http://photopeach.com/user/buccaneers?page=7

http://photopeach.com/user/buccaneers?page=6

Create a Faux Facebook page that shows snippets of the character’s life, friends and events.

http://msvrburton.edublogs.org/2011/05/01/r-and-j-facebook-pages/

Facebook sample page – JFK.ppt

Here are some basic facts from R and J

http://www.slideshare.net/buccaneers/slideshows/4

http://www.slideshare.net/buccaneers/slideshows/5

http://www.slideshare.net/buccaneers/slideshows/4

http://www.slideshare.net/buccaneers/slideshows/4

• You, with the help of a group of peers, will create a video in the style of a “Common Craft” video.
• You will create a video that invites others to join you in your Utopian Society.
• The video will then be uploaded and posted to the class website where it will be reviewed and commented on by your classmates.

Essential Elements: 

The entire video should be 3 to 5 minutes in length

Introduction: 10‐15 seconds

• Give your name and the name of your society.
• Invite others to join you and tell them why they would want to come.

Body: 2-3 minutes

• Name
• Country Constitution: Your version of the constitution
• Bill of Rights - Develop a list of at least ten rules that all community members will follow.
• Daily Itinerary -  Develop a schedule that a teenager might follow during a typical day.
• Motto – Create a slogan or motto that inhabitants of your utopia will follow.
• Country Flag: What animal would symbolize your utopia?
• Country Flower/Plant: What animal would symbolize your utopia?
• Country Color(s): What color(s) would symbolize your utopia?
• Country Song: What song would symbolize your utopia?
• Animal: What animal would symbolize your utopia?

Should be clever and keep the audience’s attention

Conclusion: 10‐15 seconds\

http://englishiwork.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/tuesday-may-17th/http://msvrburton.edublogs.org/2011/06/01/dystopia-vs-utopia/

1. read and summarize an online article
2. create a PowerPoint with your summary notes
3. create a movie on PhotoPeach with your PowerPoint pictures and added pictures with music.

You will make your own ‘Did You Video” of your own using the informational articles that we read from eschool news.

Your presentation must have at least 20 text slides.

You need to also add pictures of the same theme.

I will expect to see your finished products at the end of class.  You should have a PowerPoint AND you should have a movie.  Here are some tutorials

You should have a PowerPoint uploaded to SlideShare, ScholarlySubmissions or your blog.

http://www.slideshare.net/buccaneers/presentations

http://www.slideshare.net/buccaneers/slideshows/2

Respond to the following questions:

• What influences people to use drugs?
• What keeps them using drugs?
• What role does peer pressure play in drug use among youths?
• What are the facts about this drug?
• What are the myths about this drug?
• What are the physical and psychological risks to using this drug?
• Is this drug natural or synthetic?
• Is it addictive upon first use?
• What are the long term effects of using this drug?
• What are the short term effects of using this drug?
• What are the laws surrounding the use of this drug?
• Collect any other interesting or important facts.