Coleman's Camp: scripting

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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Pirates!

Using Spanish Language book to create new Narratives in small groups, then "reading" the invented story to the "class"

Coleman's Camp, 6th week: TUESDAY

Group bonding and sharing time
"Walking Adventure" - going as a group out into neighboring shops, scouting for supplies and location for our activity this week
Problem solving and creation of water-gun based games to battle the intense heat and humidity
Participation in contests of skill involving water, including accuracy, distance, height, and challenge activities!
Working through following directions and sportsmanship guidelines, even in an old-school water-gun battle

Coleman's Camp, 6th week: THURSDAY

Group bonding and sharing time
Continuing to create script for song, including characters, actions, plot, perspective, and story arc of beginning, middle, and end
Filming scenes of the story, including changes in performances and improvisation

Coleman's Camp Studio, 6th week: SATURDAY

Group bonding and sharing time
All kids join together to make a Toontastic video
Discussion and exploration of moving away from stories based on fighting and working towards a more complex and interesting story line
Scripting new story with multiple locations and on-going introduction of characters in time-travel story

Coleman's Camp, 5th week: TUESDAY (no THURSDAY due to 4th of July)

Coleman's Camp Studio, 5th week: SATURDAY

Coleman's Camp, 4th week: TUESDAY AND THURSDAY

Group bonding and sharing time
Watching several versions of videos set to the same music to explore how images affect the music
Selecting and listening to several popular songs and student favorites to identify songs with a narrative
Reading and analyzing lyrics of song we will use for our video
Creating script for the song, including characters, actions, plot, perspective, and story arc of beginning, middle and end
Filming scenes of the story, including changes in performances and improvisation

Coleman's Camp Studio, 4th week: SATURDAY

Continuing work on group projects
Learning to have times of reevaluating projects to determine if our work is making progress but also being okay with changing all or part of project we feel have lost momentum
Collaborating and recording a video on Toontastic
Creating 3D paper projects

NOTE - This is a raw video, the final will have many other scenes edited in to the music from "Snoopy versus the Red Baron" (cartoon version here)

Coleman's Camp, 2nd Week: TUESDAY

Creating Cubic Meter structure in teams with meter sticks and duct tape
Problem Solving construction issues of tape and support
Devising Obstacle Course for teammates to traverse while dealing with certain limitations, such as eyes closed, no verbal communication, or understanding hand gestures for navigation

Coleman's Camp, 2nd Week: THURSDAY

Students Challenged to slow the fall of a toy by creating paper cones and slides
Problem Solving construction, support, and function
Observing characteristics of objects
Selection of various objects sharing several characteristics
Game of using object characteristics to guide other students towards one object

Coleman's Camp Studio, 2nd Week: SATURDAY

Three groups working on projects
Students helping other groups when needing a break from their group or simply interested in the work of other groups
Revising supply lists
Making progress on projects, including scripts, characters, props, and creative solutions to challenges faced during the creative process
Wiring electrical circuits for use by one group