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** Monday: ** · You will as a class brainstorm verbs for letters that I will place on the board. · After you participate as a class you will all get into six groups of five. Each group will get an [|alphabet brainstorming worksheet], and do the same activity we did on the board, but with your group. · Some groups will get five letters, other groups will get four. You must come up with at least one action verb for each of these letters. You will be allowed to us dictionaries and thesauruses. · Once you are done your groups’ worksheets will be collected. · The list of verbs that each group came up with will be added to our list on the board.

** Tuesday: ** · Watch the video: [|Jumpstart 2nd Grade Verb Song.] · You will get a copy of the large list of verbs we did together on Monday. · You will also receive a sentence writing worksheet to brainstorm sentences for the verbs you have chose for your letters. · When you’re done brainstorming you will get with your group. Each person in your group will get time on the computer to try and find pictures that match your verb sentences. You must have one picture for each one of the letters assigned to you. · Once you have found the pictures you want you will save them to the computer.

** Wednesday: ** · As soon as you come into class you will get into your group. I will take each group one at a time to the computer and introduce you to software called Photostory. I will explain to you how it works, and how you can add your pictures from the Tuesday onto the program. · I will add one picture to your groups’ Photostory as an example. After that you will be allowed to add the rest of your pictures.

** Thursday: ** · As soon as you come into class you will get into your groups again. If your group has not finished adding your pictures to Photostory, you will finish that before you move on. · If your group has finished adding your pictures I will come around again to show you how to add text over your pictures. · Again I will add the text to the first picture for you as an example. · You must add the letter and verb above the picture, and the sentence for your verb bellow the picture. · You will work on this until the end of class.

** Friday: ** · As soon as you come into class you will be divided into your groups. You will go to the computer and finish any work that is not done. · Once you have finished your Photostories you will save them to your computer and then return to your seat. · When called you will come up to the front of the class with your group and present your Photostory for the class. You will be asked to explain what you learned and what you liked about the project.

** Next Week: ** · Your Photostories will be put on the class Wiki so your parents can watch them. · You will also take home a DVD of your Photostory to keep.