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Teacher Resources As discussed on the home page, the task is as follows:

Students will be assigned a letter of the alphabet each and will be given the task of drawing the letter in capital and lower case, saying the sound it makes and a word which begins with that letter. The drawing process will be filmed and overlaid with the audio in a powerpoint presentation. The students will be shown all the clips in a mixed up order and given the task as a whole to arrange them into alphabetical order, once it is complete the students will present the final video. This task is designed to allow to students to investigate their own letter, learn from their fellow students and give them a sense of pride in their contribution to the final product.

In order to complete this task there are a few basic things required: [] []
 * Alphabet worksheets and pencils for students to practice writing letters in the correct way
 * Resources and games to help the students to remember the alphabetical order
 * A camera capable of shooting short amounts of video and audio
 * Powerpoint (and the ability to insert video and audio into slides!)
 * Projector/interactive whiteboard

The aim of this task is to get students recognising the shapes and sounds of the alphabet, therefore it is important that the students are given the complete alphabet, not just their letter, this will also help them to determine the order in which the slides should be placed. Interactive whiteboard games []and activities can also be used to help with this understanding.Each student will be assigned a letter (depending on number of students in the class they can be assigned more than one letter each, or two students can work together on the more difficult letters) The students will then focus on their given letter/s, practicing writing it in both upper and lower case, using interactive sites and videos [] to enable them to be able to say their letter and the sound it makes and decide upon an item which starts with the same letter which they can say in the audio added to the powerpoint presentation. Students may also wish to attempt to write or draw their chosen word to accompany their letter, A photo of any additional drawings can also be added to the powerpoint. Once all students have completed their letter in upper and lower case, its sound and other word; it is then the teacher's job to make up the slides, or if the students happen to be capable of using powerpoint then they can put their own together. Once the slides are compiled they can be muddled up and the students can put their knowledge of the alphabetical ordering into action by working together to drag the slides into their correct positioning. Once they have achieved the desired order the presentation will be ready to be shown to the class as a whole, parents, other classes, the school or even uploaded to the internet for others to view!


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