Monday, November 24, 2014

Il Giorno del ringraziamento

Buon giorno del ringraziamento!

When you have completed your poem (slide by slide and one pager), your voiceover, your invitation to poetry reading and emailed it all to me, you may do the worksheet on thanksgiving. Use google translate to find the thanksgiving words. Then, on the tacchino on the back, write "sono grato per..." Then on each feather write (in Italian) something you are grateful for.

Friday, November 21, 2014

Extra credit

https://m.youtube.com/results?q=piu%20belle%20canzoni%20italaine

When you have finished all aspects of the poem, go to the above link and listen to some of the songs that one person has dubbed le piu'' belle canzoni italiane. Leave a comment on the blog saying the name of song, the artist, and your opinion of the song with a rating from 1-10. I will give you 2 extra credit points for each song you review.

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Poemi: Chi sono io?

Friday- final day in computer lab to complete your poem-

1)complete PowerPoint with images.

2) record narration of yourself reading poem

3) email poem to me: gorham1314@gmail.com

4) create an invite to the poetry reading and email it to a family member or teacher

Instructions from yesterday are below .......

Today we are going to be putting our "io sono" poems into powerpoint.  I made a sample below, but yours will have a voice over!

https://docs.google.com/a/bostonpublicschools.org/presentation/d/1Sid3tZMIZTx1L-28nmKhd0641c_yv7z-ENl1oppqzZ8/edit#slide=id.p

Your powerpoint should include your poem, one line at a time, with an image and your voice reading the text in Italian.  The final slide of your poem should be the entire poem written out with all of the images together.  This slide I will print to hang in the classroom. You do not need to record yourself reading the final slide.

See the video below for help with powerpoint basics.
powerpoint tutorial 2013 basics

To add a voice over, go to "Insert" and "record narration".  Be sure to check "link narrations" box. It will be embedded in your powerpoint.

Now set timings so that the powerpoint will run automatically.   Go to "slideshow" on the top bar, then to "record slideshow".

Good luck! And if you have any issues, many of your fellow students are experts and can help, or you can call me over!

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When you are finished, use power point to create an email invitation in Italian and English - send it to a family member or teacher who might want to attend our Poetry Reading!  CC: me on your invite so I can give you credit for sending it out.   Include this important information:

Che (What):  Un Giorno di Poesie Italiane!

Quando( When) e dove: martedi' 25 novembre
periodo 2: 8:40 -9:20 (303)
periodo 3: 9:40-10:20 (155)
periodo 6: 1:05 - 1:45 (303)

Chi: La famiglia e i professori!















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If you have good technology at home, try to see if you can do a Prezi there - otherwise I'm hopint to teach you with some more updated school technology in December or January.

I made one last night - it took me a few minutes to get used to it, but it was pretty quick and easy once I got the hang of it!  Here's my sample...

http://prezi.com/44ohtocnbgik/edit/#9_86744192

Now it's your turn!  Follow the steps below if your'e a first-timer.  If you know how to use Prezi already, go ahead and get started on your home - and please help out classmates near you who are having trouble!

Go to: https://prezi.com/

Click on "Get Started"

Then click "Use Prezi for Free" option.

Create a "free public account" by typing in your name, email and password.

Once you are in, create a new Prezi.  You may choose a template, or create a blank Prezi - the format is circles.

Add your poem by typing one line into each circle.  Go to "insert" to add pictures or video."

Adding your voice over is a little more complicated - you will need to open a new application on this computer, such as Quick Time or Audacity.  Create a new "audio track" - one track for each line of the poem.  After your track is created, go to "insert"

Here's an online tutorial if you're having trouble getting started!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccaI7J8ohr8

Or if you need help with the voiceovers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNgWlMbczqY

Call me over, or one of your expert classmates for help!

Good luck!  In bocca al lupo!