Here is a slideshow of our images - set to some scary dinosaur music using my favourite slideshow app- Photopeach.
Here are some of the short stories inspired by the dinosaur images...
My favourite dino is the velociraptor. They are big and ferocious. They are meat eaters and have sharp teeth.
The famous dinosaur hunter got a phone call in 1914 about a triceratops in the Chinese jungle so he went out in his camouflage truck and began his search. Four hours later he began to hear a loud roar so he was close to it. He was actually scared.
1982. Me and my two brothers were out hunting in the jungle. We had just caught a 150 pound boar. It attracted a pack of velociraptors. Me and my brothers were fighting for our lives. One survived the fight but my brothers were killed by the vicious velociraptor so I fought that last one with my bare hands and killed it. "That's for my brothers. You beast!!!"
This was a great last day of the term activity and I really would have liked to have spent more time talking about how to compose the snapshots to make them look realistic. Forty minutes seems long enough but by the time we round up the forgetters, sort their flat iPads, set up the lesson, compose the images and do some writing the time is all gone. I am wondering if we need longer next term.
My favourite dino is the velociraptor. They are big and ferocious. They are meat eaters and have sharp teeth.
The famous dinosaur hunter got a phone call in 1914 about a triceratops in the Chinese jungle so he went out in his camouflage truck and began his search. Four hours later he began to hear a loud roar so he was close to it. He was actually scared.
1982. Me and my two brothers were out hunting in the jungle. We had just caught a 150 pound boar. It attracted a pack of velociraptors. Me and my brothers were fighting for our lives. One survived the fight but my brothers were killed by the vicious velociraptor so I fought that last one with my bare hands and killed it. "That's for my brothers. You beast!!!"
This was a great last day of the term activity and I really would have liked to have spent more time talking about how to compose the snapshots to make them look realistic. Forty minutes seems long enough but by the time we round up the forgetters, sort their flat iPads, set up the lesson, compose the images and do some writing the time is all gone. I am wondering if we need longer next term.
I gave the boys a short survey for the end of term which took time in this session too. I asked the boys what they learnt about learning this term. I was impressed with some of their answers. If they really did learn never to give up then that was the best thing!!!
What have you learnt about learning this term?
- writing faster
- writing about ourselves,
- how to use apps
- sharing things
- never give up
- to have fun
- write with describing words
I also asked what they might change next term. Apart from one who wanted hamburgers instead of Subway lunches here are some other suggestions...
What would you change for next term?
- more games
- more hunting and fishing stories
- more people
- sharing more
- happy- I would change nothing!
- once finished you get free time on the iPad
- write longer stories on the laptops too
- to make a movie on the iPad
I was unhappy to note that when I asked who they had shared their learning with most just said me, a couple said their parents and a couple said their peers.
Next term I want to really push getting that authentic audience- to let the boys know that people a re reading their writing.
