GJ- Day 3

• Make notes of the items you choose, the order you place them along with size and quantity.
• Play  - but make notes of choices especially when you choose to be aggressive versus conservative.
• for example - when choosing plants to grow - What is the reason for choosing 1 type over another?
• Other than just survival - what is your goal

1. milestones?
2. a telescope? (in order to build a meteor destroying laser)

Now begin to write your opinion of the game and gameplay. Write about your choices and their consequences. Offer ideas to your readers and make predictions should you choose differently. Use screenshots.URL.

GJ- Day 2

Load the game and do the tutorial.

you may want to do this twice...

on your second run-through take screen shots

• Explain how to set up a colony.
• What should you do first and what choices do you have. Add screen shots. URL

Remember the walk-thru?

• How was this tutorial different from the walk-thru?

• What would you do differently?
• What went wrong?
• Offer tips and tricks.
• Show how the help works and what's in each of the menus.

Talk to your readers and guide them through the startup process.

GJ- Day 1

Game Journalism - Day 1 - Reveal

 Game Journalism:  Your research is for the benefit of your readers. You play the game for the benefit of your readers. You write about your game play for the benefit of your readers. Always be thinking about how your work can benefit your readers.

PlanetBase - What is this game?

• go find out and write a report revealing to your readers

• Title: GJ - DAY 1 - Reveal

• Go to their website http://planetbase.madrugaworks.com/ for ideas and images.
• go to YouTube for ideas and images

• include in your post links to references.
• embed a YouTube video
• images are mandatory
• describe each image

Watch the Trailer: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NvJr0SN83Zk

Write about the game.  Incorporate these questions in your answers and add screen shots.

What is this game about?

What do you do in the game?

What is the goal of the game?

Write about what happens in the video.

Watch the Walk-thru video:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwK86aipHLk

The Martian Questions

Answer the following questions when watching the movie?

1. Which Actor plays Mark Watney?
2. How was Mark Watney left behind?
3. What is the name of the Mars mission?
4. What is a Sol? How long is one Sol? How many Sol's did it take for earth to find Watney still alive?
5. What is the difference between the MAV and the HAB?
6. What does Watney grow on Mars?
7. What communication device does Watney dig up? What sol is it when he gets communication set up?
8. What coding system do they use?
9. Which country helps NASA?
10. What is Project Elrond? What is the project named after?
11. Name 5 types of equipment that is used in the movie?
12. In the movie what does Watney define as Colonization?
13. What did NASA want Watney to remove from the MAV?
14. Which superhero does Watney reference?  
15. What happens to Watney at the end of the movie? What does he do for NASA? 

How to Write a Movie Review

How to Write a Movie Review

1. Take notes on the movie as you watch it. Before you sit down to watch a film, get out a notepad or a laptop to take notes. Movies are long, and you can easily forget details or major plot points. Taking notes allows you to jot down little things you can return to later.
   • Make a note every time something sticks out to you, whether it's good or bad. This could be costuming, makeup, set design, music, etc. Think about how this detail relates to the rest of the movie and what it means in the context of your review.
   • Take note of patterns you begin to notice as the movie unfolds.
   • Use the pause button frequently so you make sure not to miss anything, and rewind as necessary.
2. Start with a compelling fact or opinion on the movie. You want to get the reader hooked immediately. This sentence needs to give them a feel for your review and the movie -- is it good, great, terrible, or just okay?
3. Gather basic facts about the movie. You can do this before or after you watch the movie, but you should definitely do it before you write the review, because you'll need to weave the facts into your review as you write. Here's what you need to know:
   • The title of the film, and the year it came out.
   • The director's name.
   • The names of the lead actors.
   • The genre.
4. Give a clear, well-established opinion early on. Don't leave the reader guessing whether you like the movie or not. Let them know early on, so that you can spend the rest of the time "proving" your rating.
5. Back up your opinion with specific evidence. This is where taking notes during the movie really pays off. No one cares about your opinion if you can't give facts that support your argument.
6. Move beyond the obvious plot analysis. Plot is just one piece of a movie, and shouldn't dictate your entire review. Some movies don't have great or compelling plots, but that doesn't mean the movie itself is bad. 
7. Bring your review full-circle in the ending. Give the review some closure, usually by trying back to your opening fact. Remember, people read reviews to decide whether or not they should watch a movie. End on a sentence that tells them.

Movie Review preview

Next week to start the new unit we will be watching and writing a review on the movie, The Martian

Here is a sneak peak at next week:

Mars One

As a lead up to are next project are next blog post will be about if you have what it takes to be an astronaut. There is a link below that goes over the requirements to become an astronaut. read through the requirements noting which ones you meet and which ones you would not meet. The age requirement is not necessary to answer because not to many people are 18. Your blog post should be at least 600 words. There are a lot of requirements to talk about. If your not able to fulfill a requirement why? or if you can why do you fulfill the requirement. Please submit this by Monday May 9.

Do you have what it takes to be an Astronaut?

http://www.mars-one.com/faq/selection-and-preparation-of-the-astronauts/what-are-the-qualifications-to-apply

Fitness Testing requirements

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/pf/documents/pft15hfzstd.pdf