Portrait and self-portrait turn-in instructions, catch-up day OR Extra Credit. Assigned 3/3, due 3/5 - MAJOR

1st 

Please upload you photos and run them through Photoshop. You need to do levels and crop them vertically - below are the instructions to remind you. If you need help with Levels, please ask your neighbor, or scroll down to the Photoshop assignment below where you can find the direct instructions. This is a MAJOR GRADE!!

Photoshop:

To levels first - Command-L to get to it fast

Once you finish, make sure you SAVE-AS and rename your image. They should not be called IMG_####, the should be called portrait or self-portrait or something similar.

Crop your image in Photoshop - 8.5 inches x 11 inches at 300 resolution. To get those sub-menu choices you have to select the crop tool.

Always SAVE-AS the first time you touch an image and from then on you can just SAVE.

When you have cropped both images, and done levels and have them saved as .JPEG or .JPG or even .PNG, please post those on your Google Site on a new subpage called Portraits and Self-Portraits.

If you file is saving as a .PSD, you need to go to Layer in the Main Menu options at the top and find FLATTEN IMAGE. It is all the way at the bottom. Select Flatten Image and then you can save your photo as a .PNG file.

Once you have both image on your Google Site, PLEASE PULL THE CORNER AND MAKE IT BIGGER!!! 

Now get the card back into the camera and get everything put away in the camera bag. I will collect cameras later this period. For those people that don't have photos, I can check you out a camera today, but on Thursday, we will start making magazine covers and you will need photos!!

2nd  

Today is a catch-up day. If you are missing work for me, you have today to get as much done as possible. This will be the only day for this kind of work before the end of the 3rd 9 weeks which is Friday, March 13. I have updated grades and you should be able to check your grades to determine what you are missing.

On Thursday, we will start making magazine covers and those will be the last two grades of the cycle. Your first magazine cover will be a Minor grade, the second will be the final MAJOR grade of the cycle.

If you are completely caught up and would like some extra credit, you can complete the task below and I will apply extra credit to the 3rd 9 weeks cycle in the best way I can to help your grade. That could be raising a major grade by as many as 10 points (I could spread this out as well), or raising your overall grade by 1-3 points.

EXTRA CREDIT - Free Write

Create a new google doc. Pick a prompt. Write. Make sure it is shared properly. I don't need to edit this one, so you can just make it so I can VIEW it. Make a new Google Site subpage called 3rd nine weeks extra credit and make your Google Doc a clickable link.

Here are the prompts - Pick ONE and write - let's say 400-500 words and complete the story.

Creative Writing Prompts

1. You’re digging in your garden and find a fist-sized nugget of gold.
2. Write about something ugly–war, fear, hate, or cruelty–but find the beauty (silver lining) in it.
3. The asteroid was hurtling straight for Earth…
4. A kid comes out of the bathroom with toilet paper dangling from his or her waistband.
5. Write about your early memories of faith, religion, or spirituality; yours or someone else’s.
6. There’s a guy sitting on a park bench reading a newspaper…
7. Write a poem about a first romantic experience or encounter.
8. He turned the key in the lock and opened the door. To his horror, he saw…
9. Silvery flakes drifted down, glittering in the bright light of the harvest moon. The blackbird swooped down…
10. The detective saw his opportunity. He grabbed the waitress’s arm and said…
11. There are three children sitting on a log near a stream. One of them looks up at the sky and says…
12. There is a magic talisman that allows its keeper to read minds. It falls into the hands of a young politician…
13. And you thought dragons didn’t exist…
14. Write about nature. Include the following words: hard drive, stapler, phone, car, billboard.
15. The doctor put his hand on her arm and said gently, “You or the baby will survive. Not both. I’m sorry.”
16. The nation is controlled by…
17. You walk into your house and it’s completely different–furniture, decor, all changed. And nobody’s home.
18. Write about one (or both) of your parents. Start with “I was born…”
19. The most beautiful smile I ever saw…
20. I believe that animals exist to…
21. A twinkling eye can mean many things. Start with a twinkle in someone’s eye and see where it takes you.
22. Good versus evil. Do they truly exist? Are there gray areas? Do good people do bad things?
23. Write about your body.
24. Have you ever been just about to drift off to sleep only to be roused because you spontaneously remembered an embarrassing moment from your past?