Telling Story, Podcast

ESL 6 Unit 1 Part 1 Reflection

In this Unit we studied about telling stories. First we make a story bird story for our project. In the Story Bird we had to add in 2 adjectives and some dialogue. Then we print our story out and stick it out on to a big cardboard paper, after that we had to wrote down the feels, hears, smells about what do you think that is the picture happening. Then we add those thing in to our story so it can be more interesting. After that we finally started to do our podcast. First we need to record the sounds about us telling the story. Then we put some sound effects and music so it will be more interesting and people won't get bored.

Reading a story is only saying out what has been written. But telling a story is telling the others about the story with expression, action, and movement. Making the storybird. Because the pictures doesn't really match, so it’s hard for me to make up the plot.  I think making the podcast is easier. Because I had already done similar thing in the past. Make sure you speak clearly, speak with expression, have actions and movements, and last also the most important, you have to “love” your story. 

I’m successful because I had already wrote down on my story board about the feels, hears, and smells. I felt satisfied about my podcast, because I had spent times and really big effort to do it. Yes, because I had include many expressions into my recording, and also I like my story. I actually enjoyed these lessons. Because it’s fun and interesting, and also I had learned some new things. I think I’m a Risk-taker because It’s hard when we are making the Story Bird because some pictures doesn't really match so its hard to make a story like that. But I still do it by putting the similar pictures together even if I needed to change the story.  

  

ESL 6 Unit 1 Final Project

Here is the storybird that I had created. It is called Weird day, and it's about a girl had lost her mother but had at last found her.

http://storybird.com/books/weird-day/

Here is the story that I had wrote from the storybird:



This story happens from a sunny morning.
"What a beautiful morning" a voice coming out from the house. A girl and his mother are going to have a fun picnic. "Yeah we are going to have picnic!” Shouted the little girl
but when the girl woke up theirs no one in the huge house.  "Where's my mommy I thought we are going to have a picnic today." cried the little girl." So the girl wait for a long time, because she think her mother will came back soon. "Where's my mommy, I want her fast." yelled the little girl. When it’s already afternoon her mother still haven't came back, so she accidentally went into a long, deep sleep. "I will just sleep first".

Then she dreamed about she and her mother going to a huge magic castle. "Lets go up to the magic tower," said her mom. "OK, mom" the girl answered. They had a big fun there, and they also got some new friends. "Hello, what's your name?"  "My name is Bob. "Then her dream suddenly changed. She and her mother were on a small boat in the middle of the ocean. "Mom I'm scared and cold." Then her mother suddenly fell into the dark sea and never came back in her dream, so she's really sad when she woke up. "Is this true, or maybe it's just a dream."

After happening all these things, the little girl was getting confused about which is her real life and which is her dream. "Oh my! Am I now in my dream or in my real life?"

Then one day, her mother comes back, then they went out to play in the weekend. "Mom where did you go?” asked the little girl," Oh, things you don't need to know. “Replied mom. They had a really fun time in their weekend. They go to a small island. "Yeah this is really fun!" Then they also play with the sea turtle in the ocean. "Look at these turtle, they are cute and kind." Then they went home happily. "It's a wonderful day today!" Shouted the little girl. Then the little girl just learned that if something doesn’t go as well as she wish, she just have to be patience. "I know that if I am more patient then before, my mother would just came back soon."

Here is the video of me reading my story:

                      

Unit 1, Part 1 Reflection

When doing this project, we had used Google docs for sharing and brainstorming ideas with the class. Then we used dictionary and thesaurus to look up adjectives for our story. Last we used word to print out our storybird texts and pictures. Also we had use some sites like Youtube, we used Youtube for watching a video called "How to tell a Story". Then we used Blogger to view Mrs Raisdana blog and also to make our own blog. After that we started our storyboard on the Storybird. We had also used flicker to find pictures for our project. In this project, we had use editing skills, blogging skills, and adding skills. We used editing skills to edit to change wrong words in our storybirds. We used blogging skills to make a blog and post writing and pictures on to our blog. We used adding skills to add dialogue and details in our story. The thing that I had done well in this project is adding dialogue in to my story bird and also making my blog. But I think the thing I needed to improve now is that to complete all homeworks.