Character Units Coming to an End

Students spent the month of October learning about characters in Reader's and Writer's Workshop. At the end of the unit in WW, students had to create a "Selfie" of the character they created to use in their Realistic Fiction stories.  Once their selfie was finished, students video-taped one another describing how this character fits into their stories.  We inserted these videos into Aurasma to create an augmented reality project.  Students' selfies were placed in the hallway to be viewed by their parents during conferences.

During Reader's Workshop students studied all about characters, including how to become the character and see the character's world through his/her eyes.  To wrap up this unit of study, students worked on an app-smashing project that included Chatterpix and Aurasma.  They had to first pick which character they were going to "become" and create a script of what this character would say.  Most students chose the main character while others chose minor characters within the text.  Students created the dialogue using Chatterpix (very user friendly for the kiddos) and imported this into Aurasma.  Their trigger image for this was the book cover.  This also serves as a great tool to use for students that have not read the text to get an insider's view of what the book will be about.