- Write a narrative of the story (from the girl’s, the robot’s or the audience’s (third person) perspective).
- Write a narrative of what happens next.
- Create a script for the story to be acted out.
- Design your own steam-powered robot; label each element of the robot with detail.
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whichever one you choose, you're going to need lots of juicy adjectives, powerful verbs and other descriptive language. So let's start a collection of great descriptive language that you might be able to use in your Girl and Robot work tomorrow.
Here are some of the adjectives and verbs that spring to mind when I watch the film: hissing, frustrated, the eyes glimmer. What have you got?
You can rewatch the movie here if you like: http://www.literacyshed.com/the-inventors-shed.html
(Scroll down to 'Girl and Robot, est. 1892)
how about eyes glistened, curious, frustrated etc
ReplyDeleteeyes sparkled, grumpy and hopefull
ReplyDeletehawked eyes, smooth armor and swift engine.... (this is my list of great ideas)
ReplyDeleteI thought of:
ReplyDeleteGrimy
Hissing
Electric
Devoted
Thoughtful
Spitting sparks
Determined
Disappointed
Disastrous
Chaotic
Wonder
Tragic
My ideas are:
ReplyDeleteBulky (the robot)
Inventor
Metal... Glass... Electricity
Circular eyes
Faceless (the robot)
Irritated
defeated,emotion,devotion,delight,driven
ReplyDeletePuffs of smoke, crashing (the place collapsing) disappointment, devastation, sorrowful. That's the things I thought of.
ReplyDeleteI am the robot so I think of: big, glistening eyes, nice, playful because he moves when she doesn't look.
ReplyDeleteI though of:
ReplyDeleteSolid (robot)
disappointing
flickering eyes (robot)
Anger (when robot wasn't working)
frustrated
ReplyDeleteannoyed
steamy
doubtful
thats all i can think of right now...i'm tired.
bulky
ReplyDeletecreaky
defiant
solid
Robot: sneaky
ReplyDeleteGirl: impatient
frustrated
ReplyDeleteanger
impatience
flickering eyes
ReplyDeletestressed