ELA-Photo+essay+project

= = = = =__ Welcome to Room 103's Photo-essay __= = = =__ Photography __= = Here is a great PowerPoint on how to take better pictures: = =  = = Here is a cloze activity that follows the PowerPoint: = = =

Check out the link to Kodak. There are some useful tips that canhelp you depending on the subject of your project! :) []

=__ Photo-editing __= = I LOVE LOVE LOVE the site = [] = = = Students can edit (crop, rotate, red-eye reduction, sharpen, lighten/darken, fix colour, etc.) and add effects, borders, shapes, speech bubbles, text as well as using the cloning feature to delete unwanted objects. Some of my favourite things to do on picnik are to change to sepia/black and white, add words (ie. sisters/happiness) and add symbols to the pictures. = = Some great advice: Remember that the editing to a photo be made at 80% to ensure it is not cut off during the printing process! =

__ Paragraphing __ One of the skills that is taught in the Photo-essay project is how to write a well-developed paragraph. Students will be evaluated on paragraphing skills on both the biography and the introductions.

This is the best step-by-step instructions on how to write a well-developed paragraph that I have come across.

Start here: [|How to write a paragraph]

Here is a short PowerPoint that reviews paragraphing and most specifically topic sentences. [|Paragraphing Powerpoint]

Here is a wonderful website to review paragraphing. [|Paragraph review]

Here is another fabulous website that offers some suggestions on transition words. [|Timely transitions]

Practice writing paragraphs here at Paragraph Punch. Use the free demonstration of this paid site. Click on the link and then list on Start Writing Now on the left menu board. Then just follow the instructions as Paragraph Punch walks you through writing an awesome paragraph! [|Paragraph Punch]

Play and learn at the same time - play this paragraphing game. [|Paragraph game]

__Biography __

[] Here are many famous biographies to see how they are written and what type of information is shared. [] 

  __Captions__ Click here to learn more about captions.

[|Caption game]

__ Introduction __ Click here to learn how to write an introduction.