Learning Plan
Day 1
Goals:
Introduce Understanding Goal and Essential Question
Brainstorm local words the class already knows and would like to know.
Post overall understanding goal and essential question:
Understanding Goal: Students will understand that language serves to pass on the knowledge and traditions of the culture.
Essential Question: How can linguistic knowledge be represented through art?
Show the video below to introduce the idea of language and cultural knowledge.
Discuss : Why is it important for the local language to survive?
Brainstorm list of local words the class knows (save this list!)
Brainstorm list of local words the class would like to know (save this list!)
Use the video below as an example of what the students will create during this unit. It's not a perfect example, but it may spark some ideas.
Ryan and Alaina.movDay 2
Goals:
Assign local vocabulary to groups for inclusion in their videos
Identify appropriate interview procedures
Conduct a mock interview in front of the class
Divide class into groups.
Divide up vocabulary (consider doing it by theme: numbers, animals, hunting words, food, classroom words, etc.) among the groups. These are the words they will make their movies about.
Create a class set of interview procedures. For inspiration, see these sources:
Conduct a mock interview as a model for the class.
Day 3
Goal: Conduct interviews in homes or in the classroom with invited Elders/language experts.
Day 4
Goals:
Introduce students to Rule of Thirds, Lighting, and Types of Shots
Students will complete Color, Symbol, Image routine for each local word they will be including in their video.
Introduction to Rule of Thirds, Lighting, and Types of Shots:
Visual Thinking Routine: Color, Symbol, Image (click on the link for the instructions).
groups complete the routine for each word they will include in their videos
click on the image to the right for a downloadable pdf Color, Symbol, Image Worksheet
Color Symbol Image.pdfDay 5
Goals:
Students will create a storyboard outlining their movie.
Students will be able to critique each group's storyboard using kind, specific and helpful feedback.
Display and analyze model storyboard (originally from Joe Lambert's Digital Storytellying):
DigitalStorytelling_Storyboard.2.pdfClick the image below for a downloadable pdf of a blank storyboard worksheet designed by Joe Lambert (also available here).
Students brainstorm and storyboard their movies using the information they gathered in the interviews.
Group Critique: Praise, Question, Polish
students display their storyboards
on the board, on the wall, spread out on tables- whatever works for your classroom!
students rotate between the storyboards and fill out a Praise, Question, Polish form for each storyboard, using the Prompts as a guide
students can be assigned a rotation or randomly choose which storyboards to look at- whatever works for your classroom!
Praise, Question, Polish Handout.pdfPraise, Question, Polish Prompts.pdfStudent Self-Reflection
Students review the Praise, Question, Polish forms that were filled out about their storyboards
Students reflect on the feedback using the reflection form below
Storyboard Reflections.pdfStudents revise their storyboards based on their reflections and the group critique.
Day 6
Goal: Capture footage as groups.
Day 7
Goal: Students will import footage and begin editing.
Demonstration-Lecture: basics of I-movie
importing footage
trim excess footage
If the above tutorials don't work for your specific software, try doing a google or YouTube search using the name and version of your software
example search terms: tutorial import footage imovie 13
Work time for students to import footage and begin editing.
Day 8
Goal: Students will add transitions, adjust audio, and add titles to their videos.
Demonstration-Lecture: More I-movie basics
add transitions
adjust audio
titles
If the above tutorials don't work for your specific software, try doing a google or YouTube search using the name and version of your software
example search terms: tutorial adjust audio imovie 12
Work time for students to continue editing.
Day 9
Goals:
Students will provide kind, helpful, and specific feedback to each other in a group critique
Students will reflect on the feedback
Group Critique: Film Festival with Praise, Question, Polish
student groups share their in-progress videos with the class
students fill out a Praise, Question, Polish form for each video, using the Prompts as a guide
Praise, Question, Polish Handout.pdfPraise, Question, Polish Prompts.pdfStudent Self-Reflection
Students review the Praise, Question, Polish forms that were filled out about their videos
Students reflect on the feedback using the reflection form below
Film Festival Reflections.pdfDay 10
Goal: Students will complete and share their finished videos!
Final Editing session.
Instruct students how to export their videos as they finish editing.
If the above tutorial doesn't work for your specific software, try doing a google or YouTube search using the name and version of your software
example search terms: tutorial export imovie 10
Share them any way that makes sense to your school!!!
YouTube channel
local scanner channel
DVDs