We are all enamored by the How It Should Have Ended videos on youtube. This idea sparked the cumulative project for the novel by Blaine Ray, Pobre Ana. Students have read the novel this quarter while learning grammatical structures, vocabulary, and cultural topics. Their final project was to create an alternative ending, while maintaining the integrity of the novel's storyline and using the structures from the story.
The students could work solo or with a partner, using voicethread, makebeliefscomix, iMovie, blabberize, bitstrips, storyboardthat, etc. They were only limited by their creativity beyond these requirements. Students started exploring various suggested websites, setting up accounts, and writing their script.
Students then produced their movies and they are published here:
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