More on Short Documentaries

I found the short on stick drumming that I wanted to share with you. Have a look. Let me know what you think of this style of informative film making.

This one on a bread bakery also held my interest. What do you think?

Okay, I admit that I am hooked on documentary shorts! Here is another one you simply must see. I seem drawn to the drawing aspect of this one. It held my interest even though it was jam packed with facts and dates. Because its content engaged both sides of my brain, I remembered the information.

One more to see by Dr. Documentary. Again, engaging both sides of the brain to teach information. Humour works well in helping to remember things too!

Modigliani Portraits

Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani's (1884 - 1920)unique portraits are characterized by flat, masklike faces, almond-shaped eyes, and overlong necks.

Please enjoy browsing through our Modigliani influenced self portraits.

Writing Samples to Swoon Over

"... sky melted into the fabric of the sulfurous landscape, pelted with a plethora of small smokey fires as if a pyromaniac was given and flame thrower and fuel ..."

"... we saw floating building and hovercrafts. "What year is this?""

"The water around her was churning violently and the waves clapped in her face."

"The river caught him in its rifts, it pulled him under and dragged him into the current. When he thought it was over, sputtering, he reached for the branch but he then got swallowed up by the water."

"... tripped on a rock and fell into an invisible portal to another dimension."

"It was heart stopping. The jolt of my left leg and I was in the middle of oblivion. It sucked the life from my strangled skin. I landed in a tired thump! My dirty hands felt the warm and silky ground of the unknown territory."

" There I was reading my own (and awesome) book, "Attack of the Computers." Right at the part where Bob (person/Jedi) goes to the swamp world of monsters ... I was sucked into my own BOOK! "This is bad," I thought as the normal world absconded."

Grade 5 Student Poems

Bio - Poems

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Disney

by

Elias and Flora born a miracle.

They named him Walter
and he changed the world
forever.
The founder of Disneyland, determined
and strong.
Taught the world you
can never go wrong.
Born in Chicago Illinois 1901,
made a place where we can smile
and have so much fun.
Not a child of obedience and strictness
but a child of
art, drawing and fun.
On a farm to earn their keep
his parents worked in the sun.
Walter loved Mickey mouse.
He had a life, a family and a house.
Though they were poor, their minds were strong.
But after accomplishing
Mickey mouse his family went all wrong.
His mother died when he was 31.
They really missed her day after day a ton.
But they just kept going not
knowing which way.
However, Walt Disney accomplished
a life mission and made
a change to the world.
He made Disneyland
He made Disneyland

Walter Elias Disney will never be forgotten.

Adolf Hitler

A Life
by K. P.

Name in full state,
Adolf Hitler,
Nazi Commander
Child of rage and war,
sorrow and pain
Born in the darkest of times,
a creature from the devil.

Overcame a poor and troubled country,
rising to power and fame
Challenged by the Allies,
greatly
Personal traits of cleverness and evil

and insane in the head
Always hungry for power,
something he did achieve
Never admitted defeat,
even when all was lost
Lover of power,
pain and fame
Feared height,
and height alone
Who felt that he could defeat America,
he was wrong
Most know that he was commander of Germany,
little know he had a dog named Blondi

Charlie Chaplin in the Tramp
by A. M.

Charlie Chaplin, the son of Charlie Chaplin

The greater of great in love and art.
In his life, everything was down like drooping
trees in the frosty season of winter.
He never gave up in his life or people wouldn’t
know about him.
Hope was the only thing he could count on and it
worked.
He was in a death trap as he stumbled his way
up to the perfect height.
Music, Acting, Directing, how could someone with
a life of a poor person have this.
The Tramp was like a brother.
The Black Bowler Hat was sacred.
He was hated by no one and could do anything.
Then God was with him and ... Luck.

That is Charlie Chaplin.

Second Ones to Fly

by E. C.

Ground and air carefully separated by gravity. A rule meant to be broken,

but the Wright brothers always broke rules in school and this rule was no exception.

They were the second ones to fly through the air and yet they were bike mechanics.

How did this idea come upon them,

was it an angel, a message

no, it was a newspaper - it came to them in a paper.

When the first person to fly sort of flew but died. They then began a long journey to open closed doors that were miles away, not knowing what would happen.

They came up with a small model

they threw it and it fell.

It had a straight cardboard wing.

They then thought what to do and then they realized that they needed a special wing design to fly.

They knew that there are hundreds of wing design but they did not let that stop them

like a red light like most people

but they drove right through it. They tried countless designs

and then one day they found it.

Quickly they made a plane and it flew

but only because they were determined.

Jesus Christ

by D. P.

One amazing night

soon to turn into a miracle, a Boy was born
Not in an inn but a manger.
He was here, His name was Jesus,
the son of Mary and Joseph
He was the Messiah.
Not many people knew who he was
until many years later
when he started making miracles
to help everybody.
No matter the person, everybody was good
in Jesus’ eyes
although if you break a commandment
his temper will rise.
He did get crucified but for a good cause
to eliminate the sins
of the mean who broke the laws.
All of this started the Christian religion
form one baby named
Jesus Christ.

John F. Kennedy is Someone Who Never Gave Up

He was in the Navy

He always cared about his family

Never Gave Up

Lover of Jacqueline Bouvier

Feared Nothing

Who felt

He is the 35th president of the United States of America

His wife later remarried

He went to six schools before he reached grade nine

Not everyone knows, but he had four children, not three.

He had lots of serious medical problems he tried best not to show.

John F. Kennedy is someone who never gave up.

Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur, a French chemist

Louis Pasteur, invented pasteurization

Louis Pasteur, microbiologist

Louis Pasteur, born in Dole, France

Louis Pasteur, invented the cure for Rabies and Anthrax

Louis Pasteur, main founder of microbiology

Louis Pasteur

Newton!!!

by L. K.

A lover of science

of adventure and strictness

and power

Sat under a tree

with a paper and pen

as he sat below

the apple tree

he felt a blow from the air

A song from above

a discovery of gravity

He peered up as the crimson

apple fell down through

the air

The clouds up above called the lord of science himself

Newton

He discovered gravity

he built the telescope to trace the stars

he named them and maimed them

with curiosity he called the heavens above

he made discoveries that

created ...

The Newton!

The power of force

gravity and course

he changed the history of the

Trojan horse

who fought

for the love of danger

or science the changer

of history or the manger

He discovered gravity and

power and lust

and the Newton!

Biographical Poem - Harriet Tubman

Read over the poem "Harriet Tubman"
by Eloise Greenfield


Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman didn't take no stuff
Wasn't scared of nothing neither
Didn't come in this world to be no slave
And wasn't going to stay one either

"Farewell!" she sang to her friends one night
She was mighty sad to leave 'em
But she ran away that dark, hot night
Ran looking for her freedom
She ran to the woods and she ran through the woods
With the slave catchers right behind her
And she kept on going till she got to the North
Where those mean men couldn't find her

Nineteen times she went back South
To get three hundred others
She ran for her freedom nineteen times
To save Black sisters and brothers
Harriet Tubman didn't take no stuff
Wasn't scared of nothing neither
Didn't come in this world to be no slave
And didn't stay one either

And didn't stay one either

Think about the background information that you learned in the movie about Harriet Tubman. Then reflect on the poem by Eloise Greenfield. Leave a comment using the following to help you formulate your thinking:
1. What words or lines in the poem do you think are the most important in capturing Harriet Tubman's personality. Why? What is it about her personality that is important?
2. Are you able to hear a rhythm or beat in the poem? How does this help with meaning?
3. Whose voice do you hear loud and clear in the poem? Why is this voice important?
4. What do you like best about the poem?
5. Who are you planning to write about in your poem?

Our Thinking about Documentaries

Documentaries
- what is a documentary?
- who creates them and for what purposes?
- what are the steps to getting docs written/produced?
- where might you find them?
- how do docs differ from other films?
- what techniques are used in documentaries that may not be used elsewhere?
- who are the audiences for docs?
- where can you go to see them?

Take a look see. What do you notice about the topics? What do you notice about the differing styles?

What do you know about or care about that you would like to document using media images??

Modigliani Portraits

Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani's (1884 - 1920)unique portraits are characterized by flat, masklike faces, almond-shaped eyes, and overlong necks.

Please enjoy browsing through our Modigliani influenced self portraits.