Claymation

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 * iSTOPMOTION **
 * Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education **
 * Significant Concept: Students should understand My Little Ponies Suck the positive and negative consequences of an action and should be able to use iStop, iMovie, iDVD and Garageband for projects in all subject areas. **
 * Unit Question: How do my choices impact my life? **


 * REQUIREMENTS: **


 * 1) ** Take the Claymation Test on Skyward before you begin. **
 * 2) ** Create a new page on your wiki and name it "iStopMotion". Copy and paste this page into your wiki. **
 * 3) ** Use the Design Cycle to create your claymation. **
 * 4) ** Create a one-minute video using your own clay models, iStopMotion, and iMovie. **
 * 5) ** Use iStopMotion to create your video, use iMovie to edit your video. **
 * 6) ** Your movie needs to answer the question, "How do my choices impact my life". You need to show the positive and negative consequence of a choice. **
 * 7) ** Create the background and/or backdrop for your movie. You need to make it, do not use the backgrounds in iStop. **
 * 8) ** Once the movie is created export it to iMovie. **
 * 9) ** Add your own GarageBand or iMovie song/sound effects to your movie. **
 * 10) ** You must have a title at the beginning and end of your movie. Titles will count as ten seconds of your movie. **
 * 11) ** Upload your movie onto your wikispace. **
 * 12) ** You will receive MYP grades and an academic grade for this assignment. **

**It will make sure I investigate the problem, make a good plan, and create the best that I can.** **My choices can affect people's moods, putting then in good spirits or making them cranky. I can cause inconveniences to other people. I can even change people's lives forever with what I do.**
 * INVESTIGATE: **
 * 1. Take the test on [|Skyward] **.
 * 2. Why are you using the Design Cycle for this assignment? **
 * Because the design cycle is supposed to help you create a much better project. **
 * 3. How will the Design Cycle help you with this assignment? **
 * 5. Answer the Design Brief questions below: **
 * - What materials do you have for this assignment? **
 * I have clay, boxes, string and yarn and toothpicks. **
 * - What software is required for you to use for this assignment? **
 * iStopmotion and iMovie are required. **
 * - How will you earn an academic grade for this assignment? **
 * I will earn my academic grade from my final product and from my MYP grades. **
 * - How will you earn your MYP grades for this assignment? **
 * I will earn them by Investigating, Planning, Creating, and Evaluating well. **
 * - How can my choices change the lives of others positively and negatively? **
 * - How can my choices change my life positively and negatively? **
 * My choices affect my future. A single choice could affect my entire day, like choosing to not sleep enough. I made choices to go to Midvale, and that has affected the rest of my life positively, getting a good education, and negatively, because Midvale has some really bad students. **
 * - Why is it important to make positive choices in your life? **
 * It is important to make positive choices because they may affect the rest of your life and make a better future for you. **
 * - Why is it important to our country that you make positive choices? **
 * It is important to our country because we are the generation that will eventually be running this country, and it is important to look to that future. **

[|story board.pdf]
 * PLAN: **
 * 6. Brainstorm ideas for you clay-mation. Here is the chart: [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png caption="external image pdf.png" link="http://bradfieldtechnology.wikispaces.com/file/view/IB+Brainstorming+Chart+.pdf"]] [|IB Brainstorming Chart .pdf] **
 * 7. Select one of your ideas and explain why you chose that idea: We chose the idea of some people playing portals and making choices to win or lose the game depending on what they chose. **
 * 9. Use the story board paper to plan your clay-mation. Here is the storyboard: **
 * 10. Explain how you and your group will use your time to get your project finished in 12 days: (You need to explain who is going to do what, and how you will get this project done in 12 days. **
 * ** Day 1: Create storyboard and think of how the different elements will be created. **
 * ** Day 2: Create scenery and "props". **
 * ** Day 3: Finish scenery and "props." **
 * ** Day 4:Start making characters. **
 * ** Day 5: Continue to make characters **
 * ** Day 6: Third day of characters. **
 * ** Day 7: Make one fifth of the movie. **
 * ** Day 8: Make another fifth of the movie. **
 * ** Day 9: Make a third fifth of the movie. **
 * ** Day 10: Make a fourth fifth of the movie. **
 * ** Day 11: Finish the movie. **
 * ** Day 12: Refine the movie and complete the project. **


 * CREATE: **
 * ** Use the computer, software, clay and other materials appropriately. **
 * ** Follow the steps of the plan you made in question #9. **
 * **Follow your storyboard.**
 * ** Pay attention to the quality of your presentation! **


 * EVALUATE: **
 * 11. If you made any changes to your plan or story board, explain why you changed it: **
 * ** Why did you change your plan? We changed it because it needed to be longer. **
 * ** Why did you change your story board? We did not change the story board. **
 * 12. How could you improve your movie? It could be a little longer. **
 * 13. Does your movie meet all of the requirements? Yes, it does. **
 * 14. Share your movie with at least one friend. What did he/she like about your movie? They liked how the characters were made. **
 * 15. Give yourself a grade for each step of the Design Cycle: (1 - 6) **
 * ** Investigate: 5 **
 * ** Plan: 5 **
 * ** Create: 6 **
 * ** Evaluate: 4 **
 * 16. Were you responsible in using the software, computer, clay, and other materials? Yes, we were. **
 * 17. How do my choices impact my life? (Write at least a paragraph. Explain both positive and negative consequences, and how your choices impact others.) **
 * My choices make a path for myself in the later progress of my life. Positive consequences can reward me and make my life better, while negative consequences can make my life worse. Every day, I chose to do things that affect my mood, others, and all sorts of other things. My choices impact everyone that I come in contact with. **


 * ATTITUDE: **
 * 18. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard"?. Explain your answer: Yes, I did. I answered each step and always had a good attitude. **
 * 19. Did you complete iStopMotion without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard"?: Yes. I did not complain and was able to use iStopMotion. **
 * 20. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6) I deserve a 6. **


 * How You Will Receive a Letter Grade: **
 * 1) ** Investigate: 10 **
 * 2) ** Design: 10 **
 * 3) ** Plan: 10 **
 * 4) ** Create: 10 **
 * 5) ** Evaluate: 10 **
 * 6) ** Attitude: 10 **
 * 7) ** Your movie was at least a minute: 10 **
 * 8) ** You answered the unit question: 20 **
 * 9) ** Your movie answered the unit question: 20 (Shows the positive and negative consequence of a choice) **
 * 10) ** You made your own back drop: 10 **
 * 11) ** Your movie had titles, music, and sound effects: 30 **
 * 12) ** TOTAL = 150 POINTS **