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Movie Maker: Retelling a Story

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Using Movie Maker, sixth graders make an eight frame movie based on a story they have written. They choose music clips, select pictures from PowerPoint, and make their movie. The instructional activity should take about ten days to complete.

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story writing, stories

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make a movie, music clip, power point, write a story, english language arts
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Grade
3rd - 6th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
14 days
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
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Ed Software
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