Mini-Lesson+Model+6

Essential Question: How do a person's words and actions reveal their character?

 * How do we analyze a literary character?
 * How do we select concrete details from a text to support our inferences?
 * How do we present our analysis of a character?

What Will I Learn About UMapper?

 * How to upload an image and add place markers with annotations
 * How to use commenting to extend the conversation.
 * How to embed presentations on blogs and wikis

Directions

 * **Your task is to work with your group to present an analysis of a character from the story we've read aloud.**
 * First, collaborate with your group face2face to complete the character analysis graphic organizer.
 * Next, decide which group members will serve which roles.
 * **Photographer**: Locate noncopyrighted image to use for presentation. Add URL link and the author and source info for the image to the etherpad. You can search for Creative Commons images at Flickr.
 * **Wordsmiths** (at least two): Draft the ideas from the graphic organizer into a paragraph. Each Wordsmith may use the Etherpad--at the same time--to type the two paragraphs.
 * **Digital Director:** Create the UMapper presentation. Register to create an account. Then, using the info on the etherpad, save the image to your computer, and upload it to UMapper. Add three placemarker's to the image, two for the two paragraphs analyzing the character and one for the image source info. You can copy and paste the text from the etherpad.
 * Use your group's etherpad to share resources:
 * Group 1 etherpad
 * Group 2 etherpad
 * Group 3 etherpad
 * When you've finished, as a group, view the presentation and make any revision/editing changes.
 * The digital director will then embed the VoiceThread in a new post on the Tradigital Classroom blog.

Lesson Resources

 * Analyzing Literary Characters PDF Hand-Out
 * Drafting Analysis Graphic Organizer PDF Hand-Out
 * Project Checklist PDF Hand-Out

Umapper Resources

 * UMapper Tutorial: [[file:UMapperTutorial.pdf]]
 * UMapper Blog: See sample UMapper's
 * Your computer must have Java installed for UMapper to work properly. You can get the Java download here (only if you're logged in as an administrator).
 * **Note**: On the mini laptop, you may need to use the F11 key to change to //Full Screen// view so that you can see all of the pop-up windows.