Using laptops to make short films

1. Students will enter the classroom by being welcomed by teacher with a smile, a kind word, and a fist pump.
2. Student will sign into a computer terminal by fingerprint, where student's attendance is recorded. Student can then punch in a quick social-emotional survey on this computer terminal, where the teacher gets a daily report of each student's state at the beginning of class.
3. Students sit down in their assigned seat, and turn on their computer . They immediately log into the classroom website, where they will see the morning quote, and warm up question.
4. Students will have an online discussion on warm up question, with teacher giving feedback.
5. Teacher will lead a whole group lesson on how to write a script, for a short film. He will use the computer program, "Final Draft", in order to model and guide students in the aspect of writing effective dialogue.
6. Teacher will conduct a group activity, in which students are grouped by teams and subjects. Each team must write on that subject, using the dialogue method shown.
7. Students will work on dialogue, while teacher monitors the group work.
8. Students will share their work on the class website, as well as in class presentations where they improv or act out their lines.
9. Finally Teacher will debrief as a whole group, and get feedback from students about what worked, what didn't and any questions answered.
10. Now Teacher will allow students to choose their topic, and set up a plot, in which they write that specific dialogue.
11. After working on it at home for homework, the next day, students will present their work.
12. Teacher will grade each student, and have a one to one discussion on how to revise the work.