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Teaching ScenarioBook Review

This teaching scenario is aimed at leading students to develop an open attitude toward the world and a respect for diversity. After reading a book on a topic related to the culture of peace, the student will carry out visual research to illustrate a text based on the book.

Areas of development

Contribution to a culture of peace, including the following topics: the negative consequences of

stereotypes, forms of discrimination or exclusion, the struggle against poverty and illiteracy, and

awareness of situations involving cooperation and aggression.

ContextFollowing writing in their reading notebook, they must establish links between the book they are

reading and their immediate environment (existing facts, other facts that affected the student).

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Activity 1: The Reading Notebook

Choice of subject and writing the reading notebook.

Suggested books:

1. Hunting and Gathering, Anna Gavalda

2. The Sari Shop, Rupa Bajwa

3. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

4. No Exit, Jean-Paul Sartre

5. The Dark Child, Camara Laye

6. The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger

7. The wave, Todd Strasser

8. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury

9. 1984, George Orwell

10. Lord of the Flies, William Golding

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Activity 5: Become Animated!

Use Toon Boom Studio to produce your Avatar and make it speak:

Step 1: Start the Software and Create your Project

A. Double-click on the Toon Boom Studio icon.

The Welcome Screen opens.

B. In the Name section, enter the name of your project.

C. Make sure that the data registered in the Frame Rate and Camera Size fields are the following:

y Frame Rate: 12

yCamera Size: 640 X 480

D. If necessary, enter this data in the appropriate field.

E. Click on the Create button.

Toon Boom Studio will then be launched and your project is created.

F. Select File > Save as to record your project.

yYour teacher will provide you with the location where you must save your project.

yYour project name is already entered in the appropriate field but you can change it if need be.

G. Click on the Save button.

H. To quit Toon Boom Studio, select File > Exit.

Step 2: Open your Project

Once you have created and recorded a project in Toon Boom Studio, you can open and work on it

whenever you want.

A. Start the software.

B. On the Welcome Screen, the name of your project might appear in the Open Recent section.

y If this is the case, click on the name of your project to open it.

y If not, click on Browse to open a dialog box in which you will find your project at the location it was saved.

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Step 3: Generate your Avatar

To generate your Avatar, you must display the Camera view and open the Library where various

character templates are stored.

A. Click on the Camera

character templates are stored.

icon located in the left-hand corner of the main view.

B. You can deactivate the grid by clicking on the

Show Grid button.

C. In the default workspace, the Library is located in the right- hand corner of the screen.

yClick on the Library tab situated at the top of the Colour Palette view.

D. If the Library view is not available in your workspace, select Window > Workspaces > Default.

Return to point A if necessary.

E. In the Library view, click on the + sign beside the Avatar folder to open it.

The templates are classifi ed in the Avatars folder under two main categories: Girl and Boy. The

various pieces are also in various sub-folders named according to their contents.

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yClick on the + sign to open a folder.

yClick on the - sign to close a folder.

y Select a folder to display the templates it

contains in the right side of the Library.

F. Open the Girl or Boy folder, then select Body.

The available templates appear in the

right side of the Library view.

G. In an empty space on the right side of the Library, right-click (Windows) or [Ctrl] +click (Mac OS X)

and select View > Thumbnails.

H. In the Library, select a body and drag it in the Camera view.

I. Explore the other templates and bring a nose, eyes, clothing, etc, into the Camera view, in order

to build an Avatar to your liking.

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If you drag the wrong template to the

Camera view, click on the Undo

If you drag the wrong template to the

button.

Remember this useful command, use it

whenever you need to. At any time it can

cancel the last action completed in the

software.

The various elements are also displayed in the Timeline view which is located under the Camera

view.

J. In the Timeline view, you can manipulate the display order of the elements and remove those

which you do not want to keep.

y To remove an element, select the element in the Timeline view and click on the Delete Element

button.

y To modify the display order of the elements, select the element which you wish to rearrange and

drag it to its new position. Be careful not to place it over another element but to carefully position it

between two elements.

Note: The elements located at the top of the list are displayed in the foreground of the Camera

view and the elements at the bottom of the list are displayed in the background.

K. After you created your Avatar, you must save your project. Click on the Save button.

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Evaluation

Criteria of evaluation

LanguageTo read and appreciate various texts

Critical judgement based on a text:

yTo base judgement on relevant criteria.

yTo justify reactions to one or multiple texts using extracts,

examples or relevant ideas

Write varied texts

yThe ideas must be relevant and related to the subject,

intended for the recipient.

yRespect the constraints of the language (syntax,

punctuation, vocabulary, gender agreement, adjective

agreement, spelling, grammatical agreement, and

conjugation) according to the lessons carried out during the

cycle.

Cross skills To make the most of information technologies and

communication

Effective use of the technological resources in a learning

context:

yThe student carries out varied tasks while using

technological resources.

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Reading CircleLiterary Review

This notebook belongs to:

Book Title:

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Reading Circle - Activity created by Anne Daoust and Pascale Paquet Page 1

Introduction and Calendar

Title: ..................................................................................................................

Author: ...............................................................................................................

Publisher: ...........................................................................................................

Place: .................................................................................................................

Year: ................................................ Number of pages: ....................................

Instructions1. Answer each question before the date of your next meeting.

2. During the reading circle, you will share your point of view. It is necessary that you read the part of the book determined by your team.

3. After your meeting, you will make a self-assessment of your participation which will be confirmed by a fellow team member.

Meetings Calendar

Date of the meetings Read pages...

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Reading Circle - Activity created by Anne Daoust and Pascale Paquet

1st Meeting : What I discovered

1. Why did you choose this novel?

2. What does the cover page illustration suggest to you?

3. Does the text on the back cover give you a good idea of the novel? Why?

Self-evaluation Yes Partially No

I read the assigned part of the bookI answered the questions on my ownI took part in the exchange at the reading circleI listened to the other members of the reading circle

The team confirms my self-evaluation / Initials

2nd Meeting : What I anticipate will happen

1. What is the first part of the story about?

2. According to you, what will happen next?




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3rd Meeting : My interests

1. What makes you continue reading the novel or, why would you stop reading it?




4th Meeting : The main character

1. Write down the name of the main character inside the sign and note three of its physical characteristics.

Physical characteristics

2. Note three features of its personality and justify your choices by actions in the story.

Character traits Action in the text




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Reading Circle - Activity created by Anne Daoust and Pascale Paquet

5th Meeting : The objects

1. In the box below, write or draw the objects which are important to the story and that will help you remember it.

2. Compare the selected objects.

3. Choose a member of the team who will tell the story using the objects drawn in the box.




6th Meeting : The moment when...

1. In the story, what moment captivated you the most?

Why?

2. It is the moment when the most




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7th Meeting : Literary critique

1. Complete your personal appraisal of the novel.

I liked this novel:

I recommend this book: YES NO

Because:

My question to the author:

Not at all A lotA little Very much

2. Analysis of the team - Note the strengths and weaknesses of the novel.

Strong points Weak points

The team recommends this book: YES NO

3. Choose a spokesperson who will communicate your analysis and who will return the team members’ books.

The spokesperson is:

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Corrine Gilbert

Summary of the novel : Narrative scheme

Title:

The story takes place

is a character who

A problem occurs when

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The problem is solved when

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Corrine Gilbert Page 7

Illustrating my novel!

Produce a drawing of what occurs in the book. You can orient the page as landscape or portrait depending on the drawing.

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Evaluation: Reading CircleLiterary Review

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Effectiveness of the comprehension strategies used

The student will have to write new or diffi cult words and fi nd their signifi cance using different sources of information.

Extraction of the explicit and implicit elements of information

The student will have to establish the physical or psychological characteristics of characters.

The student will have to ascertain the important objects in the story.

The student will have to create a drawing representing important characters and objects of the novel (page 8).

Comments:

TOTAL: /16

LanguageAbility 1: Reading varied texts

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Corrine Gilbert Page 9

Evaluation: Reading CircleLiterary Review

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Expressing their perception of a text

The student will have to share with the other members of the class what they understood about the novel they’ve read.

The student will have to write their appraisal of the novel by discussing the weak and strong points (page 6) as well as a summary (page 7).

Comments:

TOTAL: /8

LanguageAbility 2: Appreciating literary works

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