Tag Archives: obituary diorama

4/8/2016

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So I normally don’t give you guys a major writing project two weeks in a row, but when I polled you guys, you all pretty said that you’d rather work harder NOW rather than try to do a major writing grade close to the picnic, graduation, and/or clap out, so here we go!

I showed you guys the instructions on how to create the Obituary Diorama (instructions are also in Blackboard). Drop this off and make it pretty – I’ll print this in color for you! 🙂

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We started watching the move The Bucket List – this is what our next essay will be over, so please make sure you are watching. Note that I’m not giving you guys any questions – I’d rather you WATCH the movie and focus on the story rather than answering busy work.

Please don’t talk through the movie – that is the worst thing in the world ever. EVER. 😉

2/2/2015 – B

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I have never had an entire class turn all of their obituaries in at the same time. Wow. I’m really impressed. 🙂

When doing the Tagexdo, make sure that you follow these instructions word for word, otherwise it you won’t be able to see the text. Also, I don’t want JUST the image – I want the FOLDABLE.

First, go to Tagxedo and click create.

diorama1

Before you do anything else, click Fonts.

Diorama Step 2

From Fonts, Click USE LOCAL FONTS.

Diorama Step 3

It should look something like this if you have done it correctly:

Diorama Step 4

Exit out by hitting the X in the top right hand corner. You are now ready to add text.

Add text by hitting LOAD and then copying and pasting your ENTIRE obituary in the “Enter Text” location.

Diorama Step 5

It will look really short. As long as you copied/pasted your entire text, it will be there. It’s just spread out horizontally. Make sure when you are done that you hit SUBMIT.

Diorama Step 6

COLOR: This changes colors in your palette. If you don’t want all BLUES, then you’ll need to click on THEME.

THEME: This changes the theme of your colors. If you want, you can even create your own theme.

FONT: You can respin your fonts to find fonts that you like.

ORIENTATION and LAYOUT: This changes how the words appear on your word cloud.

ALL: This randomized all of those options.

SHAPE: This is where you can change the shape.

So this is what I made mine to look like:

Riley

Save as a 16 MP.

Then, download the Diorama template in the Obituary folder. Put your picture in the top section, and then answer the three questions in the bottom section. Make sure your name is on it, and make it pretty.

Do not just turn the image in – I want the FOLDABLE.

I will print these in color for you. :)

This is how you cute and fold:

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Then, we did a shortened version of the Carpe Diem Analysis. You can find this in Carpe Diem: Seize the Day: Carpe Diem Analysis. You only have to do two: Hay for the Horses and another one (poem or song) of your choice. Make sure you answer the two questions on the last slide. If you do more, you’ll get extra points. If you are shooting for the A, do more work! Earn it, baby!

carpe 2

Remember, your answers should look similar to my model.

4/8/2014

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Pretty easy day today. We are just finishing up the Obituary and doing the Obituary Timeline.

When doing the Tagexdo, make sure that you follow these instructions word for word, otherwise it you won’t be able to see the text. Also, I don’t want JUST the image – I want the FOLDABLE.

First, go to Tagxedo and click create.

diorama1Before you do anything else, click Fonts.

Diorama Step 2From Fonts, Click USE LOCAL FONTS.

Diorama Step 3It should look something like this if you have done it correctly:

Diorama Step 4Exit out by hitting the X in the top right hand corner. You are now ready to add text.

Add text by hitting LOAD and then copying and pasting your ENTIRE obituary in the “Enter Text” location.

Diorama Step 5It will look really short. As long as you copied/pasted your entire text, it will be there. It’s just spread out horizontally. Make sure when you are done that you hit SUBMIT.

Diorama Step 6COLOR: This changes colors in your palette. If you don’t want all BLUES, then you’ll need to click on THEME.

THEME: This changes the theme of your colors. If you want, you can even create your own theme.

FONT: You can respin your fonts to find fonts that you like.

ORIENTATION and LAYOUT: This changes how the words appear on your word cloud.

ALL: This randomized all of those options.

SHAPE: This is where you can change the shape.

So this is what I made mine to look like:

Riley

Save as a 16 MP.

Then, download the Diorama template in the Obituary folder. Put your picture in the top section, and then answer the three questions in the bottom section. Make sure your name is on it, and make it pretty.

I will print these in color for you. :)

This is how you cute and fold:

20140408_091001[1]

11/12/13

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We are officially back in the classroom and starting a new unit today: Othello! In the Othello folder, please print the list of Othello words to One Note. These are all words that are used to describe the main character Othello. Your task: categorize them by POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, of NEUTRAL.

  • If the word is positive, highlight it PINK.
  • If the word is negative, highlight it BLUE.
  • If the word is neutral, highlight it YELLOW.

If you don’t know what a word means, LOOK IT UP. You have the computer right there – it takes maybe seven seconds to do so.

Afterwards, on a Post-It, write a 1-2 sentence prediction over what you think the character Othello will be like BASED on the words on the list!

A lot of those words were stereotypes and racist comments regarding a black man in Shakespeare’s day, and it was a great segue to talking about Italian stereotypes in Jersey Shore.

We watched the trailer for Season 4 and then got with a partner. Each team or group was given a different article to read about Jersey Shore. After you and your partner read the article, answer the following questions:

Jersey ShoreDo this on a separate sheet of paper and turn in with ALL names.

Lastly, you had time to work on the Obituary Diorama Foldable that we talked about last Friday. You can find the instructions here and the word cloud website here.

We start reading Othello tomorrow, so make sure that you keep up with all majors – you don’t want to go on Thanksgiving Break with ZEROS!