done?
Another option:
Dec 6th Leek Broadcast
Mockumentary film fest--
If you're not done, finish in class today.
If you are finished, let's talk Mockumentaries.
Mockumentaries. Watch one today, show clips Friday. Like the Doc Study
My example.
Spinal Tap Clips:
Google Search
Wikipedia List of Mockumentaries
Mon-Tues 11/13-14
Pexels - free stock video for projects
Video Encyclopedia of the 20th Century
Peer Edit--CSPAN
--Storyboard each others: What do you visualize?
Tues
Peer Edit for our agenda so far:
Active Voice
Using "you"
Watch out for the vague "it"
Six Traits
Proofreading:
and/but scan
first word scan (subject abuse)
Mindful Monday: Awareness Test
Colon/Dash
Check-in: Video Essays? Papers? Tues Lunch Help
Work on your CSPAN Intros
Thurs 11/9
Proofreading Tricks
Put your paper in your Documentaries Folder
CSPAN--topics go 'round
“THE CONSTITUTION & YOU”
Choose a provision of the U.S. Constitution and create a video illustrating why it's important to you.
Crash Course in US Government and Politics
Obama on on 1st & 2nd Amendment
Week of 11/6
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap their Documentary Study and continue on the CSPAN Unit through writing, critiquing and story boarding.
Agenda:
Last Call for Clips
Doc Study Paper--Peer edit Tuesday, due Thursday (Deadline next Friday)
Active Voice
Using "you"
Watch out for the vague "it"
Organization--check outline on handout
Six Traits
(Proofreading Tricks on Thursday)
Paper Work time--due Thursday
11/2
Review Doc Study Paper
Make a Copy of Observation Notes for your own films
Make a To Do List (for watching other people's clips)
Watch Clips
Get names of films that impress you.
Italicize the tiles
Use this language (substitute "interviews" for "talking heads" Key Elements
10/31
CYWTB?
Show Videos Essays?
I model a presentation--how long per person? (six min each & we're done on Thurs)
get organized--let's be efficient
Make a Copy of Observation Notes
Make a To Do List (for watching other people's clips)
Review Doc Study Paper
Mon
groups: share write-ups
Doc Study Clips Tues
Fri -10/27
Show Video Essays
Start Documentary Study
Thu 10/26
Work on your Video Essay
When you finish, email the link to your project or put it in your folder
If you finish, they can start your Documentary Study
Read about it here: Documentary Study
Mon-Tues 10/23-24
What should be in your folder:
"10/16 Warm up"
"Cool Things" Warm Up
Warm-up "What I Believe but cannot Prove"
Warm-up #4 (If you had the world's attention, what would you say)
Essay Warm-up: Defining a concept: like success, friendship, family, freedom
Let's Make an Active Sentence
Active Writing on my webpage
To be
is am are
was were
be been being
First Video examples from you
Bear's Video
Nascar v Rally
Montaigne
Essay Warm-up:
Defining a concept: like success, friendship, family, freedom
Fri 10/20
Content/Language Objectives: Students will begin the video essay unit through writing, critiquing and storyboarding.
Agenda:
Explain your Warm-up "What I Believe but cannot Prove" (have it in your folder)
Supersize Me Intro (script)
Did you finish your First Video? (Share it with me or email the link)
Warm-up #4 (If you had the world's attention, what would you say?)
Storyboard video scripts--watch
Essay Warm-up:
Defining a concept: like success, friendship, family, freedom
Thursday:first half to edit (titles/transitions/audio/effects)
Tip of the week: Jump cuts
Jump Cuts(with two Cameras)
Second Half:
Watch Videos?
2nd Warm-up "Cool Things" Warm Up
Homework: Read "What I Believe but cannot Prove" & write your own version.
Finish your First Video
Mon-Tues 11/16-17
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get a sense of the course through writing, speaking and working with video.
Tues:
WeVideo--Get it at the Chrome Web Store
Check out WeVideo Academy
First Assignment--goals and explanation
Your interview questions
Mon:
Set up a folder: share it with me <andrew.pfouts@bvsd.org>
Attendance and Info Sheet
Partners: discuss interests
Set up a Folder:
"10/16 Warm up"--Choose one of the following
What Motivates You?
What Drives us to Keep Going?
What does it take to get to the top?
I’ve always wanted to go to ____________ because
New Doc in your folder: "10/16 Notes"
Breaking Down A Documentary
Another explanation of Key Elements
Some Examples--take notes on these after our discussion
Last Week 12/12
Watch Final Documentaries?
Work on Final Documentary
Core Values Videos
Lunch and After/Before School Lab Time
Final Thoughts/Letter (each student/alone)
Electronic Copy of the Final Assessment (each video)
Week of 12/5
Content/Language Objectives: Students will make sure they're squared away with their course work and continue pursuing their Final Documentaries.
Agenda:
Call for Sources of Strength Talent Show
Conferences and grade check-ins
Work on Final Documentary
Core Values Videos
Electronic Copy of the Final Assessment
Interview Tips & Tricks
From Vimeo
(Take notes in your folder)
Interview Help
An extensive guide with examples of how to frame your shots
More on prepping for an interview
SIMA Classroom--a site of award winning documentaries for schools.
Go to MEMBER LOGIN menu item at simaclassroom.com
Username: New Vista High School
Password: 8EglfGlq
Thurs-Fri 12/1-2
Content/Language Objectives: Students will make sure they're squared away with their course work and continue pursuing their Final Documentaries.
Agenda:
Conferences and grade check-ins
Work on Final Documentary Assignment
Project Folders--how are you using them
Friday: Rubrics, Critiques and To Do List
Mon-Tues 11/28-9
Let's get clear on Video Essay grades and CSPAN Video grades
Mindful Monday--writing? (gratitude)
Warm-up: Interest Inventory
list things you're interested
Set up a Final Documentary Folder within you class folder
links
research & notes
interview questions
I want to check-in with everyone
Critique our CSPAN intros
Mockumentary as a concept--Core Values Mockumentaries?
Documentary Now real vs theirs
Thurs-Fri 11/17-18
Content/Language Objectives: Students will complete their C-SPAN video project.
Agenda:
Sage/Leek? Ezra Sub Help?
C-SPAN Assignment on Assignments Page
Mon-Tues 11/14-15
Content/Language Objectives: Students will write their own C-SPAN Essays and then begin to create Video for their writing.
Agenda:
Diane and Aimee's project
Grades--goals for the week
Video groups and peer edits.
C-SPAN Letter
“YOUR MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON”
What is the most urgent issue for the new president and Congress to address in 2017?
explore: rules, winners, topics, footage
C-SPAN Assignment on Assignments Page
Thurs 11/10
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap-up the Documentary Study and transition to the C-SPAN Video.
Agenda:
Doc Study Paper due today
Any more presentations--screencast as make up
Watch: Another Video Essay--Super Size Me.
C-SPAN Letter
“YOUR MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON”
What is the most urgent issue for the new president and Congress to address in 2017?
explore: rules, winners, topics, footage
C-SPAN Assignment on Assignments Page
Is your Folder up to date?
CYWTB?
Info Sheet
4 Warm-ups
Web Quest
Video Essay with Links
Documentary Study Paper
First Draft of your C-SPAN Essay
Tues 11/8
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap-up the Documentary Study, work on active writing and look into the C-SPAN contest/video essay.
Agenda:
Doc Study Paper due Thursday
Any more presentations?
Let's Make an Active Sentence
My website--Active Voice
C-SPAN Letter
one to each--or more
Watch: Another Video Essay--Super Size Me.
Thurs-Fri 11/3-4 (Monday Too)
Content/Language Objectives: Students will improve their presentations skills by showing their clips and explaining their study. They will continue to increase their critical eyes through observing others' clips.
Agenda:
Show Video Essays?
Start Presentations
take notes--really watch
review paper expectations
Tues 11/1
Content/Language Objectives: Students will increase their critical eyes through observing their films and taking notes. They will also work on their presentations skills.
Agenda:
Video Essays--in Folder. Want to show them to the class?
Start Presentations on Thursday--follow my guidelines
Start your paper
Pfouts' Guide to Better Presentations
Week of 10/31
Mindfulness
10/27-28
Agenda:
WeVideo, Youtube in MP4
Peer edit--you get credit for having someone read yours and give comments
Is your Folder up to date?
CYWTB?
Info Sheet
4 Warm-ups
Web Quest
Video Essay with Links
10/25
Agenda:
Where are we?
Next Step WeVideo, Youtube in MP4 and Video Collage
Grades by Thursday. Is your Folder up to date?
CYWTB?
Info Sheet
4 Warm-ups
Web Quest
Video Essay with Links
Peer Edit Thursday
WeVideo on Thursday--everybody do at least a test.
10/21-24
Sub Plans (Friday/Monday)
Finish Group Videos--tell a story, use B-roll/cutaway, add audio, everyone learn.
Write your Video Essay--find images, video, audio add links to your doc.
Complete the Webquest
Bring Headphones
If you finish, try WeVideo
Thurs 10/20
Content/Language Objectives: Students will continue progressing with their video skills, their understanding of what makes a documentary and their writing. We will also get clarity on the next two daze, so that they will be useful.
Agenda:
"What I believe but cannot Prove"
Go 'round
Is it in your folder?
10/20 Warm-up:
Defining a concept: like success, friendship, family, freedom
Watch some examples and critique
Sub Plans (Friday/Monday)
Finish Group Videos--tell a story, use B-roll/cutaway, add audio, everyone learn.
Write your Video Essay--find images, video, audio add links to your doc.
Bring Headphones
If you finish, try WeVideo
Tues 10/18
Content/Language Objectives: Students will continue their introduction to the class. They will listen and write for the LA part of class and work as a team for the video portion of the class.
"Cool Things"
Listen (Around 1:13)
Warm Up
Another explanation of Key Elements
iPad Tutorials Feeling good?
First Assignment--goals and explanation
Add your own interview questions
Interview your entire group--maybe others (quickly)
Rotate roles--Camera, Interviewer, Subject, B-Roll and Cutaway
Film by break--edit on Thursday
After Break:
Choose one from the sheet
Watch/Critique
Your Folder--which you get credit for--should now contain:
CYWTB? Sheet
Info Sheet
10/17 Warm Up
"Cool Things" Warm Up
Last Two Daze
Check your folder--check IC.
Exhibition Day? Video Essays or Final Projects (small room) Register Here
Finish Final Project
CSPAN
All make up work--Grades posted
CopyCat video if you're done
Week of 10/5
Content/Language Objectives: Students will go through the production process for their final documentaries and wrap up all other loose ends.
Things to cover:
Mockumentaries
Watch
Edits
Add History Channel Intro
Mockumentary Self Assessment
Write about your contributions...
to writing
to filming
to editing
and group dynamics
Write about final product
CSPAN contest--assignments page
everyone will write an essay/documentary introduction--something that could be read in under two minutes.
Go over the assignment?
put it in your Documentary Folder
Missing work?
Interview Help
Interview Tips & Tricks from Vimeo
Thurs-Fri 10/1-2
Content/Language Objectives: Students will look into the CSPAN contest and begin thinking about their final documentaries.
Agenda:
highlights--to do list
CSPAN contest--assignments page
everyone will write an essay/documentary introduction--something that could be read in under two minutes.
Final Project--be thinking
Missing Presentations
Interview Tips & Tricks
From Vimeo
Interview Help
An extensive guide with examples of how to frame your shots
More on prepping for an interview
Tues 9/29
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap up their mockumentaries, look into the CSPAN contest and begin thinking about their final documentaries.
Agenda:
Joel--8:45
Go through filming with him
set up lights and screen
Finish Mockumentary
Documentary Paper--in your folder
CSPAN contest--assignments page
everyone will write an essay/documentary introduction--something that could be read in under two minutes.
Final Project--be thinking
Missing Presentations?
Mon 9/28
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap up their mockumentaries, look into the CSPAN contest and begin thinking about their final documentaries.
Agenda:
CSPAN contest--assignments page
everyone will write an essay/documentary introduction--something that could be read in under two minutes.
Continue Mockumentary
Joel tomorrow--show me his script. We'll share them with him.
Documentary Paper due tomorrow--put it in your folder
Final Project--be thinking
Presentations?
Tues-Fri 9/22-25
Content/Language Objectives: Students will move to the next phases of the Documentary Study by presenting, taking notes on the presentations and starting their papers. They will also have time to continue with the Mockumentary.
Agenda:
Debrief Wed.
Footage for the intro
Presentations
Second half: work on script and storyboards
some criteria--staff time, manageability, variety
Film Friday/Monday? I'll ask Joel. (Monday)
Scroll down for script links
Paper due Tues
Monday 9/21
Mockumentary Groups
group up
find your script--see below
follow the steps
Get Documentary Study Presentations ready
have clips
presentations start Tuesday
Click the Core Value to go turn your script.
It’s about Teaching and Learning
Ty
Ateret
Micah
Ethan
Bella
Meadow
Bear
Gracie
Jose
Jesus
Denise
Katie
Cody
Eli Rogers
Logan
Haiden
Jay
Javi
Luis
Eli Gray
Spencer
Loraina
Max
Larkin
Friday 9/18
Content/Language Objectives: Students will continue their Documentary Studies and figure out which groups will produce the next mockumentaries.
Agenda:
Group/Topic selection
Footage for the intro
Doc. Study work time
Presentations
Monday Sub.
Group Pages
Camera Ideas--Planet Earth? Mike T has a drone in five days
Thurs 9/17
Content/Language Objectives: Students will roll into their Documentary Studies and figure out if our Respect Mockumentary is ready.
Camera Ideas--Planet Earth? Mike T has a drone in five days
Agenda:
Respect Mockumentary
Core Values Song
choose
watch
take notes
have clips to show
Different Core Value Scripts
Paper next week
(Monday sub--its own Day CSPAN prep)
Tuesday: presentations
CSPAN
Tues 9/15
Content/Language Objectives: Students will edit their parts of the Respect and get going on their Documentary Studies.
Agenda:
Respect Mockumentary
Groups edit your section
choose
watch
take notes
have clips to show
Thurs:
Different Core Value Scripts
Doc Study
Presentations Friday-Monday
My movies on presenting
Paper next week
Mon 9/14
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get rolling with our first mockumentary. We will also talk about the Documentary study.
Agenda:
Mindful Monday
Respect Mockumentary
Joel 8:45
Groups make it happen
Documentary Study
Thurs-Fri 9/10-11
Content/Language Objectives: Students will practice making introduction for Documentaries through their Video Essays. They will also gather web resources and mockumentaries.
Agenda:
Finish/watch video essays
Useful Links?
Review Elements of a Documentary
Watch Branded
Critique/Observe
Stuff back, updated grades
Breaking Down A Documentary
Why another list? Lots of different descriptions/terms.
Tues 9/8
Thurs-Fri 9/3-4
Content/Language Objectives: Students will practice making introduction for Documentaries through their Video Essays. They will also gather web resources and mockumentaries.
Agenda:
Stuff back, updated grades
Divide up computer time--make our video essays
Get work done when not editing
respect ideas
webquest--find useful links
Documentary Now--new show and example of Mockumentary
Tues 9/1
Content/Language Objectives: Students will begin their Video Essays and also look into web resources and mockumentaries.
Agenda:
Divide up/plan
Gather resources
How to make a Video Essay
Voice over first
Final Cut?
Other work: Mockumentaries
Past Examples of Community Gathering Videos
Write a Mockumetary Script
Community Gatherings
9/23 Respect--do this as a class?
10/21 Teaching and Learning
10/18 Support Each Other
12/9 Substance Free (skip?)
1/20 Keep It Clean
1/17 Have Fun together
3/2 Participate
WebQuest: find resources
Check out Links Page
Start a document in your folder: "Useful Links"
paste links with descriptions/explanations
Fri 8/28-Mon 8/31
Content/Language Objectives: Students will move into the first real unit--Video Essays--by watching, writing.
Agenda:
Warm-up
Super Size Me Intro
Read
Storyboard
Warm up
due Monday at break
after break--peer edit and links
do it on your own computer? reduces group sizes
paste links (images, youtube) into the Doc
Essay Warm up #3: Choose one
"The Three Things I could not Live Without"
"How to Waste Quality Class Time" (OR a How to...)
What would you say if you had the world's attention?
Compare & Contrast two things
Warm up #4
Make a list under each heading:
Things that need to change: (Around school, Boulder, Colorado, US, World, Life & Universe)
Things that should not change: (Around school, Boulder, Colorado, US, World, Life & Universe)
Things you can’t decide whether or not you like:
Philosophical Notions that intrigue you:
Questions that puzzle you
Video Essay Warm-ups Page
Thurs 8/27
Content/Language Objectives: Students will move into the first real unit--Video Essays--by watching, storyboarding and writing.
Agenda:
Video Essays--first unit
Examples
Storyboards
try one
watch them
Writing Prompts
some readings
some warm-ups
review the writing process
Tues 8/24
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap up their first documentary and critique them.
Agenda:
Finish Documentaries--have all the elements, tell the story
Watch them--critique
Storyboards
Thurs: Mini-Essays
Friday 8/21
(10:40-11:25)
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get an introduction to the class and get going with their first documentary.
Agenda:
Attendance and Info Sheet
Partners: discuss interests
Breaking Down A Documentary
An example:
How flipped applies to us
The kinds of sites and resources we'll for
http://www.nfsa.gov.au/digitallearning/diydoco/default.htm (from Austrailia)
Another explanation of Key Elements
Why another list? Lots of different descriptions/terms.
Some other examples & Critiques
Intro to iPads
First Assignment--goals and explanation
Your interviews questions
Groups Monday
Mon.
CSPAN Essays
30 Days
Mockumentaries
Thurs-Fri 11/13-14
Content/Language Objectives: Students will begin their CSPAN intro essays.
Agenda:
CSPAN Go 'Round
Peer Edit--Choose Groups
Start planning introduction video
Cyber Seniors Life Reviews
Jeffery explain
Local Version of a trailer
Circle of Care
Writing Site
Two quizzes with a partner
Proofread your Doc. Study Paper--turn it in
Fri-Mon 11/7-10
Content/Language Objectives: Students will Dig in to the CSPAN unit and current events. They will begin their CSPAN intro essays.
Agenda:
Let's watch more video essays
CSPAN Assignment
9-11 explain to Seniors
Documentary Study Paper due Monday
Work time
watch
write
plan
check out the CSPAN website
lots of good advice
Thurs: CSPAN Essay Due, Choose groups, Storyboard & Plan
Thurs:
CSPAN Intro
CMAS (seniors)
Mon-Tues 11/2-3
Content/Language Objectives: Students will wrap up the Video Essay Unit and move into the Documentary Study paper unit through watching videos.
Agenda:
Let's watch some clips
take notes
get going on your paper
Watch some Video Essays
I need the rest of them
Thursday: CSPAN Topic generator.
Fri. CSPAN
Mon. Documentary Paper Due
Tues-Fri 10/28-31
Content/Language Objectives: Students will begin a new unit which involves creating a Video Essay and completing a documentary study.
Agenda:
Turn in your essay
Figuring out Video Essays
groups
Youtube in MP4
Google Images
Director/Genre/Theme Study.
Thursday and Friday: Keep going on both projects
Friday: grade check
Three Places to look for Documentaries:
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/watch-online/
http://documentary.net/browse-documentaries/
http://documentaryheaven.com/?s=filmmaking
Mon 10/27
Content/Language Objectives: Students will work on active writing and apply the lesson to their peer edits. They will learn how to create storyboards for their upcoming video essays.
Agenda:
Let's Make an Active Sentence
Sentence Quiz
Peer Edit
Storyboarding
Video Collage Assignment
groups
logistics
Director/Theme Study
Homework: Revise your Essay. Turn it in tomorrow.
Fri 10/24
More warm ups (3 & 4)
Watch First Doc's in between
Storyboarding
Some Examples
it can be read in under two minutes
Other possible Warm-ups & Ideas
options
or get going on your favorite so far
Peer Edit on Monday (More Examples?)
Next Week: First Essay Script, Director Study and Video Essay
Warm up #3: Choose one
What does it take to get to the top?
I’ve always wanted to go to ____________ because
Warm up #4: Choose one
What Motivates You?
What drives us to keep going?
Thurs 10/23
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get up to speed with iPads, iMacs and the basics of Documentaries--through completing their first movie project
Agenda:
I want the First Doc to have an introduction not just interviews. Also have
Text/Titles
Transitions
Audio
Documentary style
Helpful tools
Help menu
Exploring tools, options and features
After break: Writing warm-ups
First Essay Warm up: Choose one
"The Three Things I could not Live Without"
"How to Waste Quality Class Time" (OR a How to...)
Compare & Contrast two things
Warm up #2
Make a list under each heading:
Things that need to change: (Around school, Boulder, Colorado, US, World, Life & Universe)
Things that should not change: (Around school, Boulder, Colorado, US, World, Life & Universe)
Things you can’t decide whether or not you like:
Philosophical Notions that intrigue you:
Questions that puzzle you:
Things I believe but cannot prove
Choose one or some of the topics--and spill out your thoughts on them.
Tues-Thurs 10/21-23
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get up to speed with iPads, iMacs and the basics of Documentaries--through completing their first movie project
Agenda:
Syllabus
Finish filming
Send to Camera Roll
iPads as cameras
Learning iMovie
Tutorial
Exporting
Norms and expectations around video
tripods
other classrooms
hallways
tell me where you are
treat it like it's yours
Thursday: Video Essays--what do you have to say
warm-ups in notebook
Mon 10/20
Content/Language Objectives: Students will get an introduction to the class and get going with their first documentary.
Agenda:
Attendance and Info Sheet
Partners: discuss interests
Last Years' Ex Day Video
Breaking Down A Documentary
Some examples
First Assignment--goals and explanation
Your writing questions
Groups tomorrow
First Assignment
Thurs. 12/19:
Watch Final Documentaries
Critiques and feedback
What clips should they show?
Small room groups--in big room too?
Writing Agenda Review
Verb Hangman
Ex Day--are you in the video? Set with clips?
Mon-Tues 12/16:
Exhibition Day Plans
Give me projects choose clips--one min of your best stuff.
Exhibition Day Footage
Thursday: Verb Hangman--get me videos. CYWTB? Review--what we know.
Watch Final Docs. Critiques and feedback. Self Assess in Groups. Final Ex Day Stuff. Letter to Pfouts.
Tues-Thurs 12/10-12:
Check-in on missing work
People who are behind have to write on netbooks
My Movie for Cohort--on iPads
Continue Final Documentaries
Exhibition Day Ideas
Thurs-Fri 12/2:
Content/Language Objectives: Students will progress towards Final Documentary by composing their introductions and formulating a plan
Agenda:
Work on final projects
Write Introduction
Write interview questions
Write out what you envision and pitch it to me
Plan/schedule interviews
Find B-roll and Collage footage
When you got nothing to do:
Think about Mockumentary Possibilities also Exhibition Day
Mon-Tues 12/2:
Content/Language Objectives: Students will watch their CSPAN intros and begin the process of making their Final Documentaries.
Agenda:
Let's watch CSPAN
Review To Do List
Dream Bibliography?
Final Project Handout
Next Steps
Pre-writing
Talk to people about what's interesting to you
End of Class Mon: Groups and possible topics
Check out Desktop Documentaries Webpage
What Advice/Pages seem valuable?
Research
Write First Draft of Introduction
Write interview questions
Conduct Interviews
See what your story is
Tell it
Revise, Edit, weave together your footage
An Essay to Congress
One Minute Intro
One Minute of (3?) Interviews woven together
We will watch/critique after T-Giv then start our Final Documentaries
Thurs-Fri 11/21-22:
Content/Language Objectives: Students will continue working on their our CSPAN Documentaries. They will spend the next two days, gathering collage resources for their intros and conducting sample interviews.
Agenda:
Show me your intro essay and resources
Create your introduction
Film at least three short interviews
weave them together as an example of how you might proceed (if you continue)
Some events around Marriage Equality
One Colorado Marriage Town Hall this Thursday, the 21st, at 6:00 pm at the Boulder Public Library Auditorium
KGNU on Monday,November 25,6:30pm when Pat Steadman and Jodi Martin will discuss issues surrounding marriage equality/status of marriage in Colorado.
To Be
is am are
was were
be been being
Fri-Mon 11/15-18:
Content/Language Objectives: Students will explore some of my writing agenda and one proofreading trick. We will start our CSPAN Documentaries.
Agenda:
Let's Make an Active Sentence
First Word Scan
Proofread your paper & turn it in
Set up Monday using your time
CSPAN Contest
Links page--Congressional Issues
Help me plan an Interest Group
Write interview questions
30 Days or IX for IX
Mon: Write an intro and find images and video to go with it
Tues: find CSPAN links & put them on your Doc
Thurs: Draft of an Intro Collage/Essays and Practice Interviews
Fri: Mockumentaries (writing)
Thurs 11/14
Agenda:
Finish Watching Clips
Work on your paper--due Friday
Fri 11/8-Tues 11/12
Thurs-Mon 10/31-11/4
Content/Language Objectives: Students will continue the first mini--essay and video collage.
Turn in warm ups from Tues (One of the four and "Cool Things")
Peer Edit our Essays (due Thurs at 9:30)
Super Size Me intro as pro example
storyboard/watch
Thurs after break revise and find links put them in your Doc
Friday: turn in essays, decide groups and begin compiling resources
How many groups? Final Cut? Your own computers?
Monday finish Video Essays
Talk: Things I believe to be true
10/29 Warm up--Choose one of the following
What Motivates You?
What Drives us to keep going?
What does it take to get to the top?
I’ve always wanted to go to ____________ because
Some examples and storyboard
Warm up--Cool Things
review what you were interested in