In the Scene

Today I was using KidPix to make scenes for my story. First I chose my background if I needed it. For my first scene I didn't because it was just a house which I easily drew. My second scene definitely needed a background. But, instead of clicking on a colorful background I chose one that I could color in and put animations in. Animations are little pictures that are doing different things all the time unlike a normal picture which just stays still. My third scene was Mixhole beach. I clicked on a beach background and put big black holes in the water and sand to make them look like Mixholes. I haven't quite finished my slideshow but I hope to soon!

KidPix...

...KidPix is so awesome! Now that I've learnt how to use it, I want to use KidPix instead of Garageband! I pretty much spent all our Talent Development on it making cool slideshows! I made one to do with my story and now I'm working on a spooky one. I would rather use KidPix than Garageband because KidPix is much simpler and way more easier for kids. You can draw, type, and even say your text in funny voices.
I hope I can use it again next week.

Hi Anna.
Well done on a great session of writing on Wednesday.  It is great to see you so engrossed in your writing. Each session, you are managing to add more and more detail.  It was great to see you "light bulb" moment when you thought of the twist that you could add to your story!  You were very focussed during the demonstration of Garageband, and you ask useful questions to further your understanding.  Keep up the great work Anna.
Katie.

Garage Band Newbies

Have you ever used Garageband before? We learnt how to for Talent Development today. Katie made an example using the story of the Three Little Pigs. We learnt how to put in music and funny sound affects into the story. The funniest bit would have definitely been the different voices! For the pigs Katie used Helium Breath which of course, was a high, squeaky voice. For the gruff wolf Katie used Deeper Vocals.
When the pigs' mother kicked them out of the house Katie used a sound effect which sounded like a barn door opening then closing. It was really fun and I am hoping that next week I will be able to try it out myself!

Talent Development

Talent, Talent, Talent Development! Today we were still writing our stories but, we were improving them much more. Before we started to write today Katie showed us and interview with Roald Dahl. You know how he wrote about that Giant Peach? He actually got that idea from his own apple tree! We also got a sheet that had loads of stuff on it that you needed to have in your narrative story such as Word Pictures and Lead Sentences. Word Pictures are just like describing words. It's where you describe something, somewhere, or someone. It's just like painting a picture in the reader's head. 

Lead sentences is the starting of a story or a sentence. To make a story unique or intriguing, you need original lead sentences. I think I'm making much more progress since last week and my story is now getting more interesting. 

Hi Anna.
Well done on a productive session during our writing talent development today.  You used your time wisely and made great progress with your creative, narrative piece.  It was wonderful to see you so focussed, and offering help to others when it was needed.  Keep up the great effort.
Katie.

Writing My Story

Today in Talent Development we started writing our stories. My story is called Dognapped. It's about a little girl called who goes to Mixhole Beach with her mum and while they're there her dog Durello goes missing. The programme I am going to use to present my story is Garageband. I am planning to record my voice reading the story with a series of pictures along the way. I am looking forward to using Garageband for the first time and I am excited about entering it into the Made Awards. One of the things Katie said would make the story more interesting is that I should use more descriptive writing. I think that should be a challenge because I don't want my story to be too complicated. Other than that I think my story is going really well and hope to make good progress next week as well.