Title: Make a Commercial

Grade Level: 4^th grade and up

Curriculum Areas: Writing, Composing, Editing, Organizational, & Revising Skills

Tools: Computer Program: Kid Pix Mac/Win

Research: Students must brainstorm an idea to develop into a commercial.
Suggested ideas: to sell a book you have read to your classmates, to promote an upcoming event at school, advertising a ball game to be played at your school, selling an 'invention', advertising your favorite TV show, or running for class office....advertise yourself.

Goal: To introduce the organization of a commercial in a storyboard format.In each of the boxes the student will draw their backgrounds, import graphics use the Kid Pix satmps,, clip art, photos, and finally type, using the typewriter tool, their commercial.

Objectives:

1. Students will learn to develop a commercial using slide show procedure.
2. Students will learn to develop details supporting the product idea.
3. Students will learn to find appropriate graphics/drawings to coordinate with text.
4. Students will learn to incorporate other technologies (digital photos, , sound and recordings (music CDs).
5. Students learn to coordinate and organize ideas.
   

Procedure:
1. Students will use the 'Commercial Planning Form' that accompanies this sheet.
2. Students will select a product idea and develop an organized slide show.
3.Teacher will introduce the program, Kid Pix, to entire class using
projection device, detailing with an example of a well developed screen..
4. Students are ready to go to the computers, in pairs or groups of threes, to work
from their planning forms.
5. Students will develop each screen, filling out drawings, and writing in the text.
6.As the students continue to design and write,planning forms can be changed,
updated, and refined.
7. As students complete their planning forms, keep in their folder.
8. Complete final activity with a ‘Share Day’ using a projection device and invite other classes.
9. Students made up a list of criteria in which they followed and will be evaluated.

Related Activities:

Kid Pix is a multimedia program that can be used in any activity where sequential ideas and supporting, narratives, research notes or any type of organization is utilized.

Classes can use Kid Pix as a "Meet Our Class" stack which could include pictures of each class member, background music, and a little of personal information about each student. Depending on the age of the student, will dictate how much can be authored by the student.

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