Thomaston Grammar School

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Moon Myths
by 6th Graders

Moon Myths is a project that integrates Science, Language Arts and Computer Technology. Students study the phases of the moon in Science. Classes read several mythical examples of why the moon changes shape. Then, answering the question "How would you adapt the moon phases to create a new myth?", they write their own original moon myth. The final typed myth must exhibit proper mechanics (spelling, capitalization, punctuation and senetence structure).

Students illustrate their story with a simple animation made with AnimationMaker software. They plan their animation on a storyboard. Each animation must be 4-6 frames long and properly sequenced. It is then saved as a gif file and inserted into their myth document.

TGS 6th grade students and staff enjoyed a live perfomance of their myths. The stories with animations were projected on a screen and read aloud for all to enjoy. Here are just a few samples:

Fred and the Cookie
by Cody

Long ago, a giant, Fred, flew up into the sky because he saw a giant cookie, the moon. Every night when there is a whole cookie Fred comes and takes a bite of the cookie. He does this until there is nothing left. When there is nothing left, cookie crumbs fall out of the sky and make a whole new cookie. Then Fred eats the cookie little by little. The whole cookie comes back again and again. Each time Fred eats it little by little.
Ever wonder about the Milky Way? His sippy cup spilled!!

The Cat and the Moon
by Isaac

There is a cat that hates the Moon. So the cat hits the Moon with a hammer and knocks off a piece of the moon. Then keeps on doing that until there is almost nothing left. Then the moon forms a shield that you can’t see through. After the moon heals some then moon forms a shield you can see through and the moon laughs at the cat because he can’t get through the shield until the moon is healed and the shield wares off. After the shield wares off it happens all over again and again. FOR EVER

          

 Vash the Stampede Vs the Moon
by Josh

One day the legendary gunman, Vash the Stampede, wanted to show the world how powerful he was. He decided to blow a hole in the moon. That night Vash packed his most powerful gun, The Magnavox Revolver 3000, and set out for the tallest hill in town. Vash took out his gun and pointed out the moon. “BLAM!” the two mile bullet zoomed out toward the moon.
“BOOM!” the bullet hit the moon causing it to blow.
For a month Vash kept shooting the moon til there was only a sliver left. “I’ll be back, you’ll see!” yelled the moon. Slowly the moon got bigger and bigger until it was full again. Vash attacked the moon again. So the war between Vash the Stampede and the Moon will never end.  

 THE END?

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