Short Stories: Nov. 2 - 6

***Short story questions in complete error-free sentences DUE FRI. Nov. 6
Term 1 ends on Nov. 10th.

Fri. Nov. 6
- In computer lab 219
- Complete term one assignments (Term ends Nov. 10th)
- Write your cartoon short story (Due Fri. Nov. 13).

Thurs. Nov. 5
- Presentations
-Review Short Story questions (DUE Friday, Nov. 6)
-Review quotation mark rules (edit cartoon story dialogue)
-Documentary: Animation Nation describes how the British government used the cartoon short story genre as a propaganda method.

Tues. Nov. 3 - Wed. Nov. 4
- continue writing your cartoon short story according to the instructions below.
- if finished, work on online grammar tutorials.

Mon. Nov. 2

-We'll continue presentations later this week
-continue short story cartoon captioning assignment
-As I'm away, just select your cartoon using the instructions below. Don't worry about uploading or posting the cartoon on DotSub.com today. Just view your cartoon and start writing your short story and dialogue ideas for the cartoon on an OpenOffice document (save it). I'll show you how to upload and caption the project when I get back.

In the computer lab:
-Select a public domain silent cartoon (approx. 3 to 8 min. long) to caption as a short story. -Preview cartoons at these Archive.org links: Felix cartoons - Classic cartoons
- When you've found a cartoon for your project, bookmark the URL.
- Then upload the video to your computer desktop (right click on the ogg video file, then click "save link as." Select "desktop.")
- Register an account at DotSub.com
- Then "post a new video" and upload your saved cartoon video for captioning.
- sample