The student wrote a fantasy story called "In Hell" about a main character who did bad things before going to hell but became good after. They enjoyed creating the setting but found plotting notes difficult. During drafting, idea generation was challenging but they were proud of the story's structure. In digital storytelling, drawing the storyboard was hard due to condensing the long story; they were happiest with the soundtrack. Collaboration was sometimes enjoyable for building friendships but other times frustrating with lack of guidance; as a group they improved in art, sound, and scriptwriting skills. Overall, the student most enjoyed making the movie and illustrations.

1. Story-telling Reflection
My Story is called In Hell.
The Planning Phase:
I chose to write a fantasy genre because it is fun to create a maincharacter who
has super powers.The most interesting thing about my main character is that
he did bad things before he went to hell and he becamea good guy after he
went to hell.I enjoyed creating the setting becauseit was fun to think of a
setting for our story.
While making my plot diagram, I found it difficult to write in note form.My best
idea during planning was the title and credits.While planning this story I
learned how to be a good member of our group.
The Drafting Phase:
It was difficult to write my story because it was hard to get ideas.
I am proud of my story because there was a good start, good climax, and good
conclusion.During the Writing Workshops, I became better at using dialogue.If I
wrote it again, I would improve my story by using more verbs and dialuogue
because it makes a story more interesting.
The Digital Phase:
I am proud of my movie because it has good pictures.I found it difficult to
create the storyboard because we had to make a long story to really short
story.My role was to be the script illustrator.I worked especially hard at
drawing good pictures. The thing I am most happy with is the sound
track.While making the movie, I learned many new technology skills in iMovie. I
became much better at making pictures or sound tracks longer or shorter.If I
made the movie again, I would try to make the movie time shorter because our
story is a bit boring.
Collaboration:
Sometimes, I enjoyed group work because it helps to make good
friendships.Other times, I didn’t enjoy group work because just jake was
checking on our movie.While working in a group, I learned how to give others a
job.During the unit, our group became better at drawing, making sounds and
writing scripts.
What else?
During this story-telling unit I especially enjoyed making the movie and drawing
images for the movie.After this unit, I might continue to draw pictures for other
movies.
By: Ki Jung