Friday, October 30, 2009

Example of Newspaper

Sorry! You cannot copy and paste the image into your blog. Instead, you need to:

1. Click "Generate!"
2. Then click "Download your image"
3. Save your image on the desk top
4. Then create a new post for your blog
5. Select the Picture icon to upload the picture you saved on the computer
6. Format the picture and post it!

Explanatory Writing

Use what you have learned about Explanatory Writing (Who, What, Where, When, Why, How) to write a creative short story!

Your short story should contain the following elements:

Who: Your friend
What: Went somewhere, then something happened
Where: In a city in America
When: Within the past week
Why: Because they thought that they would get to meet their favourite celebrity
How: You decide!

Can can write your story in Word, then cut and paste it into this Newspaper Headline Creator:
http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

When you have created your newspaper headline, copy and paste your newspaper into your blog.

Good luck!

Friday, October 23, 2009

BA #1 - Avatar Creation

Create an avatar at these sites:

Lego - http://baseplate.com/toys/minifig/

Simpsons - http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/main.html?cid=us

Manga - faceyourmanga.com

Human/Animal mix - http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Animated - http://www.doppelme.com/

Superhero - http://www.cpbintegrated.com/theherofactory/
Welcome to blogging, PIE students!

This is a blog that I will update and modify as per our assignments as an example for you!

For 10/23 your Blog Activity (BA #1) is to personalize your blog! Select the "customize" button to help you change the look of your blog. Choose something that you like! Also, update your profile. Remember, for security purposes we are not going to use our actual photo is our profile, so make an avatar!

Click here to access our class' website: PIE Blogs.