Murder at the Museum Wed. Nov. 17. 04

Today was exciting They came in relaxed and subdued! Jonathan discussed the game plan and work for the day, passed out storyboard sheets and they progressed to work.

They decided on days at ALA The Tuesday group who meet after school will be: Fernando, Cody, Kellie, Allie, Jessica, Kim, and .............
The Thursday group will be: Portia, Marcus, Leland, Alex, David, Melanie, Chelsey, Caroline, P.J., and Ray........

Then they were called on to come up with movie themes or plots? This is the list they proposed:
1. Dancing Hats that Eat People
2. Drew Finney attacked by Monsters
3. Water that Turns you Purple
4. Mushrooms that eat Elephants.
5. Orange Juice that sucks body Fluid
6. Computer Game that traps your Mind inside a Video Game
7. Monkey that stuffs people into a pickle jar
8. Dancing Ballerina Squirrel
9. Goldfish that take over the sea
10. Killer Lightbulbs
11. Killer Snail/Boy with Salt
12. Robots Fishting
13. Old People Rebellion
14. Grim Reaper/Flowers Growing

They were then given the choice of dividing themselves into groups of three and then pick
one of the proposed topics to make a three-minute animated movie on that theme. Then they were allowed to work and start on their story boards. The groups and topics chosen were as follows:

1. Water that turns People Purple: Caroline, Chelsey, and Alex
2. Mushrooms that Eat Elephants: Marcus Sarah, and Portia
3. Old People's Rebellion: P.J., Ray, Leland
4. Dancing Hats that eat people: Kimberly, Kelly, and Allie
5. Monkey in the Pickle Jar: Melanie, David, and Joey
6. Robots Fighting: Cody, Fernando, and Jessica

They seem to have alot of ideas and got busy right away. Some involved in breaking a
lava lamp (guess who!), some started making props, some watching a video on story boarding, and a couple sat around!! Jonathan moved between groups coaching, questioning,
encouraging, and admonishing some. All in all a profitable day.

I have finally gotten on the web site to Blog again with the advent of a new ThinkPad and wireless connection. It only works at the Museum however. So this may be spasmodic.