http://epencil.edublogs.org The Sixth Grade Writing Workshop Weblog Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:36:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A little look at some of the Imaginary Land Travel Brochures: http://epencil.edublogs.org/2009/12/02/traveling-your-imaginary-lands/ This is an example of an ongoing story project called The Exquisite Corpse Adventure, in which a new author is writing a new chapter to a strange story every two weeks for an entire year. We've been using the story for writing inspiration and this week, we used a site ... http://epencil.edublogs.org/2009/11/30/our-exquisite-corpse-storythread/ http://epencil.edublogs.org/2009/11/25/the-gods-and-goddesses-of-sixth-grade/ dark and stormy.... by zoei | Create your own Cartoon at tiger.toondoospaces.com dark and stormy nite... by alexish | Create your own Cartoon at tiger.toondoospaces.com a dark and stormy night by maitrid | Create your own Cartoon at tiger.toondoospaces.com by danielleb | Create your own Cartoon at tiger.toondoospaces.com by erikar | Create your own ... http://epencil.edublogs.org/2009/10/30/some-dark-and-stormy-comics/ http://epencil.edublogs.org/2009/10/30/monster-exchange-2009/ Today, we're going to be using our Tiger Webcomic Site to create a comic version of your Dark and Stormy Night stories. Try to use the visual elements of the site to add a spooky quality to your writing. Be descriptive! And scary! Here is mine: A Dark and Stormy Night by ... http://epencil.edublogs.org/2009/10/23/the-dark-and-stormy-night-comic-book/ Here is a video I made from the giant Comic for National Day on Writing: http://epencil.edublogs.org/2009/10/23/national-day-on-writing/ Our Webcomic site is a closed site, open only to the sixth grade. To get there, follow this link: http://tiger.toondoospaces.com/Home.toon (or click on the comic above -- the little blue alien will take you there) Mr H. will them explain how you can log in, change your password and get started ... http://epencil.edublogs.org/2009/10/14/our-tiger-toondoo-comic-site/ Students took lines from their Biopoem Projects and created a collaborative class Biopoem Podcast. We created the podcast using an online site called Myna, which is part of a suite of applications from Aviary. Take a listen: First period writing class Biopoem Second period writing class Biopoem Third period writing class Biopoem Fourth period writing ... http://epencil.edublogs.org/2009/10/06/collective-class-biopoems/ Remember the photographer on the rocks as we hit the Zoar Gap? He has pictures for sale, if you are interested. You can view our school pictures here http://epencil.edublogs.org/2009/10/04/the-zoar-outdoor-photos/