Welcome to the year 2013!  This week we will be undergoing our language arts benchmarking assessments using Fountas and Pennell to so how far we have progressed since September.  I am predicting some pretty amazing results.  We have been working very hard all fall and now it is time to see how well it has payed off.  Just before break, my kids created end of novel projects.  Below are just a few of them.  Unfortunately, the two groups who opted to write and act out plays, when recorded the audio did not come through well. 🙁 .  The options for this project were to create a movie trailer using iMovie for their novel, choose a song and create a music video that best represented their novel, write and act out a play, use extranormal to create an animated scene, or create a movie poster that would persuade people to read their book.  No surprise to me, my little tech savvy friends chose mostly high tech options.  Enjoy their work below!

Ruby and the Booker Boys- music video featuring the song, “Here Comes the Sun” which the group felt best represented Ruby’s personality

Out of Darkness the Story of Louis Braille- music video featuring the song, “Firework” which the group felt best represented Louis Braille’s spirit of determination

A Mouse Called Wolf- movie trailer