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Transcript: Publishing Written Work and Art in Stories
(soft music plays)
A Female Announcer says WELCOME
TO
TVOKIDS POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
TODAY'S PRIMARY LESSON:
PUBLISHING WRITTEN WORK.
A caption reads "Primary I-3. Teacher Kristy."
Kristy is in her late thirties, with short black hair. She wears a gray shirt with a rainbow, a silver headband and a nose piercing. Behind her, a board reads "Welcome" and a sign reads "Keep calm and teach on."
Kristy says HI, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS KRISTY,
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE
HERE WITH YOU TODAY ON
TVOKIDS POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
TODAY, WE'RE GOING
TO BE LEARNING ALL ABOUT
PUBLISHING OUR WORK.
WHEN WE FINISH WRITING AND WE'VE
GONE THROUGH ALL THE WORK
OF MAKING A REALLY GREAT PIECE,
IT'S TIME TO SHARE IT
WITH OTHER PEOPLE,
AND THAT'S WHEN WE PUBLISH.
TODAY, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
SOME PAPER OR A NOTEBOOK.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
A PENCIL TO WRITE WITH
AND SOME PENCIL CRAYONS,
CRAYONS OR MARKERS TO ADD
A LITTLE BIT OF COLOUR
AND FLAIR TO YOUR WORK
TO MAKE IT YOUR VERY BEST.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING
WITH TODAY'S LESSON
AND WE'RE GOING TO THINK
ABOUT SOME EXAMPLES OF ART
THAT YOU COULD PUT
ON DISPLAY IN A CLASSROOM.
SO, I WANT YOU TO THINK BACK TO
THE CLASSES YOU'VE BEEN IN
AND THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF ART
YOU'VE SEEN HANGING UP
AROUND YOUR CLASSROOM
OR MAYBE ON THE
BULLETIN BOARDS IN THE HALLWAY.
I'M THINKING OF MY CLASSROOM AND
I'M IMAGINING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
AND THE KIND OF STUDENT ART
THAT WE PUT UP IN MY ROOM.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A PICTURE
OF A CLASSROOM TOGETHER.
AND IN THIS PICTURE, I'M GOING
TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS
AND I WANT YOU TO PUT
YOUR DETECTIVE EYES ON.
SO, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT
PICTURE REALLY, REALLY CAREFULLY
AND THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS I'M ASKING YOU.
A picture shows a classroom with multiple drawings on a blue wall and a window, and texts and flags hanging from the ceiling.
She continues SO, LOOKING AT THIS CLASSROOM,
DO YOU OBSERVE ANY
KINDS OF ART ON DISPLAY?
CAN YOU SEE ANY ART
ANYWHERE IN THIS CLASS?
SO, LOOK AROUND
REALLY CAREFULLY.
IF THIS WAS YOUR CLASSROOM,
WOULD YOU LIKE SEEING
YOUR ART ON DISPLAY IN THERE?
HOW WOULD IT MAKE YOU FEEL
IF ANY OF THESE
WERE YOUR PIECES OF ART?
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
ARTWORK IN THE CLASSROOM,
DO YOU SEE ANY KINDS OF WRITING
THAT ARE ON THE CLASS...
IN THE CLASS?
AND DOES THAT WRITING
LOOK LIKE ART AS WELL?
IF YOU SPOTTED SOME PIECES OF
WRITING THAT LOOK LIKE ART,
WHAT MAKES THEM LOOK LIKE ART?
WHAT IS IT THAT
MAKES THEM STAND OUT
FROM JUST A PIECE
OF WRITING IN A JOURNAL
OR ON A PIECE OF PAPER?
SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT WRITING
THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE IN BOOKS,
THEY'RE WRITTEN BY AN AUTHOR
AND THE PICTURES
ARE DONE BY AN ILLUSTRATOR,
AND THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
ARE SOMETIMES THE SAME PERSON,
AND THEY WORK TOGETHER
SO THAT THE ILLUSTRATIONS
ADD TO THE STORY
AND GIVE US MORE INFORMATION.
FOR ME, I LOVE LOOKING
AT THE PICTURES IN BOOKS.
THEY HELP ME
UNDERSTAND THE STORY BETTER.
DO YOU LIKE LOOKING AT
PICTURES WHEN YOU READ BOOKS?
THINK ABOUT WHY YOU LIKE
LOOKING AT THE PICTURES.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE
REALLY BEAUTIFUL,
SOMETIMES THEY'RE EXCITING,
THEY ADD TO THE STORY
AND GIVE US EXTRA INFORMATION
THAT WE MIGHT NOT KNOW,
THEY HELP MAKE IT MORE
ENJOYABLE TO READ THE BOOK.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING
A LOOK AT A BOOK TOGETHER.
AND IN THIS ACTIVITY,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
AN AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR TODAY
ON A PIECE OF ART
AND WRITING ALL IN ONE.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A LOOK AT A BOOK.
THIS BOOK IS CALLED
THE ANGRY DRAGON.
SORRY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT
SHINY ON THE COVER.
I REALLY, REALLY LOVE HOW
MICHAEL GORDON...
AND HE'S THE AUTHOR
AND THE ILLUSTRATOR,
JUST LIKE WILL BE TODAY.
SO, HE DID THE PICTURES
AND HE WROTE THE STORY.
I REALLY LOVE THE
COVER OF THIS BOOK.
THE COVER OF THIS BOOK, HE'S
CHOSEN SOME REALLY BOLD COLOURS.
AND THE TITLE IS
THE ANGRY DRAGON
AND THEY'VE USED
NICE BIG LETTERS.
AND IT'S KIND OF HARD
TO SEE ON MY CAMERA,
BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE A
DRAGON SCALE TEXTURE IN THEM,
WHICH MAKES THEM MORE
INTERESTING TO LOOK AT.
IF I LOOK AT HOW
HE'S DRAWN THE DRAGON,
HE'S STANDING UP BIG AND TALL,
AND I CAN SEE HIS EYES ARE A
LITTLE BIT SCRUNCHED UP,
AND HE'S GOT FLAMES
COMING OUT OF HIS NOSE
AND THERE'S
SOME SMOKE IN THE AIR.
ALL OF THAT ADDS TO THAT IDEA
THAT THE DRAGON IS ANGRY
AND NOT JUST A LITTLE BIT ANGRY.
I THINK HE LOOKS
REALLY, REALLY ANGRY,
AND THIS PICTURE
HELPS ME UNDERSTAND IT.
THE OTHER THING THAT GOES WITH
IT, I SAID AT THE BEGINNING,
I LOVE THE BOLD COLOURS.
IF THE DRAGON WAS
A LIGHT PINK COLOUR
AND THE BACKGROUND WAS A LIGHT
BLUE
AND THESE WERE LIGHT YELLOW,
EVEN IF THE DRAGON WAS
STANDING UP NICE AND TALL,
IT MIGHT NOT FEEL SO STRONG.
SO, THE COLOURS THAT WE CHOOSE
ALSO ADD TO THE
MOOD OF THE PICTURE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A LOOK INSIDE THE BOOK.
AND I'M GOING TO START
BY ASKING YOU TO IMAGINE
IF THIS WAS ALL YOU SAW
WHEN YOU READ THE STORY.
She shows different pages and says SO, WORDS, WORDS, WORDS,
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS,
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.
I REALLY LIKE IN THIS BOOK HOW
THE PAGES THAT THE WORDS ARE ON,
THEY USE COLOUR
IN THE BACKGROUND
AND THE TEXT
IS WHITE ON THIS.
WE CAN'T DO THAT
IF WE'RE WRITING
WITH A PENCIL OR A MARKER.
BUT IF YOU DO YOU'RE
PUBLISHING ON THE COMPUTER,
THIS IS AN OPTION YOU HAVE.
I FIND WHEN I LOOK AT
JUST THE WORDS IN THE BOOK,
THAT'S NOT QUITE AS EXCITING
AND AS INTERESTING FOR ME.
I CAN PAINT
A PICTURE IN MY HEAD.
BUT NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
SO, I'VE GOT THE WORDS
SAYING THAT JOE
AND HIS DRAGON WERE PLAYING
AND THEY WERE HAVING FUN.
BUT ONCE I SEE
THEIR FACES OVER HERE,
THAT REALLY ADDS TO IT.
A page shows a boy and the dragon playing on the floor.
She continues I CAN SEE THEY'RE SMILING AND
RELAXED AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.
SOMETIMES I MIGHT SAY
SOMEBODY WAS HAVING FUN,
BUT MAYBE, ON THE INSIDE,
THEY'RE IN A BAD MOOD,
AND I CAN SEE THAT
BY LOOKING AT THEM.
BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
REALLY HAVING A GOOD TIME.
I CAN SEE THE KIND OF TOYS
THEY LIKE TO PLAY WITH,
SOME NICE, BRIGHT,
CHEERFUL COLOURS.
AND THEN HERE,
WHEN THINGS HAVE GONE WRONG
AND JOE THE DRAGON
HAS TO APOLOGIZE,
IT SAYS THAT HE SAYS SORRY.
BUT WHAT I REALLY LIKE
IS THAT IT SHOWS
THAT THESE CHARACTERS
ARE REALLY FEELING SORRY
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I'VE HEARD PEOPLE
SAY SORRY BEFORE
AND THEIR BODY DOESN'T
TELL ME THEY REALLY MEAN IT.
She crosses her arms and says IF SOMEBODY GOES, "I'M SORRY,"
THEY MIGHT HAVE
SAID THE WORDS "I'M SORRY,"
BUT I DON'T THINK THEY SOUND
LIKE THEY'RE REALLY SORRY
OR LOOK LIKE
THEY'RE REALLY SORRY.
AND BY HAVING THIS PICTURE,
IT HELPS ME SEE THAT THESE
CHARACTERS REALLY MEAN IT
AND THEY'RE REALLY FEELING BAD
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
SO, THE AUTHOR HAS HELPED
ADD A LAYER TO THE STORY
BY HAVING THESE
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THERE.
She turns the page and continues I CAN SEE WHEN HE'S
TAKING SOME DEEP BREATHS,
HE LOOKS NICE AND RELAXED,
AND I LIKE THIS
BLUE BACKGROUND COLOUR.
SO, HE'S NOT TAKING
HIS DEEP BREATHS
AND STILL FEELING GRUMPY.
HE'S FEELING PRETTY
GOOD AND RELAXED NOW.
AND THE AUTHOR, BECAUSE
HE'S ALSO THE ILLUSTRATOR,
CAN ADD THAT EXTRA AND AUTHORS
AND ILLUSTRATORS
CAN WORK TOGETHER
TO HELP CLARIFY THEIR MESSAGE.
LATER IN THE BOOK,
ONE THING I REALLY LIKE
THAT THE AUTHOR
AND ILLUSTRATOR HAS DONE
IS HE'S INCLUDED SOME
BLACK AND WHITE SKETCHES.
SO, THESE ARE SOME REALLY
NICE PICTURES HE DREW
OF THOSE CHARACTERS
BEFORE HE FINISHED THEM.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT I WONDER IF
I WOULD LIKE THE BOOK AS MUCH
IF THE PICTURES
WERE JUST LIKE THIS.
AND I THINK, BY ADDING COLOUR,
THE AUTHOR HAS MADE...
AN ILLUSTRATOR HAS MADE THE BOOK
MUCH MORE INTERESTING
THAN IF HE HAD JUST DONE
THESE BLACK AND WHITE OUTLINES
IN
THE ANGRY DRAGON.
SO, LOOK AT HOW MUCH MORE
EXCITING THAT PICTURE IS
THAN... OUR PICTURE
WITHOUT COLOUR.
SO, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS
THE AUTHOR HAS DONE,
WHEN HE PUBLISHED HIS BOOK,
TO MAKE IT HIS VERY,
VERY BEST WORK.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S MADE INTO A
BOOK, BUT HE'S INCLUDED PICTURES
THAT HELP TELL THE STORY
THAT ARE FILLED WITH COLOUR,
THAT MAKE SENSE
WITH THE STORY.
AND HE'S MADE ALL
OF THAT WORK TOGETHER,
SO THAT WHEN
THE BOOK IS ALL DONE,
IT'S SOMETHING
WE ENJOY EVEN MORE
THAN IF WE JUST
LOOKED AT THE WORDS
ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND READ IT.
IT MAKES IT MORE
EXCITING AND MORE ENGAGING.
IT GRABS OUR ATTENTION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE
WATCHING A VIDEO TOGETHER
AND IT'S FROM THE
BACKYARD BEATS,
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE
BUILDING SOME CASTANETS.
WHEN THEY'RE
BUILDING THEIR CASTANETS,
I WANT YOU TO WATCH
AND TAKE A LOOK AT
THE CASTANETS THAT THEY BUILT.
SO, WHEN THEY MAKE THEM,
DO THEY JUST MAKE
SOMETHING THAT MAKES A SOUND
OR DO THEY MAKE SOMETHING
THAT MAKES A SOUND
AND LOOKS INTERESTING?
AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT,
IF YOU WERE MAKING SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
WOULD YOU JUST PUT IT TOGETHER
SO THAT IT COULD MAKE NOISE
OR WOULD YOU ALSO DECORATE IT
AND MAKE A BEAUTIFUL
FINISHED PRODUCT
BY ADDING DECORATIONS TO IT?
SO, WHILE YOU WATCH
THE BACKYARD BEATS,
WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR
DETECTIVE EYES BACK ON,
AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THOSE CASTANETS THAT THEY MAKE
AND HOW THEY FINISH THEM TO MAKE
THEM THEIR VERY, VERY BEST WORK.
The TVO Kids and BGM logos appear against a white screen.
A child says WHEE!
(chuckling)
Monica is about 14 years old. She has long black hair. She wears a red T-shirt under a denim overall.
Monica says MY NAME IS MONICA
AND MUSIC IS MY THING.
(pretend horn music playing)
I'M INVITING PRO MUSICIANS
TO MY BACKYARD FOR
EPIC JAM SESSIONS.
Three women sing ABSOLUTELY
Monica says ALONG FOR THE RIDE
ARE JUNIOR JAMMERS,
WHO LOVE TO MAKE SOME NOISE.
TOGETHER THEY INSPIRE ME
TO MAKE DIY CRAFT-STRUMENTS
FOR THE BIG PERFORMANCE.
Fast clips show guests of previous programs.
A woman says COUNT US IN.
Boy 1 says 3.
Boy 2 says 2.
Boy 3 says 1.
Monica says INSTRUMENTS IN HAND,
WE ALL JOIN IN AND MAKE
SOME BACKYARD BEATS.
(upbeat music plays)
Against an orange screen with pencils and a ruler, the title of the show reads "Backyard Beats."
In a backyard, Monica is raking leaves.
She says HEY, MONICA HERE!
I'M ON LEAF DUTY.
(castanets clacking)
Castanets appear above the fence.
Monica says WHAT WAS THAT?
A WOODPECKER?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
Anjelica walks in playing castanets. She is in her early thirties, with long black hair tied-up. She wears yellow earrings and a long red dress.
Monica says ANJELICA!
A caption reads "Anjelica. Backyard jammer."
Anjelica says I JUST HAD TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE.
Monica says I KNEW YOU WOULD.
(upbeat accordion music playing)
They do a little dance routine.
They say OLE!
(laughing)
Monica says LEAVE IT TO ONE OF THE
BIGGEST FLAMENCO PERFORMERS
TO MAKE THE BEST ENTRANCE!
Anjelica says WELL IT DEFINITELY TAKES A
SPECIAL ENERGY TO DO FLAMENCO.
Monica says NOT TO BE CONFUSED
WITH FLAMINGO.
Anjelica says DEFINITELY NOT. AS A MATTER OF
FACT, I'M PUTTING MY FOOT DOWN
AND TELL YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL
THAT IT IS
PRONOUNCED "FLAMENCO."
(laughing)
Monica says BREAK DOWN FLAMENCO FOR ME.
Anjelica says FLAMENCO IS THE SONG DANCING
MUSIC FROM ANDALUSIA,
WHICH IS IN THE SOUTH OF SPAIN.
Monica says AH, SPAIN!
GRACIAS FOR THE
CHURROS AND BEACHES.
NO BUENO FOR THE RUNNING
OF THE BULLS FOR ME.
Anjelica says YES, WELL THERE IS NO RUNNING
IN FLAMENCO, THANKFULLY,
BUT YOU DO HAVE TO BE QUICK.
WHEN YOU DANCE FLAMENCO,
YOU'RE ACCOMPANIED BY
A LIVE GUITAR USUALLY.
AND THEN, THE DANCER
CAN ACTUALLY CONTROL
THE SPEED OF THE MUSIC
WITH THEIR HAND CLAPS,
FOOTWORK AND CASTANETS!
(rhythmic stomping)
Monica says YEAH, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH
YOU, I THINK I'LL GO...
HALF THAT SPEED
DURING OUR JAM SESSION.
Anjelica says YEAH, WE'LL START SLOW
AND WORK OUR WAY UP.
Monica says SO, THE DANCER'S
ALSO THE MUSICIAN.
THAT'S SOME SERIOUS
MULTITASKING RIGHT THERE.
Anjelica says IT IS.
YOU CAN KEEP YOUR OWN BEAT,
WHICH IS WHY CASTANETS
ARE SO FUN. SEE?
(castanets tapping)
Monica says I BETTER GET PRACTICING.
Anjelica says WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO START
SOMEWHERE, SEÑORITA.
Monica says "SEÑORITA" -
I LIKE THAT.
They pose and say OLE!
Three animated rocks appear. They are a rock band.
Rock says ANJELICA'S GOT THE MOVES!
Rockelle says LET'S REHEARSE
OUR CHOREOGRAPHY!
(clearing throat)
AND LEFT AND RIGHT
AND JUMP AND SPIN AND
LEFT AND RIGHT AND FINISH!
Rock and Rocky spin and bump into each other.
Rockelle says YOU COULD DO WITH MORE PRACTICE,
WHILE MONICA MAKES
HER CRAFT-STRUMENT!
(upbeat music playing)
The caption changes to "Castanets craft-strument."
Monica says I'M TELLIN' YA, THIS CASTANET
CRAFT-STRUMENT MIGHT BE SMALL,
BUT IT IS DEFINITELY MIGHTY.
She takes different elements out of a bag.
She takes a watermelon and says WHAT?
I LIKE TO HAVE
A SNACK STANDING BY
WHEN I GET MY DIY ON.
PLUS, IT MAKES A FUN BEAT.
(rhythmic tapping)
LET'S GET TO THIS CRAFT-STRUMENT
AND DROP THE FLAMENCO BEAT.
FIRST UP, CARDSTOCK,
WHICH IS A MATERIAL SORT OF
IN-BETWEEN CARDBOARD AND PAPER.
NO CARDSTOCK?
NO PROBLEM.
JUST LOOK IN THE CRAFT
EMPORIUM EVERY HOUSE HAS -
THE RECYCLING BIN!
OLD CEREAL OR CRACKER BOXES?
CARDBOARD? ANYTHING STURDY THAT
CAN BE THE BASE OF THE CASTANET.
THEN, GATHER FOUR BOTTLE CAPS,
METAL OR PLASTIC.
LOOKS LIKE
I'M DOWN A BOTTLE CAP.
STAND BY.
(loud swallowing)
She drinks a bottle of water.
She says AHHH!
A THIRST QUENCHING
CRAFTING SOLUTION!
MOVING ON.
GRAB A GREAT PAIR OF SCISSORS,
PENCIL, HOT GLUE,
AND ELASTIC BANDS.
The caption changes to "Structure."
Monica says FIRST, TAKE THE CARDSTOCK
AND DRAW TWO OVALS.
I'M DRAWING A LONG,
THIN OVAL SHAPE.
THAT SHOULD BE FINE.
NOW, CUT THE OVALS OUT.
AND JUST LIKE THAT, THERE'S
THE BASE OF THE CASTANET!
HMMM. THEY DON'T LOOK
FLAMENCO-Y ENOUGH.
THEY NEED...
(gasping)
COLOUR! GLITTER! DRAMA!
IT'S DECORATION TIME!
(funky guitar music playing)
The caption changes to "Decorating."
She adds red paint drops to the yellow ovals.
Monica says TAKE THE CARDSTOCK OVALS
AND FOLD THEM IN HALF.
NEXT,
GRAB THE WATER BOTTLE CAPS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
A WATER BOTTLE CAP.
ALMOST ANYTHING CAN WORK.
WATER BOTTLE CAPS,
GLASS CAPS, OR METAL JAR LIDS.
MIX AND MATCH.
AS LONG AS THEY MAKE A SOUND.
GLUE ONE TO EACH END
OF THE FANCY OVAL, LIKE THIS.
WATCH OUT FOR THAT HOT GLUE.
HEY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
HOW DO FLAMENCO
DANCERS CATCH FISH?
THEY CASTANET!
She chuckles.
She sighs and continues IT'S ELASTIC BAND TIME!
MAKE SURE THEY ARE
LITTLE BABY ELASTIC BANDS
BECAUSE YOU WANT THEM TO BE
TIGHT AROUND YOUR FINGER.
WHO'S A
LITTLE BABY ELASTIC BAND?
WHO'S A LITTLE CUTIE?
YOU ARE! YES, YOU ARE!
PUT THE ELASTIC BAND
AROUND EACH OVAL,
SLIDING THEM OVER
THE TOP OF THE CAP.
TAKE THE GLUE GUN AND PUT
A LITTLE DAB OF GLUE
ON THE SAME SIDE
AS THE BOTTLE CAP.
THAT WAY THEY'LL STAY
IN PLACE ON THE INSIDE,
BUT YOU CAN SLIP YOUR FINGERS
THROUGH ON THE OUTSIDE.
HOLD OFF ON PLAYING
UNTIL IT IS COOLED AND DRY.
(clock ticking)
(alarm ringing)
BUT THERE'S MORE WAITING
'CAUSE THERE'S
STILL ONE MORE STEP
BEFORE TRYING OUT
THE CRAFT-STRUMENT.
IF YOU'RE PLAYING THE CASTANETS,
THEN THERE'S A CHANCE
YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE...
(flamenco music playing)...
FLAMENCO DANCING!
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
I GOTTA WARM UP.
(upbeat disco music playing)
She does a dance routine.
(exhaling sharply)
She says GREAT! ALL WARMED UP.
AND READY...
TO FLAMENCO!
(tapping rhythmically)
WOW! THESE REALLY WORK!
AND NOW, LET'S MEET MY FLAMENCO
LOVING FRIEND, WHO'S AWESOME!
The caption changes to "Xander. Junior Jammer." Xander is around 10 years old. He has blond hair and wears a black T-shirt.
Xander says I'M XANDER AND I PLAY THE
CASTANETS.
DANCE WAS MY FIRST PASSION.
I STARTED WHEN
I WAS THREE YEARS OLD.
He dances and plays castanets in a dance studio.
He says AND RECENTLY,
I STARTED FLAMENCO.
I LOVE FLAMENCO BECAUSE IT'S
TWO OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS -
DANCING AND INSTRUMENTS
AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.
THESE ARE MY FIVE, FAST FACTS.
I LOVE TO SHOOT HOOPS
AND PLAY BASKETBALL.
I GO CAMPING WITH
MY FAMILY EVERY YEAR.
MY FAVOURITE SUBJECT IS MATH.
I LIKE BIKING WITH MY BROTHER.
AND I BREAK IT
DOWN WITH HIP HOP.
BONUS FACT:
I LOVE TO PLAY THE CASTANETS.
MOUTH-STRUMENT!
(Xander makes clicking noise)
(laughing)
The caption changes to "The Set-up."
He says THESE ARE MY CASTANETS.
TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM,
THE ONE WITH MORE LINES
IS THE TREBLE ONE, RIGHT HERE.
THE LESS LINES IS
THE BASS ONE, RIGHT HERE.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE TREBLE AND THE BASS
IS THAT THE TREBLE
IS A HIGHER PITCH...
(castanets tapping high note)...
AND THE BASS
IS A LOWER PITCH.
(castanets tapping low note)
(woman speaking Spanish)
MY TEACHER IS MISS CLAUDIA.
I'VE BEEN DANCING WITH HER
FOR ABOUT HALF A YEAR.
AGAIN.
WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF WARMUP,
THEN WE WORK ON OUR POSTURE.
With curly black hair and a black outfit, Claudia says WHAT YOU WANT TO KEEP IN MIND
IS YOUR ELBOWS LIFTING,
YOUR SHOULDERS STAY DOWN, JUST
DOING THE ARMS FOR RIGHT NOW.
Xander says AND WE LIKE, LEARN TO DANCE.
THE FIRST THING
I LEARNED WAS PAN -
HITTING TWO CASTANETS
AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.
HARDEST THING ABOUT
PLAYING THE CASTANETS
HAS BEEN THE FIVE COUNT RIA.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, HIT.
TRYING TO GET ALL FIVE OF THEM?
LIKE...
(trilling)
KEEP PRACTICING.
A child yells MAKE SOME NOISE!
(flamenco music playing)
(castanets tapping, feet tapping)
Xander dances and plays castanets.
(crowd cheering)
Rockelle says LET'S TRY THE MOVES AGAIN!
Rock says WE'RE GETTING TIRED!
Rocky says I DON'T SEE WHY
ROCK STARS NEED TO DANCE!
Rockelle says IT'S ALL ABOUT
PRECISION AND TIMING.
AND ONE AND TWO
AND THREE AND... FOUR!
Rock jumps.
Rock says HOW DID YOU...?
Rocky says NO TIME TO EXPLAIN,
THE JAM'S STARTING!
Back in the yard, Monica says I'M ALL WARMED UP.
MY CASTANETS ARE SECURED,
AND I'M PREPARED TO FLAMENCO!
ANJELICA? XANDER?
ARE YOU READY FOR
THIS JAM AND DANCE SESH?
Anjelica and Xander say READY!
OLE!
Monica says I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
COULD YOU HELP ME STRIKE A POSE?
BECAUSE YOU
SERIOUSLY LOOK AMAZING
AND I NEED ALL
THE HELP I CAN GET.
Xander says OKAY.
Anjelica says OKAY. WE'RE JUST GOING TO
CROSS OUR LEFT LEG FORWARD
AND LIFT THE RIGHT ARM UP.
PERFECT!
Monica says COUNT US IN, XANDER.
Xander says THREE, TWO, ONE!
Anjelica, Xander and Monica dance.
(soft flamenco music playing)
(feet tapping)
(audience cheering)
The end credits roll.
Kristy sits next to a whiteboard that reads "Steps of the writing process. 1. Prewrite. 2. Drafting. 3. Revising. 4. Editing. 5.Publising."
Kristy says WELCOME BACK. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED
THAT EPISODE OF
BACKYARD BEATS
AND THAT YOU HAD
YOUR DETECTIVE EYES ON
WHILE THEY WERE
MAKING THEIR CASTANETS.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS
THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME
WHEN THEY WERE WORKING
ON THEIR CASTANETS PROJECT.
THEY COMPLETED IT
STEP BY STEP BY STEP.
AND THEN, AT THE END, WHAT THEY
HAD LOOKED REALLY BEAUTIFUL
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS
THEY TOOK TIME TO DO
WAS MAKE THEM LOOK NICE.
SO, CASTANETS
DON'T HAVE TO BE COLOURFUL
AND DON'T HAVE TO BE DECORATED.
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN PLAIN.
ALL THEY REALLY
HAVE TO DO TO BE CASTANETS
IS MAKE NOISE
WHEN YOU CLICK THEM.
BUT THEY WORKED HARD
TO MAKE THEM ALSO LOOK GOOD
AND MAKE THEM A GREAT
PUBLISHED FINISHED PIECE.
TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT, STEP BY STEP,
HOW WE DO THE
SAME THING WITH WRITING.
SO, OVER HERE WE HAVE OUR
STEPS OF THE WRITING PROCESS.
ANY WRITING PROJECT IS GOING
TO FOLLOW THESE STEPS.
SOMETIMES THEY
OVERLAP A LITTLE BIT
AND WE GO BACK
AND FORTH A TINY BIT.
BUT THESE ARE THE STEPS.
WE ALWAYS START WITH PREWRITING.
PREWRITING,
I DREW A THOUGHT BUBBLE
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY
THINK ABOUT OUR WRITING
AND WHAT IT IS
WE'RE GOING TO CREATE.
SO, MY PREWRITING MIGHT BE
COMPLETING A MIND MAP.
IT MIGHT BE
BRAINSTORMING WITH A FRIEND
AND TALKING ABOUT MY IDEAS.
MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE
MAKING A LIST OF SOMETHING.
MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT SOME PICTURES,
OR MAYBE I HAVE A TOY
THAT I'M GOING TO WRITE ABOUT
AND I HAVE THAT
TOY IN FRONT OF ME
TO HELP THINK ABOUT
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT TOY
AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
ONCE I HAVE THOSE IDEAS
ALL READY TO GO,
IT'S GOING TO MAKE
IT MUCH EASIER FOR ME
TO GET TO THE DRAFTING
STEP OF MY WRITING.
IF I DON'T DO
THE PREWRITING AND THINK,
WHEN I GET A PENCIL IN MY HAND,
I'M GOING TO HAVE NOTHING TO
PUT DOWN ON MY PIECE OF PAPER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST
THINGS ABOUT WRITING IS...
I'M SURE YOU'VE PROBABLY
BEEN WHERE A TEACHER SAID,
"OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO WRITE,"
AND YOU'RE SITTING
WITH YOUR PENCIL
AND YOU'RE SITTING
WITH YOUR PAPER
AND YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO PUT DOWN.
THAT'S WHY
PREWRITING IS IMPORTANT.
THEN, WHEN WE GET TO DRAFTING,
WE'VE GOT OUR IDEAS,
SO WE CAN START TURNING
OUR IDEAS INTO A JOURNAL
OR A STORY OR A REPORT
OR A POEM OR A POSTER
OR WHATEVER IT IS
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING
FOR OUR WRITING
FORM FOR THAT DAY.
ONCE WE'VE GOT OUR DRAFT
AND WE'VE TAKEN A FIRST PASS
AT PUTTING THIS DOWN,
WE'RE GOING TO REVISE.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK
AND WE'RE GOING TO
READ IT OVER AGAIN.
AND WE'RE GOING TO
ASK OURSELVES THINGS LIKE,
"DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?"
AND IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE,
WE MIGHT NEED
TO ADD SOME WORDS IN
OR CHANGE
THE ORDER OF OUR SENTENCES
OR ADD A COUPLE
OF MORE SENTENCES,
SO THAT WHAT WE'VE MADE
HAS OUR IDEAS IN IT
AND IT'S JUST
WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE.
I DREW A LITTLE
BAND-AID FOR THAT
BECAUSE THAT'S
KIND OF FIXING IT UP.
THAT'S THE BIG PART OF FIXING UP
OUR WRITING FOR OUR GOOD COPY
OR OUR PUBLISHED.
NUMBER FOUR STEP IS EDITING.
EDITING IS WHEN WE FIX THINGS
LIKE OUR SPELLING OR OUR
CAPITALS OR PUNCTUATION.
SO, DO WE HAVE PERIODS
IN THE RIGHT PLACE?
ARE THERE UPPERCASE LETTERS AT
THE BEGINNING OF OUR SENTENCES
AND ON PEOPLE'S NAMES?
HAVE WE SPELLED WORDS CORRECTLY?
THAT'S WHEN WE CHECK
ON THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S MORE ABOUT THE LITTLE
BITS AND PIECES
THAN IT IS ABOUT, "DOES IT MAKE
SENSE AND HOW IS IT WORKING?"
WE CAN GO BACK AND FIX.
SOMETIMES THESE TWO STEPS
OVERLAP A LITTLE BIT,
BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO MAKE SURE WE THINK ABOUT,
"DOES IT MAKE SENSE?"
AND ALL THOSE LITTLE PIECES LIKE
OUR SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION.
AT THE VERY, VERY END,
WE GET TO PUBLISHING.
AND PUBLISHING, I DREW A LITTLE
BOOK WITH A BIG STAR ON IT
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN
OUR WORK REALLY SHINES,
WHEN WE TAKE THE TIME TO PUBLISH
IT AND MAKE IT OUR VERY BEST.
SO, SOMETIMES THAT
COULD BE TAKING OUR STORY
AND TYPING IT ON THE COMPUTER,
SO IT'S REALLY NICE
AND EASY TO READ.
SOMETIMES THAT MIGHT BE MAKING
OUR IDEAS INTO A POSTER
AND COPYING THEM OUT USING
BEAUTIFUL COLOURS
AND BUBBLE LETTERS
AND OUR BEST WRITING
AND ADDING PICTURES TO IT,
SO THAT IT'S STILL THE SAME
STORY OR POSTER OR INFORMATION,
BUT IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
THAT WILL CATCH
OUR READERS ATTENTION,
JUST LIKE OUR STORY DID.
REMEMBER,
WE JUST SEE THAT PLAIN WRITING,
IT'S NOT SO EXCITING.
ONCE WE SEE THOSE
COLOURS AND PICTURES,
IT'S JUST GOING TO DRAW US
IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED
ON OUR WRITING TODAY,
WE'RE GOING TO STOP
AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A LITTLE BIT OF A BODY BREAK
AND GET OUR BODIES
MOVING AROUND.
SO, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT
SOME SPACE TO MOVE.
GET UP, GET YOUR BODY PUMPING,
GET YOUR BRAIN
READY TO LEARN,
AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK
IN A FEW MINUTES.
A clip plays.
(music plays)
Images of a warehouse full of art on its walls appear.
Mickeey pops out of a graffiti art on a wall.
Mickeey is in his twenties, with short puffy black hair and he wears blue jeans, a black and white sweater, a red zip up jacket and red snickers.
Mickeey says HEY, WHAT'S UP?
TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE LEARNING
THE CABBAGE PATCH.
HEY!
ALL YOU GOTTA DO
IS YOU'RE GONNA PRETEND
LIKE YOU'RE GOING
INTO A RUN.
YOU'RE GONNA STEP FORWARD
FOR ONE,
AND TAKE A STEP BACK
FOR TWO,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA
DO THIS THING
THAT'S CALLED
A STEP-BALL-CHANGE.
STEP, BALL, CHANGE.
PICK UP THAT KNEE
AT THE END.
LET'S GO FIND OUT
WHAT THE ARMS ARE DOING.
WHEN YOU TAKE
A STEP FORWARD,
YOUR HANDS ARE GONNA GO
INTO A RUNNING POSE.
WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP BACK
YOU'RE GONNA SWITCH YOUR ARMS
TO BACK.
AND THEN ON THE STEP-BALL-CHANGE
YOU'RE GONNA IMAGINE
AS IF YOU'RE STIRRING UP
A BIG POT,
AND THEN YOU'RE
GONNA KICK IT BACK UP
WITH THE RUNNING MAN
POSE AGAIN.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
He does the move and says STEP FORWARD, BACK,
CIRCLE IT UP, FORWARD,
BACK,
AND STIR YOUR POT.
LET'S DO IT WITH MUSIC
AND FRIENDS, SHALL WE?
HERE WE GO!
(upbeat music playing)
LET'S GO, GUYS!
Melissa and Daniel appear.
Melissa is in her twenties, with long straight brown hair with bangs and she wears dark trousers, a yellow woollen hat and a blue and green zip jacket.
Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and he wears glasses, black trousers, a yellow shirt and a black cap hat.
They start dancing.
Mickeey says SEVEN, HIT!
STEP, TWO, STEP-BALL-CHANGE.
AND STEP, TWO,
STEP-BALL-CHANGE.
AND DON'T FORGET
TO STIR YOUR POT.
(cheering)
AND GUESS WHAT?
YOU JUST MOVED WITH MICKEEY.
SEE YA!
He jumps back in the graffiti.
The clip ends.
Kristy sits next to a whiteboard that reads "Publishing checklist. Have I used my best printing? Have I made it neat? Have I added pictures and colour? Did I use special paper? Did I use crayons, pencils, markers? Did I use a computer? Is my work my best? Is my work ready to share?"
Kristy says I HOPE YOU HAD FUN
GETTING UP,
MOVING AROUND,
AND GETTING OUT SOME ENERGY
ON OUR BODY BREAK.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER
WHEN WE'RE PUBLISHING,
BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON MAKING
SOMETHING LOOK AND READ
REALLY, REALLY WELL.
THIS IS OUR
PUBLISHING CHECKLIST.
HERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS
WE'RE GOING TO ASK OURSELVES
AS WE WORK ON
OUR BEST PUBLISHED WORK.
SO, WE'RE GOING
TO ASK OURSELVES,
"HAVE I USED
MY BEST PRINTING? ."
SO, IF YOU'RE USING A COMPUTER
IT'LL DO THAT WORK FOR YOU,
BUT IF YOU'RE WRITING IT OUT
BY HAND,
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE
THIS IS YOUR NEATEST,
BEST PRINTING
OR HANDWRITING.
HAVE I MADE IT NEAT?
SO, DID I LEAVE SPACES
BETWEEN MY WORDS?
DO I HAVE LOTS OF ERASER MESS
ALL OVER THE PLACE
OR DOES THE PAPER
LOOK NICE AND CLEAN?
HAVE I ADDED
PICTURES AND COLOUR TO IT?
WE'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT,
"DID I USE SPECIAL PAPER?"
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR BOOK
THAT WE LOOKED AT,
THE ANGRY DRAGON,
THEY USED COLOURFUL PAPER
IN THE BACKGROUND
UNDERNEATH THEIR WRITING.
MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING
YOU CAN DO.
HAVE I USE...
DID I USE CRAYONS,
PENCILS, MARKERS?
SO, HAVE YOU ADDED EXTRA DETAIL
USING THOSE SPECIAL THINGS
TO MAKE YOUR WORK
LOOK EVEN BETTER?
DID YOU USE A COMPUTER?
A COMPUTER IS A GREAT TOOL
FOR YOUR PUBLISHED WORK
BECAUSE IT CAN ADD PICTURES,
YOU CAN USE DIFFERENT FONTS.
THOUGH, ALWAYS BE CAREFUL
WITH FONTS
'CAUSE SOMETIMES IF YOU USE
A REALLY SUPER FANCY ONE,
IT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IT
REALLY HARD TO READ,
AND IT'S NOT SO NEAT, EVEN IF
THE COMPUTER DID IT FOR YOU.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO
ASK OURSELVES,
"IS MY WORK MY BEST?"
AND "IS MY WORK
READY TO SHARE?"
SO, IF YOU GAVE IT
TO SOMEBODY ELSE,
WOULD THEY BE ABLE
TO READ AND ENJOY IT?
WE'RE GOING TO PRACTISE TOGETHER
ON A POEM THAT I HAVE.
LET ME TAKE THIS DOWN.
SO, HERE IS MY POEM.
LET'S READ IT TOGETHER.
She reads THERE ONCE WAS A BUNNY
NAMED JARS WHO ATE ALL THE CHOCOLATE BARS
HE HOPPED ON HIS TAIL TO FILL UP HIS PAIL ,
WITH HIS FAVOURITE CHOCOLATE BAR MARS.
She says SO, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THIS
AND ASK MYSELF THOSE QUESTIONS.
HAVE I USED
MY BEST PRINTING?
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I ACTUALLY NOTICED MY LETTERS
DON'T TOUCH THE LINES.
I PROBABLY WROTE IT
A LITTLE BIT FAST,
SO I'M NOT SURE THIS IS
MY VERY BEST PRINTING ON HERE.
DID I MAKE IT NEAT?
WELL, IT'S PRETTY NEAT,
BUT ONE THING
I DON'T LIKE,
I DON'T LIKE
THE WAY MY LINES
DON'T GO ALL THE WAY
TO THE END OF THE POEM.
I HAD TO START
ON A NEW LINE.
I WONDER IF MY PAPER'S A LITTLE
BIT TOO SKINNY FOR THIS POEM.
DID I ADD
PICTURES AND COLOUR?
NOPE.
DID I USE SPECIAL PAPER?
NO, THIS IS JUST
REGULAR PAPER.
DID I USE CRAYONS,
PENCIL CRAYONS, MARKERS?
NOT REALLY, I JUST USED
ONE COLOUR ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
IS MY WORK MY BEST?
WELL, IT'S OKAY.
LIKE, IT'S NOT TERRIBLE,
BUT IT'S ALSO NOT GREAT.
SO, I WENT THROUGH MY CHECKLIST
AND I THOUGHT,
WHAT CAN I DO
TO HELP MAKE THIS BETTER?
AND THEN, I MADE...
A PUBLISHED COPY.
SO I'M GONNA...
I FOLDED IT IN A LITTLE BIT
SO IT DIDN'T STICK OUT.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT MY PUBLISHED COPY...
OF THE POEM
ABOUT JARS THE BUNNY.
WELL, I HOPE YOU NOTICE
THAT THE FIRST THING I DID
IS I USED COLOUR.
SO, I ADDED
SOME COLOUR TO IT.
The new copy of the poem has two blue lines and three red lines.
She continues AND HOW I CHOSE MY COLOUR
WAS I FOUND
THIS GREAT CLIP ART...
OF A BUNNY WHO'S HOPPING
INTO A PAIL
FILLED WITH
CHOCOLATE BARS.
AND I NOTICED THE COLOURS
THAT STOOD OUT IN THE PICTURE,
TO ME,
WERE THE RED AND BLUE.
THERE'S A LOT OF YELLOW
BUT YELLOW CAN BE
HARD TO READ SOMETIMES
SO I THOUGHT,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF I USE THIS PICTURE
ON MY POEM,
IF I PUT
RED AND BLUE WRITING,
I BET IT'S GONNA LOOK
REALLY NICE TOGETHER.
SO, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH
THE CHECKLIST AGAIN
ON MY SECOND COPY
OF MY POEM.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS
I NOTICED
IS I DIDN'T LIKE HOW THE LINES
WERE TOO SQUISHY,
SO BY USING
THE WIDER PAPER,
ALL MY LINES FIT NICELY.
AND IT WAS A LITTLE EASIER
TO READ.
DID I USE MY BEST PRINTING?
YEP.
ALL OF MY LETTERS
FIT ON THE LINES.
I WROTE THEM REALLY NEATLY.
I ADDED SOME PICTURES
AND I ADDED SOME COLOUR.
DID I USE SPECIAL PAPER?
WELL, I CHOSE THIS SPECIAL PAPER
THAT'S REALLY WIDE
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD
FIT MY POEM BETTER.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
HAVE TO BE FANCY,
BUT I MADE A GOOD CHOICE
FOR MY PIECE OF WORK.
DID I USE CRAYONS,
PENCIL CRAYONS, MARKERS?
YEAH, I USED MARKERS
TO DO MY PICTURES.
IF I HAD DRAWN MY PICTURE
I WOULD HAVE.
FOR THIS ONE,
I USED A PIECE OF CLIP ART.
DID I USE A COMPUTER?
ACTUALLY I DID.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE A COMPUTER
FOR YOUR PUBLISHED WORK,
BUT IT'S A GOOD TOOL AND
IT HELPED ME WITH MY PICTURE.
IS MY WORK MY BEST?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M PRETTY PROUD
OF HOW I WROTE THIS.
I THINK I DID
A REALLY NICE JOB
OF TURNING MY PLAIN
BLACK AND WHITE COPY
INTO SOMETHING
MUCH NICER TO LOOK AT.
I THINK IF I TOOK THIS
TO SCHOOL
AND SHARED IT
WITH MY KINDERGARTEN CLASS,
THEY'D PROBABLY
REALLY LIKE IT.
AND THE LAST THING-
IS MY WORK READY TO SHARE?
YOU KNOW WHAT? I MIGHT ADD
A LITTLE BIT MORE TAPE TO THIS
SO IT DOESN'T FALL OFF.
MAYBE IF I TOOK IT TO SCHOOL
AND PUT IT THROUGH THE LAMINATOR
SO EVERYTHING STUCK TOGETHER
A LITTLE BIT,
BUT EVEN RIGHT NOW,
I FEEL PRETTY PROUD
OF THIS PIECE OF WORK
AND I THINK
IT IS READY TO SHARE.
A close-up shot shows Kristy's hands on a piece of paper with a diagram.
Kristy says HI, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK
ON OUR ORGANIZER NOW
TO BRAINSTORM OUR IDEAS
FOR OUR KINDNESS POSTER.
She grabs a blue marker and continues SO, IN THE MIDDLE,
I HAVE THE BIG IDEA
"WAYS TO BE KIND."
SO, I'M GOING
TO START THINKING
ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS
TO BE KIND IN THIS.
OH, I GUESS I SHOULD...
I'M GONNA WRITE "KRISTY."
UP HERE.
AND IT'S APRIL 2021
WHILE I'M DOING THIS.
SO, I'M GOING TO THINK
ABOUT MY WAYS TO BE KIND.
I'VE GOT MY NAME
AND MY DATE ON THERE.
SO, WAYS TO BE KIND.
WELL, ONE OF THE WAYS...
OH, AND I WANNA POINT OUT,
I'M USING A MARKER TO DO THIS.
I WOULD NOT SUGGEST
USING A MARKER.
I WOULD USE A PENCIL
FOR THIS.
I'M USING A MARKER JUST SO THAT
IT SHOWS UP A LITTLE BIT BETTER
ON THE CAMERA, 'CAUSE IT'S
SOMETIMES KINDA HARD TO SEE
WITH THE PENCIL.
SO, ONE OF THE WAYS
I REALLY LIKE, IN MY CLASS,
THAT STUDENTS DO
TO BE KIND
IS THEY HELP SOMEONE
WHO'S HURT.
SO, I'M GONNA WRITE THAT DOWN.
"HELP...SOMEONE..."WHO IS HURT."
I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE.
THAT REALLY SHOWS
YOU CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
NOW, WHAT ELSE CAN I DO
TO BE KIND?
WELL, I CAN DEFINITELY
USE KIND WORDS
OR NICE WORDS
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
SO, UM, BE POLITE.
UM, I'M GONNA SAY,
"USE NICE WORDS."
USE...NICE... .WORDS.
OOH, MAYBE ANOTHER WAY
TO SAY THAT,
I'LL WRITE IN BRACKETS,
"MY MANNERS."
I CAN USE MY MANNERS.
SO, DOING THIS ORGANIZER
IS REALLY GONNA HELP ME
WHEN IT GETS TIME TO ACTUALLY
MAKE MY GOOD COPY OF MY POSTER
BECAUSE THEN...
OR MAKE MY DRAFT OF MY POSTER,
THEN I ALREADY HAVE
ALL OF THE IDEAS I NEED.
AND I'M NOT TRYING
TO GET MY IDEAS
AT THE SAME TIME
I'M FIGURING OUT
HOW I WANT MY POSTER
TO LOOK,
OR ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS
I NEED TO DO.
WAYS TO BE KIND-
WELL, AT MY HOUSE,
A WAY I CAN BE KIND
IS TO DO MY CHORES... .SO THAT MY PARTNER
DOESN'T HAVE TO BUG ME
AND SO THAT MY FAMILY
CAN BE HAPPY
AND NOT HAVING TO DO THE WORK
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MINE.
THAT'S JUST A WAY...
MINE...
THAT'S A WAY TO BE KIND
TO MY FAMILY.
MMM, ON THE YARD
AND AT SCHOOL,
ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LOVE
MY STUDENTS TO DO
IS IF THERE'S SOMEBODY
WHO'S FEELING LONELY
OR DOESN'T HAVE
SOMEBODY TO PLAY WITH,
I LIKE THEM TO ASK.
"SOMEONE" DOESN'T FIT
VERY EASILY..."SOMEONE..."TO PLAY WITH."
OOH, I MIGHT NEED
TO GO OUT OF MY BOX.
THAT'S OKAY.
ASK SOMEONE
TO PLAY WITH YOU.
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL
IF I GO OUT OF THE BOX
ON MY BRAINSTORM,
'CAUSE THIS IS JUST
MY IDEAS.
THIS ISN'T MY...
EVEN MY DRAFT,
LET ALONE MY GOOD COPY
OR MY PUBLISHED WORK.
OH, ONE THING I KNOW
SOME OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO LIVE FAR AWAY FROM ME
REALLY LIKE
IS IF I SEND THEM
AN e-mail OR A LETTER.
I'M GONNA SAY,
"SEND...A..."LETTER OR EMAIL."
AH! OOPS,
I MADE A MISTAKE.
EMAIL. THERE WE GO.
I KINDA FIXED IT UP.
UM, I'M TRYING
TO THINK ABOUT THINGS
THAT MAKE ME FEEL HAPPY
WHEN OTHER PEOPLE DO THEM.
SO, I FEEL REALLY GOOD
IF I GET A LETTER OR AN EMAIL,
WHEN PEOPLE ARE POLITE TO ME,
THAT FEELS REALLY KIND.
IF I GET HURT
AND SOMEONE OFFERS TO HELP,
THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
WHEN THE MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY
DO ALL OF THEIR CHORES
OR THE KIDS IN MY CLASS
TIDY UP,
THAT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD
AND THAT'S KIND TO OUR CLASS.
IF I'M FEELING LONELY
AND SOMEBODY ASKS ME
TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM,
THAT MAKES ME FEEL
REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
SO, LET'S THINK.
I'VE GOT THREE MORE BOXES
IN MY ORGANIZER.
I ALWAYS TRY TO FILL MY WHOLE
ORGANIZER UP WHEN I'M DOING IT,
EVEN THOUGH ON MY GOOD COPY,
ON MY PUBLISHED WORK,
I MIGHT NOT USE
ALL OF THEM.
IT'S ALWAYS BETTER
TO HAVE TOO MANY IDEAS
THAN NOT ENOUGH IDEAS.
SO, WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS
THAT MAKE ME FEEL HAPPY,
OR, WELL, LET'S SEE.
I DID SOMETHING
FOR THE PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY.
WHAT ABOUT THE PETS
IN MY FAMILY?
HOW COULD I BE KIND
TO MY PETS?
WELL, I CAN FEED THEM,
BUT THAT'S JUST
A REALLY IMPORTANT JOB TO DO
SO THEY STAY HEALTHY.
OH, ONE OF THE THINGS
MY DOGS LOVE
IS WHEN I TAKE THEM OUT AND I
THROW THE TENNIS BALL FOR THEM.
THEY LOVE TO PLAY FETCH.
SO, I'M GOING TO WRITE,
"PLAY...FETCH... WITH MY DOGS."
She keeps filling the boxes in the diagram.
She cotninues SO, I THOUGHT ABOUT WAYS
TO SHOW KINDNESS
TO THE PEOPLE AROUND ME,
TO MY FAMILY,
TO MY KIDS AT SCHOOL.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN I'M OUT
IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD,
JUST IF I'M AT A STORE
OR SOMEWHERE,
A WAY I CAN BE REALLY KIND
TO STRANGERS
IS TO HOLD THE DOOR
FOR THEM.
THAT'S SOMETHING I LOVE,
WHEN SOMEBODY HOLDS THE DOOR
AND SMILES AT ME.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL
REALLY GOOD.
OH, MAYBE I CAN ADD THAT.
"SMILE AT SOMEONE."
THAT'S SOMETIMES
A REALLY NICE, EASY WAY
TO MAKE SOMEONE'S DAY.
OOH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THOUGHT OF ONE MORE
THAT I CAN DO
THAT'S A REALLY NICE THING.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M EVEN GONNA ADD AN EXTRA BOX
TO MY ORGANIZER
AND THAT'S ALWAYS OKAY.
I'M GOING TO...
HERE, MAYBE I'LL MAKE A LITTLE
BOX TO WRITE IT IN DOWN HERE.
I CAN MAKE A PRESENT
FOR SOMEONE.
SO, I'VE GOT
MY ORGANIZER HERE
OF LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS I CAN
THINK OF TO BE KIND TO SOMEONE.
AND I'M GOING TO USE
THIS ORGANIZER
TO HELP ME MAKE
MY KINDNESS POSTER.
IF-- WHEN YOU MAKE
YOUR KINDNESS POSTER,
YOU CAN MAKE AN ORGANIZER
JUST LIKE THIS
BY MAKING A CIRCLE
OR A SQUARE ON YOUR PAPER
AND MAKING LITTLE BUBBLES
THAT COME OUT
FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS
YOU CAN THINK OF
TO BE KIND TO SOMEONE.
WE'RE GOING TO STOP NOW
AND TAKE A LITTLE BREAK
AND WATCH A VIDEO FROM
TUMBLETOWN READS.
IT'S PRETTY SILLY,
BUT I WANT YOU TO WATCH
FOR SOME OF THE THINGS
TUMBLETOWN FORGOT ABOUT
WHEN HE WAS DOING HIS WRITING
THAT ARE REALLY,
REALLY IMPORTANT
SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE
A GREAT PUBLISHED PRODUCT.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
IF WHAT HE GIVES TO HIS EDITOR
IN THE PAPER
WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER,
WHAT DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WOULD
THINK WHEN THEY READ IT AT HOME?
WOULD THEY THINK
THAT WAS HIS VERY BEST WORK?
WOULD THEY THINK
IT MAKES SENSE?
SO, I WANT YOU
TO WATCH TUMBLETOWN
AND I WANT YOU TO THINK
ABOUT HOW HE COULD TURN IT
INTO HIS VERY BEST WORK
AND LISTEN CLOSELY
TO HIS EDITOR
AND THE THINGS
SHE HAS TO SAY
ALL ABOUT HOW HE CAN
MAKE HIS WORK GREAT
FOR THE NEWSPAPER.
SO, ENJOY
THE
TUMBLETOWN READS
VIDEO,
THINK ABOUT WORKING ON
WHAT IDEAS YOU'RE GOING TO USE
IN YOUR POSTER,
AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
(music plays)
A slate reads "Tumbleweed Presents Tumbleweed Reads."
A blue book with a neighbourhood on the cover appears against a purple background.
(dog barking)
(owl hooting)
(horn honking)
The book opens.
In off, Tumbleweed says TODAY'S TALE:
HOW TO WRITE.
Tumbleweed appears inside a castle. He is a light brown hamster.
Tumbleweed says YAY, IT'S SATURDAY!
I HAVE THE WHOLE DAY OFF.
WHAT A GREAT DAY TO CATCH UP
WITH MY FRIENDS.
(phone notification)
(gasping)
I HAVE A TEXT MESSAGE!
OH, LOOK.
IT'S A MESSAGE FROM TWIGGY.
"ARE WE ON FOR BREAKFAST?"
OH, OKAY. I'LL ANSWER HER.
OKAY, LET'S SEE.
He types YOU BET.
CAFE IN FIVE MINUTES.
Tumbleweed says COME ON, ANSWER! ANSWER!
(phone notification)
OH, THERE IT IS.
"COOL, SEE YOU THEN."
OKAY, GREAT, 'CAUSE I'M SO
HUNGRY I COULD EAT THIS PHONE
AND THAT VOIDS THE WARRANTY,
SO I WON'T.
I WILL JUST GO TO THE CAFE,
WHICH I'M DOING NOW.
NEH-- NOW.
Tumbleweed sings DO, DO, DO-DO,
DO, DO, DO-DO
I AM DRIVING IN MY CAR
DO, DO, DO, DO
Now, Tumbleweed chats with a big hamster.
Tumbleweed says SO, THERE I WAS.
I HAVE A RUBBER BOOT
ON ONE HAND...
(chuckling)
AND THE OTHER ONE
IS STUCK IN THE TUMBLE DRYER.
The big hamster says HANG ON.
IT'S DIMITRI.
He gets a text message.
The big hamster says "MEET AT THE PARK
TO FLY KITES."
HEY, THAT
SOUNDS LIKE FUN!
WANNA GO?
Tumbleweed says I CAN'T, I GOTTA MEET LEWIS
AT THE GYM.
(phone notification)
OH, LOOK AT THIS, A MESSAGE.
"WHERE ARE YOU? WAITING FOR YOU
AT THE BOOK CLUB."
I FORGOT!
I HAVE A BOOK CLUB MEETING!
I GOTTA GO!
The big hamster says YEAH, ME TOO.
HEY,
YOU'RE SITTING ON GUM.
Tumbleweed says I AM?
GET IT, GET IT.
The big hamster says RIGHT HERE.
Tumbleweed says AH-- AH...
The big hamster says HOLD STILL.
THIS ISN'T HELPING.
Tumbleweed laughs hysterically.
The big hamster says OW, OW.
YOU'RE TICKLING!
OGH. AWKWARD.
Back in his car, Tumbleweed says TO THE BOOK CLUB
(gibbering) KITES! GO!
HURRAY!
TO THE BOOK CLUB,
TO THE BOOK CLUB
Next, Tumbleweed meets some friends.
Tumbleweed says NO, I THINK THERESA'S RED SCARF
REPRESENTED HERSELF
AND SHE WAS WRAPPING HERSELF
AROUND HER NECK.
YOU SEE?
Friend 1 says OH, YEAH MON!
(phone notification)
Friend 2 says THAT'S GOOD.
Tumbleweed says OH, EXCUSE ME.
I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE HERE.
"MOVIE LATER TONIGHT."
FROM-- FROM SAL!
Sal says SAL, I'M RIGHT HERE!
I-- I WANTED TO USE
MY NEW PHONE! HEH.
Back in his car, Tumbleweed says GOING TO THE GYM
GYM, GYM, GYM, GYM
GOING TO THE GYM
Now, Tumbleweed stands in a wheel.
Tumbleweed says I JUST TEXTED
MY COUSIN BUFFY.
WHERE'S THE TRAINER?
A dark hamster says OOH, I'LL TEXT HER.
"WHERE ARE YOU?"
Tumbleweed says I'M TIRED
OF THIS EXERCISE.
LET'S GO WEIGH
OURSELVES.
I WANNA SEE IF I'VE
LOST ANY WEIGHT.
The dark hamster says YEAH! MY MOM SAYS I'M GETTING REALLY SKINNY.
Tumbleweed says LET'S SEE.
I HAVEN'T
LOST ANY WEIGHT!
I GAINED WEIGHT,
BUT IT'S ALL MUSCLE.
Then, Tumbleweed watches a movie.
A Woman says CHINCHILLA.
A Man says CHINCHILLA.
CHINCHILLA.
(audience chuckling)
Tumbleweed says THIS MOVIE
NEEDS SUBTITLES.
(laughing)
Viewer 1 says I LOVE THIS MOVIE.
Viewer 2 says CHINCHILLA!
In an office, Tumbleweed says YOU WANTED TO SEE ME,
CHIEF?
Chief says HMM, YES.
IT'S ABOUT
YOUR LATEST ARTICLE.
Tumbleweed says DID YOU LOVE IT?
Chief says WELL, I WISH I COULD SAY,
TUMBLEWEED,
BUT I CAN'T READ IT!
(trying to read aloud)
A message without vowels appears.
Chief says I-- I CAN'T READ
THIS AT ALL...
(phone notification)
Tumbleweed says OH, HANG ON.
I'VE GOTTA ANSWER
THIS MESSAGE.
Chief says TUMBLEWEED, IF YOU
LOOK AT THAT DEVICE
I WILL GET...
Tumbleweed says ONE MINUTE, I...
Chief says DO NOT...
Tumbleweed says AH...
Chief says THANK YOU.
THIS STYLE OF WRITING
IS FINE
FOR SENDING QUICK
MESSAGES TO YOUR FRIENDS
BUT NOT FOR COMMUNICATING WITH
YOUR READERS IN A NEWSPAPER.
Tumbleweed says BUT IT'S FAST
AND MY FRIENDS LOVE IT!
Chief says AND THAT'S FINE FOR THEM,
BUT WHEN YOU'RE WRITING
SOMETHING SERIOUS
LIKE AN ESSAY
OR A REPORT,
PEOPLE HAVE TO
BELIEVE YOU,
SO YOU MUST SPELL CORRECTLY
AND WRITE IN FULL SENTENCES.
Tumbleweed says OKAY! FROM NOW ON I'LL
BE SURE TO ONLY WRI...
OH, I GOT A MESSAGE.
OH LOOK, IT'S FROM SAL!
HEY, LOOK AT THAT!
CAN YOU READ THAT?
LOOK AT THAT.
Chief says OH, LET ME TRY.
"U R INVITD--."
AND THEN THERE'S
A NUMBER 2.
WHY WOULD THERE BE
A NUMBER 2 THERE?
Tumbleweed says NO, THAT'S
"TONIGHT," SEE?
Chief says OH!
Tumbleweed says YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
KEEP GOING.
Chief says WELL, THEN
THERE'S A "LOL."
WHAT'S A LOL?
Tumbleweed says LAUGH OUT LOUD!
Chief says NOT LOLLIPOP?
Tumbleweed says OGH, ROFL, DUDE!
The TVO Kids logo appears.
Kristy says I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT EPISODE
OF
TUMBLETOWN READS.
THEY'RE PRETTY SILLY BUT I THINK
THAT HE FIGURED OUT
SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT
IN THAT EPISODE
AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT THOSE WORDS
THAT HE WAS USING
AND MAKING SURE WHEN
HE WAS EDITING AND REVISING
THAT EVERYTHING MADE SENSE.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE,
IF THAT WAS
HIS FINISHED PRODUCT,
IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT
HIS BEST WORK,
'CAUSE HE CAN WRITE FULL WORDS
INSTEAD OF THAT SHORT FORM.
AND IT WAS DEFINITELY
NOT THE NEATEST
WHEN HE WAS USING ALL THOSE
SHORT WAYS TO SAY WORDS.
AND IT WASN'T VERY CLEAR.
SO, HE HAD TO GO THROUGH
BEFORE HE WAS FINISHED
FOR THAT TO BE PUBLISHED.
AND HE STILL HAD A FEW STEPS
TO REVISIT.
SO, BEFORE YOU PUBLISH,
MAKE SURE
YOU REMEMBER THOSE STEPS
OF REVISING
AND EDITING YOUR WORK.
I'M GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK
AT MY PUBLISHING CHECKLIST,
AND I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU
HELP ME
CHECK OUT
MY FINISHED KINDNESS POSTER
TO SEE IF IT MEETS
ALL OF THE CRITERIA.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO ASK OURSELVES
IF WE USED OUR BEST PRINTING,
IF WE MADE IT NEAT,
IF WE ADDED
PICTURES AND COLOUR,
IF WE USED OUR SPECIAL PAPERS,
CRAYONS, PENCILS, MARKERS,
DID WE MAYBE USE A COMPUTER?
THIS ONE ISN'T A MUST-DO.
IS OUR WORK OUR BEST
AND READY TO SHARE?
SO, I HOPE YOU'RE READY
TO USE YOUR EDITING, REVISING,
DETECTIVE PUBLISHING EYES
TO HELP ME SEE IF MY WORK
IS READY TO SHARE
WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
I HAVE MY POSTER
RIGHT HERE.
GONNA PUT MY CHECKLIST DOWN HERE
SO I CAN LOOK AT IT.
SO, HERE IS MY POSTER.
A poster shows a title and six text clouds in different clouds.
She continues I CALLED IT "HOW TO BE KIND."
SO, I ADDED A TITLE TO IT.
AND BECAUSE IT'S A POSTER,
I WANTED TO MAKE IT
SO THAT IF IT WAS SOMETHING
HANGING UP ON THE WALL,
IT WOULD BE REALLY FUN
TO LOOK AT, AND INTERESTING.
SO, I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST
MAKE IT A PLAIN OLD LIST.
SO, "HOW TO BE KIND."
I USED LOTS AND LOTS
OF COLOUR ON HERE.
I DECIDED TO TRY SOME BLOCK
LETTERS FOR THAT "KIND."
SO THAT THE WORD "KIND."
REALLY, REALLY STOOD OUT
ON MY POSTER.
I USED MY MARKERS
DIFFERENTLY.
MY MARKERS HAVE...
A CHISEL TIP TO THEM,
SO I CAN WRITE ON THEM
WITH THEIR WIDE SIDE
OR I CAN WRITE ON THEM
WITH THE SKINNY TIP
TO MAKE MY PRINTING
LOOK DIFFERENT.
AND THAT'S IF YOU HAVE
THICK MARKERS AT HOME.
YOU MIGHT WANNA USE THOSE
FOR A TITLE,
AND MAYBE YOU'LL USE SKINNY
MARKERS FOR YOUR PRINTING
ON YOUR PUBLISHED COPY.
SO, "HOW TO BE KIND."
AND I SAID, "I CAN..."
AND I DID
A LITTLE DOT-DOT-DOT
'CAUSE EACH OF THESE THINGS
FINISHES THE SENTENCE
"I CAN..."
SO, I SAID
I CAN PLAY WITH MY DOGS.
'CAUSE THAT'S A WAY
TO BE KIND TO MY DOGS.
I CAN GIVE THEM
SOME ATTENTION.
I CAN HELP SOMEONE
WHO GETS HURT.
AND FOR MY DOGS,
I DREW A LITTLE TENNIS BALL.
NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT?
LOOKING AT IT,
MAYBE I GO BACK
AND ADD SOME PENCIL CRAYON
TO THAT
TO DRESS IT UP
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I DREW A BAND-AID FOR
HELPING SOMEONE WHO GETS HURT.
I SAID,
"I CAN USE KIND WORDS."
AND I DREW A LITTLE
SPEECH BUBBLE IN THERE
THAT SAYS, "THANK YOU."
I CAN HOLD THE DOOR OPEN.
AND I DREW
A LITTLE STICK FIGURE.
I'M NOT ALWAYS THE BEST
AT DRAWING PEOPLE,
BUT I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE
A GOOD WAY TO SHOW
WHO'S HOLDING ONTO A DOOR.
I CAN DO MY CHORES.
ONE OF THE THINGS
I DO NOT LIKE DOING
IS PUTTING MY LAUNDRY
IN THE LAUNDRY BASKET.
SOMETIMES I LEAVE IT
ON MY FLOOR.
AND THAT DRIVES
MY PARTNER CHRIS CRAZY.
SO, I CAN BE KIND TO HIM
BY PUTTING MY LAUNDRY
IN THE LAUNDRY BASKET,
'CAUSE I KNOW
IT REALLY BUGS HIM.
I CAN BE KIND BY
MAKING SOMEONE A PRESENT.
AND I DREW A LITTLE PICTURE
OF A PRESENT.
SO, THOSE ARE ALL
DIFFERENT THINGS
THAT I THOUGHT OF
FOR MY KINDNESS POSTER
AFTER I DID MY BRAINSTORM.
I ADDED A LITTLE BIT
MORE DETAIL TO IT.
SO, LET'S CHECK THROUGH
OUR PUBLISHING CHECKLIST
AND SEE HOW WE'VE DONE.
SO, ARE YOU READY TO GIVE ME
SOME THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN?
I HOPE I GET LOTS OF THUMBS UP
SO I'M READY TO SHARE.
DID I USE MY BEST PRINTING?
WELL, I WORKED REALLY HARD
TO STAY ON THE LINES,
AND I WORKED SO THAT MY TITLES
WERE BIG PRINTING
AND I USED SMALLER LETTERS
FOR THESE.
SO, I FEEL LIKE I REALLY USED
MY BEST PRINTING ON THIS.
I TOOK MY TIME TO MAKE IT
SO THAT PEOPLE COULD READ IT.
DID I MAKE IT NEAT?
WELL,
I DID MY BEST PRINTING,
I KEPT EVERYTHING
ON THE LINES
I MADE THESE LITTLE BUBBLES
SO THAT EVERYTHING
HAD ITS OWN SPACE.
I DIDN'T DO ANY BIG ERASING AND
LEAVE ANY MARKS OR ANYTHING.
SO, I FEEL LIKE MY POSTER
IS PRETTY NEAT.
DID I ADD
PICTURES AND COLOUR?
WELL, I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE
THIS IS VERY COLOURFUL.
I THINK
THAT'S A THUMBS UP.
AND THEN I WAS HAVING TROUBLE
WITH PICTURES,
BUT I THOUGHT IF I JUST MAKE
SOMETHING LITTLE IN EACH BUBBLE,
THAT WILL HELP.
SO, I DID MY LITTLE TENNIS BALL
FOR THE DOGS,
THE BAND-AID, THE SPEECH BUBBLE,
A PRESENT,
THE LAUNDRY BASKET,
AND SOMEBODY HOLDING A DOOR.
SO, I DID PICTURES.
ANOTHER OPTION FOR THAT,
IF I WAS HAVING TROUBLE
DRAWING,
MIGHT BE TO LOOK FOR
AND PRINT OUT SOME CLIP ART
FROM MY COMPUTER
AND I COULD GLUE IT ON THERE
LIKE I DID WITH THE POEM
ABOUT THE BUNNY.
DID I USE SPECIAL PAPER?
WELL, I DID MY POEM ON...
OR I DID MY POSTER
ON CHART PAPER,
AND I COULD'VE DONE IT
ON LITTLE PRINTER PAPER
BUT I THOUGHT, WELL,
THIS IS THE KIND OF POSTER
THAT MAYBE I WOULD HANG UP
IN MY CLASSROOM
AND I WOULD WANT MY STUDENTS
TO BE ABLE TO READ IT.
SO, I CHOSE TO USE THIS
REALLY BIG, SPECIAL PAPER.
YOU MIGHT USE
A PIECE OF BRISTOL BOARD
IF YOU WERE MAKING A PAPER...
MAKING A POSTER,
AND THAT WOULD BE
SPECIAL PAPER.
DID I USE CRAYONS,
PENCILS, MARKERS?
I DID USE MARKERS SO THAT
IT WOULD BE REALLY COLOURFUL.
I THOUGHT PENCIL CRAYONS
MIGHT BE TOO LIGHT
AND SAME WITH CRAYONS,
SO I CHOSE TO USE MY MARKERS
'CAUSE THEY'RE
REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT
AND I THOUGHT
THEY WOULD SHOW UP WELL.
I DIDN'T USE A COMPUTER
FOR THIS ONE,
AND THAT'S OKAY.
IS THIS MY BEST WORK?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THIS POSTER.
I'M LOOKING AT IT
AND THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT I FEEL
LIKE I WOULD NEED TO CHANGE.
I THINK IF I HUNG THIS UP
IN MY CLASSROOM,
MY STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE
TO READ IT AND UNDERSTAND IT.
I THINK IT HAS
REALLY GOOD IDEAS.
AND I THINK
IT'S READY TO SHARE.
SO, WHEN YOU MAKE
YOUR KINDNESS POSTER TODAY,
I WANT YOU TO COME BACK
THROUGH THIS CHECKLIST
AFTER YOU'VE DONE
YOUR ROUGH COPY,
YOUR DRAFT,
AND WHEN YOU GET
TO YOUR PUBLISHING STEP,
DON'T FORGET
TO ASK YOURSELF
ALL OF THESE
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
THE REALLY IMPORTANT ONE
THAT I ALWAYS ASK IS,
"IS THIS MY BEST?"
AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO,
I MIGHT NEED TO GO BACK
AND MAKE ONE MORE COPY
SO THAT IT'S MY VERY, VERY BEST
WHEN IT'S PUBLISHED.
WHEN IT'S MY BEST,
THAT'S WHEN I KNOW I'M DONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING ME TODAY
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PUBLISHING
YOUR WRITTEN WORK.
I HOPE YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE
TO BRAINSTORM LOTS OF IDEAS
FOR YOUR VERY OWN
KINDNESS POSTER,
AND THAT WHEN
WE'RE ALL FINISHED TODAY,
YOU TAKE SOME TIME TO MAKE
YOUR VERY OWN KINDNESS POSTER
ALL ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN
BE NICE TO OTHER PEOPLE.
REMEMBER
WHEN YOU'RE PUBLISHING,
ONCE YOU'VE DONE
YOUR DRAFT...
THAT'S GONNA BE
OUR FIRST COPY...
OUR PUBLISHED WORK
IS GOING TO USE COLOURS,
IT'S GOING TO USE PICTURES,
IT'S GOING TO USE OUR VERY,
VERY BEST WRITING OR PRINTING.
OR IF YOU DO IT
ON THE COMPUTER,
YOU CAN ADD CLIP ART AND COLOUR
AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS
SO THAT OUR WRITING
LOOKS LESS LIKE THIS...
She shows a text page from the dragon book.
She continues AND MORE LIKE THIS.
She shows an illustration from the book.
She concludes SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL,
EXCITING, AND ENGAGING
WE CAN SHARE
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
I'M SO GLAD YOU TUNED IN
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU
ANOTHER DAY
ON ANOTHER EPISODE OF
TVOKIDS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
HAVE A GREAT DAY,
BE KIND, AND BE SAFE.
(music plays)
A final slate reads "TVO Kids would like to thank all the teachers involved in the Power Hour of Learning as they continue to teach the children of Ontario from their homes."
The caption changes to "Copyright 2021. The Ontario Educational Communications Authority."
A Female Announcer says WELCOME
TO
TVOKIDS POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
TODAY'S PRIMARY LESSON:
PUBLISHING WRITTEN WORK.
A caption reads "Primary I-3. Teacher Kristy."
Kristy is in her late thirties, with short black hair. She wears a gray shirt with a rainbow, a silver headband and a nose piercing. Behind her, a board reads "Welcome" and a sign reads "Keep calm and teach on."
Kristy says HI, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS KRISTY,
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE
HERE WITH YOU TODAY ON
TVOKIDS POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
TODAY, WE'RE GOING
TO BE LEARNING ALL ABOUT
PUBLISHING OUR WORK.
WHEN WE FINISH WRITING AND WE'VE
GONE THROUGH ALL THE WORK
OF MAKING A REALLY GREAT PIECE,
IT'S TIME TO SHARE IT
WITH OTHER PEOPLE,
AND THAT'S WHEN WE PUBLISH.
TODAY, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
SOME PAPER OR A NOTEBOOK.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED
A PENCIL TO WRITE WITH
AND SOME PENCIL CRAYONS,
CRAYONS OR MARKERS TO ADD
A LITTLE BIT OF COLOUR
AND FLAIR TO YOUR WORK
TO MAKE IT YOUR VERY BEST.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING
WITH TODAY'S LESSON
AND WE'RE GOING TO THINK
ABOUT SOME EXAMPLES OF ART
THAT YOU COULD PUT
ON DISPLAY IN A CLASSROOM.
SO, I WANT YOU TO THINK BACK TO
THE CLASSES YOU'VE BEEN IN
AND THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF ART
YOU'VE SEEN HANGING UP
AROUND YOUR CLASSROOM
OR MAYBE ON THE
BULLETIN BOARDS IN THE HALLWAY.
I'M THINKING OF MY CLASSROOM AND
I'M IMAGINING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
AND THE KIND OF STUDENT ART
THAT WE PUT UP IN MY ROOM.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A PICTURE
OF A CLASSROOM TOGETHER.
AND IN THIS PICTURE, I'M GOING
TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS
AND I WANT YOU TO PUT
YOUR DETECTIVE EYES ON.
SO, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT
PICTURE REALLY, REALLY CAREFULLY
AND THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS I'M ASKING YOU.
A picture shows a classroom with multiple drawings on a blue wall and a window, and texts and flags hanging from the ceiling.
She continues SO, LOOKING AT THIS CLASSROOM,
DO YOU OBSERVE ANY
KINDS OF ART ON DISPLAY?
CAN YOU SEE ANY ART
ANYWHERE IN THIS CLASS?
SO, LOOK AROUND
REALLY CAREFULLY.
IF THIS WAS YOUR CLASSROOM,
WOULD YOU LIKE SEEING
YOUR ART ON DISPLAY IN THERE?
HOW WOULD IT MAKE YOU FEEL
IF ANY OF THESE
WERE YOUR PIECES OF ART?
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE
ARTWORK IN THE CLASSROOM,
DO YOU SEE ANY KINDS OF WRITING
THAT ARE ON THE CLASS...
IN THE CLASS?
AND DOES THAT WRITING
LOOK LIKE ART AS WELL?
IF YOU SPOTTED SOME PIECES OF
WRITING THAT LOOK LIKE ART,
WHAT MAKES THEM LOOK LIKE ART?
WHAT IS IT THAT
MAKES THEM STAND OUT
FROM JUST A PIECE
OF WRITING IN A JOURNAL
OR ON A PIECE OF PAPER?
SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT WRITING
THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE IN BOOKS,
THEY'RE WRITTEN BY AN AUTHOR
AND THE PICTURES
ARE DONE BY AN ILLUSTRATOR,
AND THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR
ARE SOMETIMES THE SAME PERSON,
AND THEY WORK TOGETHER
SO THAT THE ILLUSTRATIONS
ADD TO THE STORY
AND GIVE US MORE INFORMATION.
FOR ME, I LOVE LOOKING
AT THE PICTURES IN BOOKS.
THEY HELP ME
UNDERSTAND THE STORY BETTER.
DO YOU LIKE LOOKING AT
PICTURES WHEN YOU READ BOOKS?
THINK ABOUT WHY YOU LIKE
LOOKING AT THE PICTURES.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE
REALLY BEAUTIFUL,
SOMETIMES THEY'RE EXCITING,
THEY ADD TO THE STORY
AND GIVE US EXTRA INFORMATION
THAT WE MIGHT NOT KNOW,
THEY HELP MAKE IT MORE
ENJOYABLE TO READ THE BOOK.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING
A LOOK AT A BOOK TOGETHER.
AND IN THIS ACTIVITY,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE
AN AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR TODAY
ON A PIECE OF ART
AND WRITING ALL IN ONE.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A LOOK AT A BOOK.
THIS BOOK IS CALLED
THE ANGRY DRAGON.
SORRY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT
SHINY ON THE COVER.
I REALLY, REALLY LOVE HOW
MICHAEL GORDON...
AND HE'S THE AUTHOR
AND THE ILLUSTRATOR,
JUST LIKE WILL BE TODAY.
SO, HE DID THE PICTURES
AND HE WROTE THE STORY.
I REALLY LOVE THE
COVER OF THIS BOOK.
THE COVER OF THIS BOOK, HE'S
CHOSEN SOME REALLY BOLD COLOURS.
AND THE TITLE IS
THE ANGRY DRAGON
AND THEY'VE USED
NICE BIG LETTERS.
AND IT'S KIND OF HARD
TO SEE ON MY CAMERA,
BUT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE A
DRAGON SCALE TEXTURE IN THEM,
WHICH MAKES THEM MORE
INTERESTING TO LOOK AT.
IF I LOOK AT HOW
HE'S DRAWN THE DRAGON,
HE'S STANDING UP BIG AND TALL,
AND I CAN SEE HIS EYES ARE A
LITTLE BIT SCRUNCHED UP,
AND HE'S GOT FLAMES
COMING OUT OF HIS NOSE
AND THERE'S
SOME SMOKE IN THE AIR.
ALL OF THAT ADDS TO THAT IDEA
THAT THE DRAGON IS ANGRY
AND NOT JUST A LITTLE BIT ANGRY.
I THINK HE LOOKS
REALLY, REALLY ANGRY,
AND THIS PICTURE
HELPS ME UNDERSTAND IT.
THE OTHER THING THAT GOES WITH
IT, I SAID AT THE BEGINNING,
I LOVE THE BOLD COLOURS.
IF THE DRAGON WAS
A LIGHT PINK COLOUR
AND THE BACKGROUND WAS A LIGHT
BLUE
AND THESE WERE LIGHT YELLOW,
EVEN IF THE DRAGON WAS
STANDING UP NICE AND TALL,
IT MIGHT NOT FEEL SO STRONG.
SO, THE COLOURS THAT WE CHOOSE
ALSO ADD TO THE
MOOD OF THE PICTURE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A LOOK INSIDE THE BOOK.
AND I'M GOING TO START
BY ASKING YOU TO IMAGINE
IF THIS WAS ALL YOU SAW
WHEN YOU READ THE STORY.
She shows different pages and says SO, WORDS, WORDS, WORDS,
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS,
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.
I REALLY LIKE IN THIS BOOK HOW
THE PAGES THAT THE WORDS ARE ON,
THEY USE COLOUR
IN THE BACKGROUND
AND THE TEXT
IS WHITE ON THIS.
WE CAN'T DO THAT
IF WE'RE WRITING
WITH A PENCIL OR A MARKER.
BUT IF YOU DO YOU'RE
PUBLISHING ON THE COMPUTER,
THIS IS AN OPTION YOU HAVE.
I FIND WHEN I LOOK AT
JUST THE WORDS IN THE BOOK,
THAT'S NOT QUITE AS EXCITING
AND AS INTERESTING FOR ME.
I CAN PAINT
A PICTURE IN MY HEAD.
BUT NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
SO, I'VE GOT THE WORDS
SAYING THAT JOE
AND HIS DRAGON WERE PLAYING
AND THEY WERE HAVING FUN.
BUT ONCE I SEE
THEIR FACES OVER HERE,
THAT REALLY ADDS TO IT.
A page shows a boy and the dragon playing on the floor.
She continues I CAN SEE THEY'RE SMILING AND
RELAXED AND HAVING A GOOD TIME.
SOMETIMES I MIGHT SAY
SOMEBODY WAS HAVING FUN,
BUT MAYBE, ON THE INSIDE,
THEY'RE IN A BAD MOOD,
AND I CAN SEE THAT
BY LOOKING AT THEM.
BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE
REALLY HAVING A GOOD TIME.
I CAN SEE THE KIND OF TOYS
THEY LIKE TO PLAY WITH,
SOME NICE, BRIGHT,
CHEERFUL COLOURS.
AND THEN HERE,
WHEN THINGS HAVE GONE WRONG
AND JOE THE DRAGON
HAS TO APOLOGIZE,
IT SAYS THAT HE SAYS SORRY.
BUT WHAT I REALLY LIKE
IS THAT IT SHOWS
THAT THESE CHARACTERS
ARE REALLY FEELING SORRY
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU,
BUT I'VE HEARD PEOPLE
SAY SORRY BEFORE
AND THEIR BODY DOESN'T
TELL ME THEY REALLY MEAN IT.
She crosses her arms and says IF SOMEBODY GOES, "I'M SORRY,"
THEY MIGHT HAVE
SAID THE WORDS "I'M SORRY,"
BUT I DON'T THINK THEY SOUND
LIKE THEY'RE REALLY SORRY
OR LOOK LIKE
THEY'RE REALLY SORRY.
AND BY HAVING THIS PICTURE,
IT HELPS ME SEE THAT THESE
CHARACTERS REALLY MEAN IT
AND THEY'RE REALLY FEELING BAD
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
SO, THE AUTHOR HAS HELPED
ADD A LAYER TO THE STORY
BY HAVING THESE
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THERE.
She turns the page and continues I CAN SEE WHEN HE'S
TAKING SOME DEEP BREATHS,
HE LOOKS NICE AND RELAXED,
AND I LIKE THIS
BLUE BACKGROUND COLOUR.
SO, HE'S NOT TAKING
HIS DEEP BREATHS
AND STILL FEELING GRUMPY.
HE'S FEELING PRETTY
GOOD AND RELAXED NOW.
AND THE AUTHOR, BECAUSE
HE'S ALSO THE ILLUSTRATOR,
CAN ADD THAT EXTRA AND AUTHORS
AND ILLUSTRATORS
CAN WORK TOGETHER
TO HELP CLARIFY THEIR MESSAGE.
LATER IN THE BOOK,
ONE THING I REALLY LIKE
THAT THE AUTHOR
AND ILLUSTRATOR HAS DONE
IS HE'S INCLUDED SOME
BLACK AND WHITE SKETCHES.
SO, THESE ARE SOME REALLY
NICE PICTURES HE DREW
OF THOSE CHARACTERS
BEFORE HE FINISHED THEM.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT I WONDER IF
I WOULD LIKE THE BOOK AS MUCH
IF THE PICTURES
WERE JUST LIKE THIS.
AND I THINK, BY ADDING COLOUR,
THE AUTHOR HAS MADE...
AN ILLUSTRATOR HAS MADE THE BOOK
MUCH MORE INTERESTING
THAN IF HE HAD JUST DONE
THESE BLACK AND WHITE OUTLINES
IN
THE ANGRY DRAGON.
SO, LOOK AT HOW MUCH MORE
EXCITING THAT PICTURE IS
THAN... OUR PICTURE
WITHOUT COLOUR.
SO, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS
THE AUTHOR HAS DONE,
WHEN HE PUBLISHED HIS BOOK,
TO MAKE IT HIS VERY,
VERY BEST WORK.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S MADE INTO A
BOOK, BUT HE'S INCLUDED PICTURES
THAT HELP TELL THE STORY
THAT ARE FILLED WITH COLOUR,
THAT MAKE SENSE
WITH THE STORY.
AND HE'S MADE ALL
OF THAT WORK TOGETHER,
SO THAT WHEN
THE BOOK IS ALL DONE,
IT'S SOMETHING
WE ENJOY EVEN MORE
THAN IF WE JUST
LOOKED AT THE WORDS
ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND READ IT.
IT MAKES IT MORE
EXCITING AND MORE ENGAGING.
IT GRABS OUR ATTENTION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE
WATCHING A VIDEO TOGETHER
AND IT'S FROM THE
BACKYARD BEATS,
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE
BUILDING SOME CASTANETS.
WHEN THEY'RE
BUILDING THEIR CASTANETS,
I WANT YOU TO WATCH
AND TAKE A LOOK AT
THE CASTANETS THAT THEY BUILT.
SO, WHEN THEY MAKE THEM,
DO THEY JUST MAKE
SOMETHING THAT MAKES A SOUND
OR DO THEY MAKE SOMETHING
THAT MAKES A SOUND
AND LOOKS INTERESTING?
AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT,
IF YOU WERE MAKING SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
WOULD YOU JUST PUT IT TOGETHER
SO THAT IT COULD MAKE NOISE
OR WOULD YOU ALSO DECORATE IT
AND MAKE A BEAUTIFUL
FINISHED PRODUCT
BY ADDING DECORATIONS TO IT?
SO, WHILE YOU WATCH
THE BACKYARD BEATS,
WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR
DETECTIVE EYES BACK ON,
AND I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THOSE CASTANETS THAT THEY MAKE
AND HOW THEY FINISH THEM TO MAKE
THEM THEIR VERY, VERY BEST WORK.
The TVO Kids and BGM logos appear against a white screen.
A child says WHEE!
(chuckling)
Monica is about 14 years old. She has long black hair. She wears a red T-shirt under a denim overall.
Monica says MY NAME IS MONICA
AND MUSIC IS MY THING.
(pretend horn music playing)
I'M INVITING PRO MUSICIANS
TO MY BACKYARD FOR
EPIC JAM SESSIONS.
Three women sing ABSOLUTELY
Monica says ALONG FOR THE RIDE
ARE JUNIOR JAMMERS,
WHO LOVE TO MAKE SOME NOISE.
TOGETHER THEY INSPIRE ME
TO MAKE DIY CRAFT-STRUMENTS
FOR THE BIG PERFORMANCE.
Fast clips show guests of previous programs.
A woman says COUNT US IN.
Boy 1 says 3.
Boy 2 says 2.
Boy 3 says 1.
Monica says INSTRUMENTS IN HAND,
WE ALL JOIN IN AND MAKE
SOME BACKYARD BEATS.
(upbeat music plays)
Against an orange screen with pencils and a ruler, the title of the show reads "Backyard Beats."
In a backyard, Monica is raking leaves.
She says HEY, MONICA HERE!
I'M ON LEAF DUTY.
(castanets clacking)
Castanets appear above the fence.
Monica says WHAT WAS THAT?
A WOODPECKER?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
Anjelica walks in playing castanets. She is in her early thirties, with long black hair tied-up. She wears yellow earrings and a long red dress.
Monica says ANJELICA!
A caption reads "Anjelica. Backyard jammer."
Anjelica says I JUST HAD TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE.
Monica says I KNEW YOU WOULD.
(upbeat accordion music playing)
They do a little dance routine.
They say OLE!
(laughing)
Monica says LEAVE IT TO ONE OF THE
BIGGEST FLAMENCO PERFORMERS
TO MAKE THE BEST ENTRANCE!
Anjelica says WELL IT DEFINITELY TAKES A
SPECIAL ENERGY TO DO FLAMENCO.
Monica says NOT TO BE CONFUSED
WITH FLAMINGO.
Anjelica says DEFINITELY NOT. AS A MATTER OF
FACT, I'M PUTTING MY FOOT DOWN
AND TELL YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL
THAT IT IS
PRONOUNCED "FLAMENCO."
(laughing)
Monica says BREAK DOWN FLAMENCO FOR ME.
Anjelica says FLAMENCO IS THE SONG DANCING
MUSIC FROM ANDALUSIA,
WHICH IS IN THE SOUTH OF SPAIN.
Monica says AH, SPAIN!
GRACIAS FOR THE
CHURROS AND BEACHES.
NO BUENO FOR THE RUNNING
OF THE BULLS FOR ME.
Anjelica says YES, WELL THERE IS NO RUNNING
IN FLAMENCO, THANKFULLY,
BUT YOU DO HAVE TO BE QUICK.
WHEN YOU DANCE FLAMENCO,
YOU'RE ACCOMPANIED BY
A LIVE GUITAR USUALLY.
AND THEN, THE DANCER
CAN ACTUALLY CONTROL
THE SPEED OF THE MUSIC
WITH THEIR HAND CLAPS,
FOOTWORK AND CASTANETS!
(rhythmic stomping)
Monica says YEAH, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH
YOU, I THINK I'LL GO...
HALF THAT SPEED
DURING OUR JAM SESSION.
Anjelica says YEAH, WE'LL START SLOW
AND WORK OUR WAY UP.
Monica says SO, THE DANCER'S
ALSO THE MUSICIAN.
THAT'S SOME SERIOUS
MULTITASKING RIGHT THERE.
Anjelica says IT IS.
YOU CAN KEEP YOUR OWN BEAT,
WHICH IS WHY CASTANETS
ARE SO FUN. SEE?
(castanets tapping)
Monica says I BETTER GET PRACTICING.
Anjelica says WELL, YOU'VE GOT TO START
SOMEWHERE, SEÑORITA.
Monica says "SEÑORITA" -
I LIKE THAT.
They pose and say OLE!
Three animated rocks appear. They are a rock band.
Rock says ANJELICA'S GOT THE MOVES!
Rockelle says LET'S REHEARSE
OUR CHOREOGRAPHY!
(clearing throat)
AND LEFT AND RIGHT
AND JUMP AND SPIN AND
LEFT AND RIGHT AND FINISH!
Rock and Rocky spin and bump into each other.
Rockelle says YOU COULD DO WITH MORE PRACTICE,
WHILE MONICA MAKES
HER CRAFT-STRUMENT!
(upbeat music playing)
The caption changes to "Castanets craft-strument."
Monica says I'M TELLIN' YA, THIS CASTANET
CRAFT-STRUMENT MIGHT BE SMALL,
BUT IT IS DEFINITELY MIGHTY.
She takes different elements out of a bag.
She takes a watermelon and says WHAT?
I LIKE TO HAVE
A SNACK STANDING BY
WHEN I GET MY DIY ON.
PLUS, IT MAKES A FUN BEAT.
(rhythmic tapping)
LET'S GET TO THIS CRAFT-STRUMENT
AND DROP THE FLAMENCO BEAT.
FIRST UP, CARDSTOCK,
WHICH IS A MATERIAL SORT OF
IN-BETWEEN CARDBOARD AND PAPER.
NO CARDSTOCK?
NO PROBLEM.
JUST LOOK IN THE CRAFT
EMPORIUM EVERY HOUSE HAS -
THE RECYCLING BIN!
OLD CEREAL OR CRACKER BOXES?
CARDBOARD? ANYTHING STURDY THAT
CAN BE THE BASE OF THE CASTANET.
THEN, GATHER FOUR BOTTLE CAPS,
METAL OR PLASTIC.
LOOKS LIKE
I'M DOWN A BOTTLE CAP.
STAND BY.
(loud swallowing)
She drinks a bottle of water.
She says AHHH!
A THIRST QUENCHING
CRAFTING SOLUTION!
MOVING ON.
GRAB A GREAT PAIR OF SCISSORS,
PENCIL, HOT GLUE,
AND ELASTIC BANDS.
The caption changes to "Structure."
Monica says FIRST, TAKE THE CARDSTOCK
AND DRAW TWO OVALS.
I'M DRAWING A LONG,
THIN OVAL SHAPE.
THAT SHOULD BE FINE.
NOW, CUT THE OVALS OUT.
AND JUST LIKE THAT, THERE'S
THE BASE OF THE CASTANET!
HMMM. THEY DON'T LOOK
FLAMENCO-Y ENOUGH.
THEY NEED...
(gasping)
COLOUR! GLITTER! DRAMA!
IT'S DECORATION TIME!
(funky guitar music playing)
The caption changes to "Decorating."
She adds red paint drops to the yellow ovals.
Monica says TAKE THE CARDSTOCK OVALS
AND FOLD THEM IN HALF.
NEXT,
GRAB THE WATER BOTTLE CAPS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE
A WATER BOTTLE CAP.
ALMOST ANYTHING CAN WORK.
WATER BOTTLE CAPS,
GLASS CAPS, OR METAL JAR LIDS.
MIX AND MATCH.
AS LONG AS THEY MAKE A SOUND.
GLUE ONE TO EACH END
OF THE FANCY OVAL, LIKE THIS.
WATCH OUT FOR THAT HOT GLUE.
HEY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
HOW DO FLAMENCO
DANCERS CATCH FISH?
THEY CASTANET!
She chuckles.
She sighs and continues IT'S ELASTIC BAND TIME!
MAKE SURE THEY ARE
LITTLE BABY ELASTIC BANDS
BECAUSE YOU WANT THEM TO BE
TIGHT AROUND YOUR FINGER.
WHO'S A
LITTLE BABY ELASTIC BAND?
WHO'S A LITTLE CUTIE?
YOU ARE! YES, YOU ARE!
PUT THE ELASTIC BAND
AROUND EACH OVAL,
SLIDING THEM OVER
THE TOP OF THE CAP.
TAKE THE GLUE GUN AND PUT
A LITTLE DAB OF GLUE
ON THE SAME SIDE
AS THE BOTTLE CAP.
THAT WAY THEY'LL STAY
IN PLACE ON THE INSIDE,
BUT YOU CAN SLIP YOUR FINGERS
THROUGH ON THE OUTSIDE.
HOLD OFF ON PLAYING
UNTIL IT IS COOLED AND DRY.
(clock ticking)
(alarm ringing)
BUT THERE'S MORE WAITING
'CAUSE THERE'S
STILL ONE MORE STEP
BEFORE TRYING OUT
THE CRAFT-STRUMENT.
IF YOU'RE PLAYING THE CASTANETS,
THEN THERE'S A CHANCE
YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO BE...
(flamenco music playing)...
FLAMENCO DANCING!
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
I GOTTA WARM UP.
(upbeat disco music playing)
She does a dance routine.
(exhaling sharply)
She says GREAT! ALL WARMED UP.
AND READY...
TO FLAMENCO!
(tapping rhythmically)
WOW! THESE REALLY WORK!
AND NOW, LET'S MEET MY FLAMENCO
LOVING FRIEND, WHO'S AWESOME!
The caption changes to "Xander. Junior Jammer." Xander is around 10 years old. He has blond hair and wears a black T-shirt.
Xander says I'M XANDER AND I PLAY THE
CASTANETS.
DANCE WAS MY FIRST PASSION.
I STARTED WHEN
I WAS THREE YEARS OLD.
He dances and plays castanets in a dance studio.
He says AND RECENTLY,
I STARTED FLAMENCO.
I LOVE FLAMENCO BECAUSE IT'S
TWO OF MY FAVOURITE THINGS -
DANCING AND INSTRUMENTS
AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.
THESE ARE MY FIVE, FAST FACTS.
I LOVE TO SHOOT HOOPS
AND PLAY BASKETBALL.
I GO CAMPING WITH
MY FAMILY EVERY YEAR.
MY FAVOURITE SUBJECT IS MATH.
I LIKE BIKING WITH MY BROTHER.
AND I BREAK IT
DOWN WITH HIP HOP.
BONUS FACT:
I LOVE TO PLAY THE CASTANETS.
MOUTH-STRUMENT!
(Xander makes clicking noise)
(laughing)
The caption changes to "The Set-up."
He says THESE ARE MY CASTANETS.
TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM,
THE ONE WITH MORE LINES
IS THE TREBLE ONE, RIGHT HERE.
THE LESS LINES IS
THE BASS ONE, RIGHT HERE.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE TREBLE AND THE BASS
IS THAT THE TREBLE
IS A HIGHER PITCH...
(castanets tapping high note)...
AND THE BASS
IS A LOWER PITCH.
(castanets tapping low note)
(woman speaking Spanish)
MY TEACHER IS MISS CLAUDIA.
I'VE BEEN DANCING WITH HER
FOR ABOUT HALF A YEAR.
AGAIN.
WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF WARMUP,
THEN WE WORK ON OUR POSTURE.
With curly black hair and a black outfit, Claudia says WHAT YOU WANT TO KEEP IN MIND
IS YOUR ELBOWS LIFTING,
YOUR SHOULDERS STAY DOWN, JUST
DOING THE ARMS FOR RIGHT NOW.
Xander says AND WE LIKE, LEARN TO DANCE.
THE FIRST THING
I LEARNED WAS PAN -
HITTING TWO CASTANETS
AT THE EXACT SAME TIME.
HARDEST THING ABOUT
PLAYING THE CASTANETS
HAS BEEN THE FIVE COUNT RIA.
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, HIT.
TRYING TO GET ALL FIVE OF THEM?
LIKE...
(trilling)
KEEP PRACTICING.
A child yells MAKE SOME NOISE!
(flamenco music playing)
(castanets tapping, feet tapping)
Xander dances and plays castanets.
(crowd cheering)
Rockelle says LET'S TRY THE MOVES AGAIN!
Rock says WE'RE GETTING TIRED!
Rocky says I DON'T SEE WHY
ROCK STARS NEED TO DANCE!
Rockelle says IT'S ALL ABOUT
PRECISION AND TIMING.
AND ONE AND TWO
AND THREE AND... FOUR!
Rock jumps.
Rock says HOW DID YOU...?
Rocky says NO TIME TO EXPLAIN,
THE JAM'S STARTING!
Back in the yard, Monica says I'M ALL WARMED UP.
MY CASTANETS ARE SECURED,
AND I'M PREPARED TO FLAMENCO!
ANJELICA? XANDER?
ARE YOU READY FOR
THIS JAM AND DANCE SESH?
Anjelica and Xander say READY!
OLE!
Monica says I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
COULD YOU HELP ME STRIKE A POSE?
BECAUSE YOU
SERIOUSLY LOOK AMAZING
AND I NEED ALL
THE HELP I CAN GET.
Xander says OKAY.
Anjelica says OKAY. WE'RE JUST GOING TO
CROSS OUR LEFT LEG FORWARD
AND LIFT THE RIGHT ARM UP.
PERFECT!
Monica says COUNT US IN, XANDER.
Xander says THREE, TWO, ONE!
Anjelica, Xander and Monica dance.
(soft flamenco music playing)
(feet tapping)
(audience cheering)
The end credits roll.
Kristy sits next to a whiteboard that reads "Steps of the writing process. 1. Prewrite. 2. Drafting. 3. Revising. 4. Editing. 5.Publising."
Kristy says WELCOME BACK. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED
THAT EPISODE OF
BACKYARD BEATS
AND THAT YOU HAD
YOUR DETECTIVE EYES ON
WHILE THEY WERE
MAKING THEIR CASTANETS.
THERE'S A FEW THINGS
THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME
WHEN THEY WERE WORKING
ON THEIR CASTANETS PROJECT.
THEY COMPLETED IT
STEP BY STEP BY STEP.
AND THEN, AT THE END, WHAT THEY
HAD LOOKED REALLY BEAUTIFUL
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS
THEY TOOK TIME TO DO
WAS MAKE THEM LOOK NICE.
SO, CASTANETS
DON'T HAVE TO BE COLOURFUL
AND DON'T HAVE TO BE DECORATED.
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN PLAIN.
ALL THEY REALLY
HAVE TO DO TO BE CASTANETS
IS MAKE NOISE
WHEN YOU CLICK THEM.
BUT THEY WORKED HARD
TO MAKE THEM ALSO LOOK GOOD
AND MAKE THEM A GREAT
PUBLISHED FINISHED PIECE.
TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT, STEP BY STEP,
HOW WE DO THE
SAME THING WITH WRITING.
SO, OVER HERE WE HAVE OUR
STEPS OF THE WRITING PROCESS.
ANY WRITING PROJECT IS GOING
TO FOLLOW THESE STEPS.
SOMETIMES THEY
OVERLAP A LITTLE BIT
AND WE GO BACK
AND FORTH A TINY BIT.
BUT THESE ARE THE STEPS.
WE ALWAYS START WITH PREWRITING.
PREWRITING,
I DREW A THOUGHT BUBBLE
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE REALLY
THINK ABOUT OUR WRITING
AND WHAT IT IS
WE'RE GOING TO CREATE.
SO, MY PREWRITING MIGHT BE
COMPLETING A MIND MAP.
IT MIGHT BE
BRAINSTORMING WITH A FRIEND
AND TALKING ABOUT MY IDEAS.
MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE
MAKING A LIST OF SOMETHING.
MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE
LOOKING AT SOME PICTURES,
OR MAYBE I HAVE A TOY
THAT I'M GOING TO WRITE ABOUT
AND I HAVE THAT
TOY IN FRONT OF ME
TO HELP THINK ABOUT
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THAT TOY
AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
ONCE I HAVE THOSE IDEAS
ALL READY TO GO,
IT'S GOING TO MAKE
IT MUCH EASIER FOR ME
TO GET TO THE DRAFTING
STEP OF MY WRITING.
IF I DON'T DO
THE PREWRITING AND THINK,
WHEN I GET A PENCIL IN MY HAND,
I'M GOING TO HAVE NOTHING TO
PUT DOWN ON MY PIECE OF PAPER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST
THINGS ABOUT WRITING IS...
I'M SURE YOU'VE PROBABLY
BEEN WHERE A TEACHER SAID,
"OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO WRITE,"
AND YOU'RE SITTING
WITH YOUR PENCIL
AND YOU'RE SITTING
WITH YOUR PAPER
AND YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO PUT DOWN.
THAT'S WHY
PREWRITING IS IMPORTANT.
THEN, WHEN WE GET TO DRAFTING,
WE'VE GOT OUR IDEAS,
SO WE CAN START TURNING
OUR IDEAS INTO A JOURNAL
OR A STORY OR A REPORT
OR A POEM OR A POSTER
OR WHATEVER IT IS
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING
FOR OUR WRITING
FORM FOR THAT DAY.
ONCE WE'VE GOT OUR DRAFT
AND WE'VE TAKEN A FIRST PASS
AT PUTTING THIS DOWN,
WE'RE GOING TO REVISE.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK
AND WE'RE GOING TO
READ IT OVER AGAIN.
AND WE'RE GOING TO
ASK OURSELVES THINGS LIKE,
"DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?"
AND IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE,
WE MIGHT NEED
TO ADD SOME WORDS IN
OR CHANGE
THE ORDER OF OUR SENTENCES
OR ADD A COUPLE
OF MORE SENTENCES,
SO THAT WHAT WE'VE MADE
HAS OUR IDEAS IN IT
AND IT'S JUST
WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE.
I DREW A LITTLE
BAND-AID FOR THAT
BECAUSE THAT'S
KIND OF FIXING IT UP.
THAT'S THE BIG PART OF FIXING UP
OUR WRITING FOR OUR GOOD COPY
OR OUR PUBLISHED.
NUMBER FOUR STEP IS EDITING.
EDITING IS WHEN WE FIX THINGS
LIKE OUR SPELLING OR OUR
CAPITALS OR PUNCTUATION.
SO, DO WE HAVE PERIODS
IN THE RIGHT PLACE?
ARE THERE UPPERCASE LETTERS AT
THE BEGINNING OF OUR SENTENCES
AND ON PEOPLE'S NAMES?
HAVE WE SPELLED WORDS CORRECTLY?
THAT'S WHEN WE CHECK
ON THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S MORE ABOUT THE LITTLE
BITS AND PIECES
THAN IT IS ABOUT, "DOES IT MAKE
SENSE AND HOW IS IT WORKING?"
WE CAN GO BACK AND FIX.
SOMETIMES THESE TWO STEPS
OVERLAP A LITTLE BIT,
BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO MAKE SURE WE THINK ABOUT,
"DOES IT MAKE SENSE?"
AND ALL THOSE LITTLE PIECES LIKE
OUR SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION.
AT THE VERY, VERY END,
WE GET TO PUBLISHING.
AND PUBLISHING, I DREW A LITTLE
BOOK WITH A BIG STAR ON IT
BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN
OUR WORK REALLY SHINES,
WHEN WE TAKE THE TIME TO PUBLISH
IT AND MAKE IT OUR VERY BEST.
SO, SOMETIMES THAT
COULD BE TAKING OUR STORY
AND TYPING IT ON THE COMPUTER,
SO IT'S REALLY NICE
AND EASY TO READ.
SOMETIMES THAT MIGHT BE MAKING
OUR IDEAS INTO A POSTER
AND COPYING THEM OUT USING
BEAUTIFUL COLOURS
AND BUBBLE LETTERS
AND OUR BEST WRITING
AND ADDING PICTURES TO IT,
SO THAT IT'S STILL THE SAME
STORY OR POSTER OR INFORMATION,
BUT IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.
THAT WILL CATCH
OUR READERS ATTENTION,
JUST LIKE OUR STORY DID.
REMEMBER,
WE JUST SEE THAT PLAIN WRITING,
IT'S NOT SO EXCITING.
ONCE WE SEE THOSE
COLOURS AND PICTURES,
IT'S JUST GOING TO DRAW US
IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED
ON OUR WRITING TODAY,
WE'RE GOING TO STOP
AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
A LITTLE BIT OF A BODY BREAK
AND GET OUR BODIES
MOVING AROUND.
SO, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT
SOME SPACE TO MOVE.
GET UP, GET YOUR BODY PUMPING,
GET YOUR BRAIN
READY TO LEARN,
AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK
IN A FEW MINUTES.
A clip plays.
(music plays)
Images of a warehouse full of art on its walls appear.
Mickeey pops out of a graffiti art on a wall.
Mickeey is in his twenties, with short puffy black hair and he wears blue jeans, a black and white sweater, a red zip up jacket and red snickers.
Mickeey says HEY, WHAT'S UP?
TODAY WE'RE GONNA BE LEARNING
THE CABBAGE PATCH.
HEY!
ALL YOU GOTTA DO
IS YOU'RE GONNA PRETEND
LIKE YOU'RE GOING
INTO A RUN.
YOU'RE GONNA STEP FORWARD
FOR ONE,
AND TAKE A STEP BACK
FOR TWO,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA
DO THIS THING
THAT'S CALLED
A STEP-BALL-CHANGE.
STEP, BALL, CHANGE.
PICK UP THAT KNEE
AT THE END.
LET'S GO FIND OUT
WHAT THE ARMS ARE DOING.
WHEN YOU TAKE
A STEP FORWARD,
YOUR HANDS ARE GONNA GO
INTO A RUNNING POSE.
WHEN YOU TAKE A STEP BACK
YOU'RE GONNA SWITCH YOUR ARMS
TO BACK.
AND THEN ON THE STEP-BALL-CHANGE
YOU'RE GONNA IMAGINE
AS IF YOU'RE STIRRING UP
A BIG POT,
AND THEN YOU'RE
GONNA KICK IT BACK UP
WITH THE RUNNING MAN
POSE AGAIN.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
He does the move and says STEP FORWARD, BACK,
CIRCLE IT UP, FORWARD,
BACK,
AND STIR YOUR POT.
LET'S DO IT WITH MUSIC
AND FRIENDS, SHALL WE?
HERE WE GO!
(upbeat music playing)
LET'S GO, GUYS!
Melissa and Daniel appear.
Melissa is in her twenties, with long straight brown hair with bangs and she wears dark trousers, a yellow woollen hat and a blue and green zip jacket.
Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and he wears glasses, black trousers, a yellow shirt and a black cap hat.
They start dancing.
Mickeey says SEVEN, HIT!
STEP, TWO, STEP-BALL-CHANGE.
AND STEP, TWO,
STEP-BALL-CHANGE.
AND DON'T FORGET
TO STIR YOUR POT.
(cheering)
AND GUESS WHAT?
YOU JUST MOVED WITH MICKEEY.
SEE YA!
He jumps back in the graffiti.
The clip ends.
Kristy sits next to a whiteboard that reads "Publishing checklist. Have I used my best printing? Have I made it neat? Have I added pictures and colour? Did I use special paper? Did I use crayons, pencils, markers? Did I use a computer? Is my work my best? Is my work ready to share?"
Kristy says I HOPE YOU HAD FUN
GETTING UP,
MOVING AROUND,
AND GETTING OUT SOME ENERGY
ON OUR BODY BREAK.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER
WHEN WE'RE PUBLISHING,
BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON MAKING
SOMETHING LOOK AND READ
REALLY, REALLY WELL.
THIS IS OUR
PUBLISHING CHECKLIST.
HERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS
WE'RE GOING TO ASK OURSELVES
AS WE WORK ON
OUR BEST PUBLISHED WORK.
SO, WE'RE GOING
TO ASK OURSELVES,
"HAVE I USED
MY BEST PRINTING? ."
SO, IF YOU'RE USING A COMPUTER
IT'LL DO THAT WORK FOR YOU,
BUT IF YOU'RE WRITING IT OUT
BY HAND,
YOU WANNA MAKE SURE
THIS IS YOUR NEATEST,
BEST PRINTING
OR HANDWRITING.
HAVE I MADE IT NEAT?
SO, DID I LEAVE SPACES
BETWEEN MY WORDS?
DO I HAVE LOTS OF ERASER MESS
ALL OVER THE PLACE
OR DOES THE PAPER
LOOK NICE AND CLEAN?
HAVE I ADDED
PICTURES AND COLOUR TO IT?
WE'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT,
"DID I USE SPECIAL PAPER?"
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT OUR BOOK
THAT WE LOOKED AT,
THE ANGRY DRAGON,
THEY USED COLOURFUL PAPER
IN THE BACKGROUND
UNDERNEATH THEIR WRITING.
MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING
YOU CAN DO.
HAVE I USE...
DID I USE CRAYONS,
PENCILS, MARKERS?
SO, HAVE YOU ADDED EXTRA DETAIL
USING THOSE SPECIAL THINGS
TO MAKE YOUR WORK
LOOK EVEN BETTER?
DID YOU USE A COMPUTER?
A COMPUTER IS A GREAT TOOL
FOR YOUR PUBLISHED WORK
BECAUSE IT CAN ADD PICTURES,
YOU CAN USE DIFFERENT FONTS.
THOUGH, ALWAYS BE CAREFUL
WITH FONTS
'CAUSE SOMETIMES IF YOU USE
A REALLY SUPER FANCY ONE,
IT CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IT
REALLY HARD TO READ,
AND IT'S NOT SO NEAT, EVEN IF
THE COMPUTER DID IT FOR YOU.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO
ASK OURSELVES,
"IS MY WORK MY BEST?"
AND "IS MY WORK
READY TO SHARE?"
SO, IF YOU GAVE IT
TO SOMEBODY ELSE,
WOULD THEY BE ABLE
TO READ AND ENJOY IT?
WE'RE GOING TO PRACTISE TOGETHER
ON A POEM THAT I HAVE.
LET ME TAKE THIS DOWN.
SO, HERE IS MY POEM.
LET'S READ IT TOGETHER.
She reads THERE ONCE WAS A BUNNY
NAMED JARS WHO ATE ALL THE CHOCOLATE BARS
HE HOPPED ON HIS TAIL TO FILL UP HIS PAIL ,
WITH HIS FAVOURITE CHOCOLATE BAR MARS.
She says SO, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT THIS
AND ASK MYSELF THOSE QUESTIONS.
HAVE I USED
MY BEST PRINTING?
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I ACTUALLY NOTICED MY LETTERS
DON'T TOUCH THE LINES.
I PROBABLY WROTE IT
A LITTLE BIT FAST,
SO I'M NOT SURE THIS IS
MY VERY BEST PRINTING ON HERE.
DID I MAKE IT NEAT?
WELL, IT'S PRETTY NEAT,
BUT ONE THING
I DON'T LIKE,
I DON'T LIKE
THE WAY MY LINES
DON'T GO ALL THE WAY
TO THE END OF THE POEM.
I HAD TO START
ON A NEW LINE.
I WONDER IF MY PAPER'S A LITTLE
BIT TOO SKINNY FOR THIS POEM.
DID I ADD
PICTURES AND COLOUR?
NOPE.
DID I USE SPECIAL PAPER?
NO, THIS IS JUST
REGULAR PAPER.
DID I USE CRAYONS,
PENCIL CRAYONS, MARKERS?
NOT REALLY, I JUST USED
ONE COLOUR ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
IS MY WORK MY BEST?
WELL, IT'S OKAY.
LIKE, IT'S NOT TERRIBLE,
BUT IT'S ALSO NOT GREAT.
SO, I WENT THROUGH MY CHECKLIST
AND I THOUGHT,
WHAT CAN I DO
TO HELP MAKE THIS BETTER?
AND THEN, I MADE...
A PUBLISHED COPY.
SO I'M GONNA...
I FOLDED IT IN A LITTLE BIT
SO IT DIDN'T STICK OUT.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT MY PUBLISHED COPY...
OF THE POEM
ABOUT JARS THE BUNNY.
WELL, I HOPE YOU NOTICE
THAT THE FIRST THING I DID
IS I USED COLOUR.
SO, I ADDED
SOME COLOUR TO IT.
The new copy of the poem has two blue lines and three red lines.
She continues AND HOW I CHOSE MY COLOUR
WAS I FOUND
THIS GREAT CLIP ART...
OF A BUNNY WHO'S HOPPING
INTO A PAIL
FILLED WITH
CHOCOLATE BARS.
AND I NOTICED THE COLOURS
THAT STOOD OUT IN THE PICTURE,
TO ME,
WERE THE RED AND BLUE.
THERE'S A LOT OF YELLOW
BUT YELLOW CAN BE
HARD TO READ SOMETIMES
SO I THOUGHT,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF I USE THIS PICTURE
ON MY POEM,
IF I PUT
RED AND BLUE WRITING,
I BET IT'S GONNA LOOK
REALLY NICE TOGETHER.
SO, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH
THE CHECKLIST AGAIN
ON MY SECOND COPY
OF MY POEM.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS
I NOTICED
IS I DIDN'T LIKE HOW THE LINES
WERE TOO SQUISHY,
SO BY USING
THE WIDER PAPER,
ALL MY LINES FIT NICELY.
AND IT WAS A LITTLE EASIER
TO READ.
DID I USE MY BEST PRINTING?
YEP.
ALL OF MY LETTERS
FIT ON THE LINES.
I WROTE THEM REALLY NEATLY.
I ADDED SOME PICTURES
AND I ADDED SOME COLOUR.
DID I USE SPECIAL PAPER?
WELL, I CHOSE THIS SPECIAL PAPER
THAT'S REALLY WIDE
BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WOULD
FIT MY POEM BETTER.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
HAVE TO BE FANCY,
BUT I MADE A GOOD CHOICE
FOR MY PIECE OF WORK.
DID I USE CRAYONS,
PENCIL CRAYONS, MARKERS?
YEAH, I USED MARKERS
TO DO MY PICTURES.
IF I HAD DRAWN MY PICTURE
I WOULD HAVE.
FOR THIS ONE,
I USED A PIECE OF CLIP ART.
DID I USE A COMPUTER?
ACTUALLY I DID.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE A COMPUTER
FOR YOUR PUBLISHED WORK,
BUT IT'S A GOOD TOOL AND
IT HELPED ME WITH MY PICTURE.
IS MY WORK MY BEST?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M PRETTY PROUD
OF HOW I WROTE THIS.
I THINK I DID
A REALLY NICE JOB
OF TURNING MY PLAIN
BLACK AND WHITE COPY
INTO SOMETHING
MUCH NICER TO LOOK AT.
I THINK IF I TOOK THIS
TO SCHOOL
AND SHARED IT
WITH MY KINDERGARTEN CLASS,
THEY'D PROBABLY
REALLY LIKE IT.
AND THE LAST THING-
IS MY WORK READY TO SHARE?
YOU KNOW WHAT? I MIGHT ADD
A LITTLE BIT MORE TAPE TO THIS
SO IT DOESN'T FALL OFF.
MAYBE IF I TOOK IT TO SCHOOL
AND PUT IT THROUGH THE LAMINATOR
SO EVERYTHING STUCK TOGETHER
A LITTLE BIT,
BUT EVEN RIGHT NOW,
I FEEL PRETTY PROUD
OF THIS PIECE OF WORK
AND I THINK
IT IS READY TO SHARE.
A close-up shot shows Kristy's hands on a piece of paper with a diagram.
Kristy says HI, EVERYBODY.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK
ON OUR ORGANIZER NOW
TO BRAINSTORM OUR IDEAS
FOR OUR KINDNESS POSTER.
She grabs a blue marker and continues SO, IN THE MIDDLE,
I HAVE THE BIG IDEA
"WAYS TO BE KIND."
SO, I'M GOING
TO START THINKING
ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS
TO BE KIND IN THIS.
OH, I GUESS I SHOULD...
I'M GONNA WRITE "KRISTY."
UP HERE.
AND IT'S APRIL 2021
WHILE I'M DOING THIS.
SO, I'M GOING TO THINK
ABOUT MY WAYS TO BE KIND.
I'VE GOT MY NAME
AND MY DATE ON THERE.
SO, WAYS TO BE KIND.
WELL, ONE OF THE WAYS...
OH, AND I WANNA POINT OUT,
I'M USING A MARKER TO DO THIS.
I WOULD NOT SUGGEST
USING A MARKER.
I WOULD USE A PENCIL
FOR THIS.
I'M USING A MARKER JUST SO THAT
IT SHOWS UP A LITTLE BIT BETTER
ON THE CAMERA, 'CAUSE IT'S
SOMETIMES KINDA HARD TO SEE
WITH THE PENCIL.
SO, ONE OF THE WAYS
I REALLY LIKE, IN MY CLASS,
THAT STUDENTS DO
TO BE KIND
IS THEY HELP SOMEONE
WHO'S HURT.
SO, I'M GONNA WRITE THAT DOWN.
"HELP...SOMEONE..."WHO IS HURT."
I REALLY LIKE THAT ONE.
THAT REALLY SHOWS
YOU CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
NOW, WHAT ELSE CAN I DO
TO BE KIND?
WELL, I CAN DEFINITELY
USE KIND WORDS
OR NICE WORDS
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
SO, UM, BE POLITE.
UM, I'M GONNA SAY,
"USE NICE WORDS."
USE...NICE... .WORDS.
OOH, MAYBE ANOTHER WAY
TO SAY THAT,
I'LL WRITE IN BRACKETS,
"MY MANNERS."
I CAN USE MY MANNERS.
SO, DOING THIS ORGANIZER
IS REALLY GONNA HELP ME
WHEN IT GETS TIME TO ACTUALLY
MAKE MY GOOD COPY OF MY POSTER
BECAUSE THEN...
OR MAKE MY DRAFT OF MY POSTER,
THEN I ALREADY HAVE
ALL OF THE IDEAS I NEED.
AND I'M NOT TRYING
TO GET MY IDEAS
AT THE SAME TIME
I'M FIGURING OUT
HOW I WANT MY POSTER
TO LOOK,
OR ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS
I NEED TO DO.
WAYS TO BE KIND-
WELL, AT MY HOUSE,
A WAY I CAN BE KIND
IS TO DO MY CHORES... .SO THAT MY PARTNER
DOESN'T HAVE TO BUG ME
AND SO THAT MY FAMILY
CAN BE HAPPY
AND NOT HAVING TO DO THE WORK
THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MINE.
THAT'S JUST A WAY...
MINE...
THAT'S A WAY TO BE KIND
TO MY FAMILY.
MMM, ON THE YARD
AND AT SCHOOL,
ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LOVE
MY STUDENTS TO DO
IS IF THERE'S SOMEBODY
WHO'S FEELING LONELY
OR DOESN'T HAVE
SOMEBODY TO PLAY WITH,
I LIKE THEM TO ASK.
"SOMEONE" DOESN'T FIT
VERY EASILY..."SOMEONE..."TO PLAY WITH."
OOH, I MIGHT NEED
TO GO OUT OF MY BOX.
THAT'S OKAY.
ASK SOMEONE
TO PLAY WITH YOU.
IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL
IF I GO OUT OF THE BOX
ON MY BRAINSTORM,
'CAUSE THIS IS JUST
MY IDEAS.
THIS ISN'T MY...
EVEN MY DRAFT,
LET ALONE MY GOOD COPY
OR MY PUBLISHED WORK.
OH, ONE THING I KNOW
SOME OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO LIVE FAR AWAY FROM ME
REALLY LIKE
IS IF I SEND THEM
AN e-mail OR A LETTER.
I'M GONNA SAY,
"SEND...A..."LETTER OR EMAIL."
AH! OOPS,
I MADE A MISTAKE.
EMAIL. THERE WE GO.
I KINDA FIXED IT UP.
UM, I'M TRYING
TO THINK ABOUT THINGS
THAT MAKE ME FEEL HAPPY
WHEN OTHER PEOPLE DO THEM.
SO, I FEEL REALLY GOOD
IF I GET A LETTER OR AN EMAIL,
WHEN PEOPLE ARE POLITE TO ME,
THAT FEELS REALLY KIND.
IF I GET HURT
AND SOMEONE OFFERS TO HELP,
THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
WHEN THE MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY
DO ALL OF THEIR CHORES
OR THE KIDS IN MY CLASS
TIDY UP,
THAT MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD
AND THAT'S KIND TO OUR CLASS.
IF I'M FEELING LONELY
AND SOMEBODY ASKS ME
TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM,
THAT MAKES ME FEEL
REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
SO, LET'S THINK.
I'VE GOT THREE MORE BOXES
IN MY ORGANIZER.
I ALWAYS TRY TO FILL MY WHOLE
ORGANIZER UP WHEN I'M DOING IT,
EVEN THOUGH ON MY GOOD COPY,
ON MY PUBLISHED WORK,
I MIGHT NOT USE
ALL OF THEM.
IT'S ALWAYS BETTER
TO HAVE TOO MANY IDEAS
THAN NOT ENOUGH IDEAS.
SO, WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS
THAT MAKE ME FEEL HAPPY,
OR, WELL, LET'S SEE.
I DID SOMETHING
FOR THE PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY.
WHAT ABOUT THE PETS
IN MY FAMILY?
HOW COULD I BE KIND
TO MY PETS?
WELL, I CAN FEED THEM,
BUT THAT'S JUST
A REALLY IMPORTANT JOB TO DO
SO THEY STAY HEALTHY.
OH, ONE OF THE THINGS
MY DOGS LOVE
IS WHEN I TAKE THEM OUT AND I
THROW THE TENNIS BALL FOR THEM.
THEY LOVE TO PLAY FETCH.
SO, I'M GOING TO WRITE,
"PLAY...FETCH... WITH MY DOGS."
She keeps filling the boxes in the diagram.
She cotninues SO, I THOUGHT ABOUT WAYS
TO SHOW KINDNESS
TO THE PEOPLE AROUND ME,
TO MY FAMILY,
TO MY KIDS AT SCHOOL.
OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN I'M OUT
IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD,
JUST IF I'M AT A STORE
OR SOMEWHERE,
A WAY I CAN BE REALLY KIND
TO STRANGERS
IS TO HOLD THE DOOR
FOR THEM.
THAT'S SOMETHING I LOVE,
WHEN SOMEBODY HOLDS THE DOOR
AND SMILES AT ME.
THAT MAKES ME FEEL
REALLY GOOD.
OH, MAYBE I CAN ADD THAT.
"SMILE AT SOMEONE."
THAT'S SOMETIMES
A REALLY NICE, EASY WAY
TO MAKE SOMEONE'S DAY.
OOH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I THOUGHT OF ONE MORE
THAT I CAN DO
THAT'S A REALLY NICE THING.
SO, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M EVEN GONNA ADD AN EXTRA BOX
TO MY ORGANIZER
AND THAT'S ALWAYS OKAY.
I'M GOING TO...
HERE, MAYBE I'LL MAKE A LITTLE
BOX TO WRITE IT IN DOWN HERE.
I CAN MAKE A PRESENT
FOR SOMEONE.
SO, I'VE GOT
MY ORGANIZER HERE
OF LOTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS I CAN
THINK OF TO BE KIND TO SOMEONE.
AND I'M GOING TO USE
THIS ORGANIZER
TO HELP ME MAKE
MY KINDNESS POSTER.
IF-- WHEN YOU MAKE
YOUR KINDNESS POSTER,
YOU CAN MAKE AN ORGANIZER
JUST LIKE THIS
BY MAKING A CIRCLE
OR A SQUARE ON YOUR PAPER
AND MAKING LITTLE BUBBLES
THAT COME OUT
FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS
YOU CAN THINK OF
TO BE KIND TO SOMEONE.
WE'RE GOING TO STOP NOW
AND TAKE A LITTLE BREAK
AND WATCH A VIDEO FROM
TUMBLETOWN READS.
IT'S PRETTY SILLY,
BUT I WANT YOU TO WATCH
FOR SOME OF THE THINGS
TUMBLETOWN FORGOT ABOUT
WHEN HE WAS DOING HIS WRITING
THAT ARE REALLY,
REALLY IMPORTANT
SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE
A GREAT PUBLISHED PRODUCT.
I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
IF WHAT HE GIVES TO HIS EDITOR
IN THE PAPER
WAS PUBLISHED IN THE PAPER,
WHAT DO YOU THINK PEOPLE WOULD
THINK WHEN THEY READ IT AT HOME?
WOULD THEY THINK
THAT WAS HIS VERY BEST WORK?
WOULD THEY THINK
IT MAKES SENSE?
SO, I WANT YOU
TO WATCH TUMBLETOWN
AND I WANT YOU TO THINK
ABOUT HOW HE COULD TURN IT
INTO HIS VERY BEST WORK
AND LISTEN CLOSELY
TO HIS EDITOR
AND THE THINGS
SHE HAS TO SAY
ALL ABOUT HOW HE CAN
MAKE HIS WORK GREAT
FOR THE NEWSPAPER.
SO, ENJOY
THE
TUMBLETOWN READS
VIDEO,
THINK ABOUT WORKING ON
WHAT IDEAS YOU'RE GOING TO USE
IN YOUR POSTER,
AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
(music plays)
A slate reads "Tumbleweed Presents Tumbleweed Reads."
A blue book with a neighbourhood on the cover appears against a purple background.
(dog barking)
(owl hooting)
(horn honking)
The book opens.
In off, Tumbleweed says TODAY'S TALE:
HOW TO WRITE.
Tumbleweed appears inside a castle. He is a light brown hamster.
Tumbleweed says YAY, IT'S SATURDAY!
I HAVE THE WHOLE DAY OFF.
WHAT A GREAT DAY TO CATCH UP
WITH MY FRIENDS.
(phone notification)
(gasping)
I HAVE A TEXT MESSAGE!
OH, LOOK.
IT'S A MESSAGE FROM TWIGGY.
"ARE WE ON FOR BREAKFAST?"
OH, OKAY. I'LL ANSWER HER.
OKAY, LET'S SEE.
He types YOU BET.
CAFE IN FIVE MINUTES.
Tumbleweed says COME ON, ANSWER! ANSWER!
(phone notification)
OH, THERE IT IS.
"COOL, SEE YOU THEN."
OKAY, GREAT, 'CAUSE I'M SO
HUNGRY I COULD EAT THIS PHONE
AND THAT VOIDS THE WARRANTY,
SO I WON'T.
I WILL JUST GO TO THE CAFE,
WHICH I'M DOING NOW.
NEH-- NOW.
Tumbleweed sings DO, DO, DO-DO,
DO, DO, DO-DO
I AM DRIVING IN MY CAR
DO, DO, DO, DO
Now, Tumbleweed chats with a big hamster.
Tumbleweed says SO, THERE I WAS.
I HAVE A RUBBER BOOT
ON ONE HAND...
(chuckling)
AND THE OTHER ONE
IS STUCK IN THE TUMBLE DRYER.
The big hamster says HANG ON.
IT'S DIMITRI.
He gets a text message.
The big hamster says "MEET AT THE PARK
TO FLY KITES."
HEY, THAT
SOUNDS LIKE FUN!
WANNA GO?
Tumbleweed says I CAN'T, I GOTTA MEET LEWIS
AT THE GYM.
(phone notification)
OH, LOOK AT THIS, A MESSAGE.
"WHERE ARE YOU? WAITING FOR YOU
AT THE BOOK CLUB."
I FORGOT!
I HAVE A BOOK CLUB MEETING!
I GOTTA GO!
The big hamster says YEAH, ME TOO.
HEY,
YOU'RE SITTING ON GUM.
Tumbleweed says I AM?
GET IT, GET IT.
The big hamster says RIGHT HERE.
Tumbleweed says AH-- AH...
The big hamster says HOLD STILL.
THIS ISN'T HELPING.
Tumbleweed laughs hysterically.
The big hamster says OW, OW.
YOU'RE TICKLING!
OGH. AWKWARD.
Back in his car, Tumbleweed says TO THE BOOK CLUB
(gibbering) KITES! GO!
HURRAY!
TO THE BOOK CLUB,
TO THE BOOK CLUB
Next, Tumbleweed meets some friends.
Tumbleweed says NO, I THINK THERESA'S RED SCARF
REPRESENTED HERSELF
AND SHE WAS WRAPPING HERSELF
AROUND HER NECK.
YOU SEE?
Friend 1 says OH, YEAH MON!
(phone notification)
Friend 2 says THAT'S GOOD.
Tumbleweed says OH, EXCUSE ME.
I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE HERE.
"MOVIE LATER TONIGHT."
FROM-- FROM SAL!
Sal says SAL, I'M RIGHT HERE!
I-- I WANTED TO USE
MY NEW PHONE! HEH.
Back in his car, Tumbleweed says GOING TO THE GYM
GYM, GYM, GYM, GYM
GOING TO THE GYM
Now, Tumbleweed stands in a wheel.
Tumbleweed says I JUST TEXTED
MY COUSIN BUFFY.
WHERE'S THE TRAINER?
A dark hamster says OOH, I'LL TEXT HER.
"WHERE ARE YOU?"
Tumbleweed says I'M TIRED
OF THIS EXERCISE.
LET'S GO WEIGH
OURSELVES.
I WANNA SEE IF I'VE
LOST ANY WEIGHT.
The dark hamster says YEAH! MY MOM SAYS I'M GETTING REALLY SKINNY.
Tumbleweed says LET'S SEE.
I HAVEN'T
LOST ANY WEIGHT!
I GAINED WEIGHT,
BUT IT'S ALL MUSCLE.
Then, Tumbleweed watches a movie.
A Woman says CHINCHILLA.
A Man says CHINCHILLA.
CHINCHILLA.
(audience chuckling)
Tumbleweed says THIS MOVIE
NEEDS SUBTITLES.
(laughing)
Viewer 1 says I LOVE THIS MOVIE.
Viewer 2 says CHINCHILLA!
In an office, Tumbleweed says YOU WANTED TO SEE ME,
CHIEF?
Chief says HMM, YES.
IT'S ABOUT
YOUR LATEST ARTICLE.
Tumbleweed says DID YOU LOVE IT?
Chief says WELL, I WISH I COULD SAY,
TUMBLEWEED,
BUT I CAN'T READ IT!
(trying to read aloud)
A message without vowels appears.
Chief says I-- I CAN'T READ
THIS AT ALL...
(phone notification)
Tumbleweed says OH, HANG ON.
I'VE GOTTA ANSWER
THIS MESSAGE.
Chief says TUMBLEWEED, IF YOU
LOOK AT THAT DEVICE
I WILL GET...
Tumbleweed says ONE MINUTE, I...
Chief says DO NOT...
Tumbleweed says AH...
Chief says THANK YOU.
THIS STYLE OF WRITING
IS FINE
FOR SENDING QUICK
MESSAGES TO YOUR FRIENDS
BUT NOT FOR COMMUNICATING WITH
YOUR READERS IN A NEWSPAPER.
Tumbleweed says BUT IT'S FAST
AND MY FRIENDS LOVE IT!
Chief says AND THAT'S FINE FOR THEM,
BUT WHEN YOU'RE WRITING
SOMETHING SERIOUS
LIKE AN ESSAY
OR A REPORT,
PEOPLE HAVE TO
BELIEVE YOU,
SO YOU MUST SPELL CORRECTLY
AND WRITE IN FULL SENTENCES.
Tumbleweed says OKAY! FROM NOW ON I'LL
BE SURE TO ONLY WRI...
OH, I GOT A MESSAGE.
OH LOOK, IT'S FROM SAL!
HEY, LOOK AT THAT!
CAN YOU READ THAT?
LOOK AT THAT.
Chief says OH, LET ME TRY.
"U R INVITD--."
AND THEN THERE'S
A NUMBER 2.
WHY WOULD THERE BE
A NUMBER 2 THERE?
Tumbleweed says NO, THAT'S
"TONIGHT," SEE?
Chief says OH!
Tumbleweed says YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
KEEP GOING.
Chief says WELL, THEN
THERE'S A "LOL."
WHAT'S A LOL?
Tumbleweed says LAUGH OUT LOUD!
Chief says NOT LOLLIPOP?
Tumbleweed says OGH, ROFL, DUDE!
The TVO Kids logo appears.
Kristy says I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT EPISODE
OF
TUMBLETOWN READS.
THEY'RE PRETTY SILLY BUT I THINK
THAT HE FIGURED OUT
SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT
IN THAT EPISODE
AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT THOSE WORDS
THAT HE WAS USING
AND MAKING SURE WHEN
HE WAS EDITING AND REVISING
THAT EVERYTHING MADE SENSE.
AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE,
IF THAT WAS
HIS FINISHED PRODUCT,
IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT
HIS BEST WORK,
'CAUSE HE CAN WRITE FULL WORDS
INSTEAD OF THAT SHORT FORM.
AND IT WAS DEFINITELY
NOT THE NEATEST
WHEN HE WAS USING ALL THOSE
SHORT WAYS TO SAY WORDS.
AND IT WASN'T VERY CLEAR.
SO, HE HAD TO GO THROUGH
BEFORE HE WAS FINISHED
FOR THAT TO BE PUBLISHED.
AND HE STILL HAD A FEW STEPS
TO REVISIT.
SO, BEFORE YOU PUBLISH,
MAKE SURE
YOU REMEMBER THOSE STEPS
OF REVISING
AND EDITING YOUR WORK.
I'M GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK
AT MY PUBLISHING CHECKLIST,
AND I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU
HELP ME
CHECK OUT
MY FINISHED KINDNESS POSTER
TO SEE IF IT MEETS
ALL OF THE CRITERIA.
SO, WE'RE GOING TO ASK OURSELVES
IF WE USED OUR BEST PRINTING,
IF WE MADE IT NEAT,
IF WE ADDED
PICTURES AND COLOUR,
IF WE USED OUR SPECIAL PAPERS,
CRAYONS, PENCILS, MARKERS,
DID WE MAYBE USE A COMPUTER?
THIS ONE ISN'T A MUST-DO.
IS OUR WORK OUR BEST
AND READY TO SHARE?
SO, I HOPE YOU'RE READY
TO USE YOUR EDITING, REVISING,
DETECTIVE PUBLISHING EYES
TO HELP ME SEE IF MY WORK
IS READY TO SHARE
WITH SOMEONE ELSE.
I HAVE MY POSTER
RIGHT HERE.
GONNA PUT MY CHECKLIST DOWN HERE
SO I CAN LOOK AT IT.
SO, HERE IS MY POSTER.
A poster shows a title and six text clouds in different clouds.
She continues I CALLED IT "HOW TO BE KIND."
SO, I ADDED A TITLE TO IT.
AND BECAUSE IT'S A POSTER,
I WANTED TO MAKE IT
SO THAT IF IT WAS SOMETHING
HANGING UP ON THE WALL,
IT WOULD BE REALLY FUN
TO LOOK AT, AND INTERESTING.
SO, I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST
MAKE IT A PLAIN OLD LIST.
SO, "HOW TO BE KIND."
I USED LOTS AND LOTS
OF COLOUR ON HERE.
I DECIDED TO TRY SOME BLOCK
LETTERS FOR THAT "KIND."
SO THAT THE WORD "KIND."
REALLY, REALLY STOOD OUT
ON MY POSTER.
I USED MY MARKERS
DIFFERENTLY.
MY MARKERS HAVE...
A CHISEL TIP TO THEM,
SO I CAN WRITE ON THEM
WITH THEIR WIDE SIDE
OR I CAN WRITE ON THEM
WITH THE SKINNY TIP
TO MAKE MY PRINTING
LOOK DIFFERENT.
AND THAT'S IF YOU HAVE
THICK MARKERS AT HOME.
YOU MIGHT WANNA USE THOSE
FOR A TITLE,
AND MAYBE YOU'LL USE SKINNY
MARKERS FOR YOUR PRINTING
ON YOUR PUBLISHED COPY.
SO, "HOW TO BE KIND."
AND I SAID, "I CAN..."
AND I DID
A LITTLE DOT-DOT-DOT
'CAUSE EACH OF THESE THINGS
FINISHES THE SENTENCE
"I CAN..."
SO, I SAID
I CAN PLAY WITH MY DOGS.
'CAUSE THAT'S A WAY
TO BE KIND TO MY DOGS.
I CAN GIVE THEM
SOME ATTENTION.
I CAN HELP SOMEONE
WHO GETS HURT.
AND FOR MY DOGS,
I DREW A LITTLE TENNIS BALL.
NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT?
LOOKING AT IT,
MAYBE I GO BACK
AND ADD SOME PENCIL CRAYON
TO THAT
TO DRESS IT UP
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I DREW A BAND-AID FOR
HELPING SOMEONE WHO GETS HURT.
I SAID,
"I CAN USE KIND WORDS."
AND I DREW A LITTLE
SPEECH BUBBLE IN THERE
THAT SAYS, "THANK YOU."
I CAN HOLD THE DOOR OPEN.
AND I DREW
A LITTLE STICK FIGURE.
I'M NOT ALWAYS THE BEST
AT DRAWING PEOPLE,
BUT I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE
A GOOD WAY TO SHOW
WHO'S HOLDING ONTO A DOOR.
I CAN DO MY CHORES.
ONE OF THE THINGS
I DO NOT LIKE DOING
IS PUTTING MY LAUNDRY
IN THE LAUNDRY BASKET.
SOMETIMES I LEAVE IT
ON MY FLOOR.
AND THAT DRIVES
MY PARTNER CHRIS CRAZY.
SO, I CAN BE KIND TO HIM
BY PUTTING MY LAUNDRY
IN THE LAUNDRY BASKET,
'CAUSE I KNOW
IT REALLY BUGS HIM.
I CAN BE KIND BY
MAKING SOMEONE A PRESENT.
AND I DREW A LITTLE PICTURE
OF A PRESENT.
SO, THOSE ARE ALL
DIFFERENT THINGS
THAT I THOUGHT OF
FOR MY KINDNESS POSTER
AFTER I DID MY BRAINSTORM.
I ADDED A LITTLE BIT
MORE DETAIL TO IT.
SO, LET'S CHECK THROUGH
OUR PUBLISHING CHECKLIST
AND SEE HOW WE'VE DONE.
SO, ARE YOU READY TO GIVE ME
SOME THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN?
I HOPE I GET LOTS OF THUMBS UP
SO I'M READY TO SHARE.
DID I USE MY BEST PRINTING?
WELL, I WORKED REALLY HARD
TO STAY ON THE LINES,
AND I WORKED SO THAT MY TITLES
WERE BIG PRINTING
AND I USED SMALLER LETTERS
FOR THESE.
SO, I FEEL LIKE I REALLY USED
MY BEST PRINTING ON THIS.
I TOOK MY TIME TO MAKE IT
SO THAT PEOPLE COULD READ IT.
DID I MAKE IT NEAT?
WELL,
I DID MY BEST PRINTING,
I KEPT EVERYTHING
ON THE LINES
I MADE THESE LITTLE BUBBLES
SO THAT EVERYTHING
HAD ITS OWN SPACE.
I DIDN'T DO ANY BIG ERASING AND
LEAVE ANY MARKS OR ANYTHING.
SO, I FEEL LIKE MY POSTER
IS PRETTY NEAT.
DID I ADD
PICTURES AND COLOUR?
WELL, I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE
THIS IS VERY COLOURFUL.
I THINK
THAT'S A THUMBS UP.
AND THEN I WAS HAVING TROUBLE
WITH PICTURES,
BUT I THOUGHT IF I JUST MAKE
SOMETHING LITTLE IN EACH BUBBLE,
THAT WILL HELP.
SO, I DID MY LITTLE TENNIS BALL
FOR THE DOGS,
THE BAND-AID, THE SPEECH BUBBLE,
A PRESENT,
THE LAUNDRY BASKET,
AND SOMEBODY HOLDING A DOOR.
SO, I DID PICTURES.
ANOTHER OPTION FOR THAT,
IF I WAS HAVING TROUBLE
DRAWING,
MIGHT BE TO LOOK FOR
AND PRINT OUT SOME CLIP ART
FROM MY COMPUTER
AND I COULD GLUE IT ON THERE
LIKE I DID WITH THE POEM
ABOUT THE BUNNY.
DID I USE SPECIAL PAPER?
WELL, I DID MY POEM ON...
OR I DID MY POSTER
ON CHART PAPER,
AND I COULD'VE DONE IT
ON LITTLE PRINTER PAPER
BUT I THOUGHT, WELL,
THIS IS THE KIND OF POSTER
THAT MAYBE I WOULD HANG UP
IN MY CLASSROOM
AND I WOULD WANT MY STUDENTS
TO BE ABLE TO READ IT.
SO, I CHOSE TO USE THIS
REALLY BIG, SPECIAL PAPER.
YOU MIGHT USE
A PIECE OF BRISTOL BOARD
IF YOU WERE MAKING A PAPER...
MAKING A POSTER,
AND THAT WOULD BE
SPECIAL PAPER.
DID I USE CRAYONS,
PENCILS, MARKERS?
I DID USE MARKERS SO THAT
IT WOULD BE REALLY COLOURFUL.
I THOUGHT PENCIL CRAYONS
MIGHT BE TOO LIGHT
AND SAME WITH CRAYONS,
SO I CHOSE TO USE MY MARKERS
'CAUSE THEY'RE
REALLY, REALLY BRIGHT
AND I THOUGHT
THEY WOULD SHOW UP WELL.
I DIDN'T USE A COMPUTER
FOR THIS ONE,
AND THAT'S OKAY.
IS THIS MY BEST WORK?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THIS POSTER.
I'M LOOKING AT IT
AND THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT I FEEL
LIKE I WOULD NEED TO CHANGE.
I THINK IF I HUNG THIS UP
IN MY CLASSROOM,
MY STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE
TO READ IT AND UNDERSTAND IT.
I THINK IT HAS
REALLY GOOD IDEAS.
AND I THINK
IT'S READY TO SHARE.
SO, WHEN YOU MAKE
YOUR KINDNESS POSTER TODAY,
I WANT YOU TO COME BACK
THROUGH THIS CHECKLIST
AFTER YOU'VE DONE
YOUR ROUGH COPY,
YOUR DRAFT,
AND WHEN YOU GET
TO YOUR PUBLISHING STEP,
DON'T FORGET
TO ASK YOURSELF
ALL OF THESE
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS.
THE REALLY IMPORTANT ONE
THAT I ALWAYS ASK IS,
"IS THIS MY BEST?"
AND IF THE ANSWER IS NO,
I MIGHT NEED TO GO BACK
AND MAKE ONE MORE COPY
SO THAT IT'S MY VERY, VERY BEST
WHEN IT'S PUBLISHED.
WHEN IT'S MY BEST,
THAT'S WHEN I KNOW I'M DONE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING ME TODAY
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PUBLISHING
YOUR WRITTEN WORK.
I HOPE YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE
TO BRAINSTORM LOTS OF IDEAS
FOR YOUR VERY OWN
KINDNESS POSTER,
AND THAT WHEN
WE'RE ALL FINISHED TODAY,
YOU TAKE SOME TIME TO MAKE
YOUR VERY OWN KINDNESS POSTER
ALL ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN
BE NICE TO OTHER PEOPLE.
REMEMBER
WHEN YOU'RE PUBLISHING,
ONCE YOU'VE DONE
YOUR DRAFT...
THAT'S GONNA BE
OUR FIRST COPY...
OUR PUBLISHED WORK
IS GOING TO USE COLOURS,
IT'S GOING TO USE PICTURES,
IT'S GOING TO USE OUR VERY,
VERY BEST WRITING OR PRINTING.
OR IF YOU DO IT
ON THE COMPUTER,
YOU CAN ADD CLIP ART AND COLOUR
AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS
SO THAT OUR WRITING
LOOKS LESS LIKE THIS...
She shows a text page from the dragon book.
She continues AND MORE LIKE THIS.
She shows an illustration from the book.
She concludes SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL,
EXCITING, AND ENGAGING
WE CAN SHARE
WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
I'M SO GLAD YOU TUNED IN
AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU
ANOTHER DAY
ON ANOTHER EPISODE OF
TVOKIDS
POWER HOUR OF LEARNING.
HAVE A GREAT DAY,
BE KIND, AND BE SAFE.
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