PISKEL

Go to:

1. http://www.piskelapp.com/

2. Create an account using you google account.

3. After that you will be able to save your creations in your personal online gallery.

4. Begin creating an object or character using Piskel. 

5. Try the different tools and see what they do.

How to Use the Free Program Piskel to Make Pixel Art and Animation: Basic Tutorial by PXLFLX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlpCU871Xyg

How Pixel Art is changing in modern games! - Discover Indie!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBHpWQRBZhU

Vocabulary:

Piskel: free online sprite editor. A simple web-based tool for Spriting and Pixel art. Create pixel art, game sprites and animated GIFs. Free and open-source.

Sprite:

A computer graphic that may be moved on-screen and otherwise manipulated as a single entity. Every image is a Sprite.

Examples:

Mr. Morales' Piskel creations:

http://www.piskelapp.com/user/5926256860200960

Langston Hughes

On your Google Docs account:

1. Who was Langston Hughes?
2. Find biographical information about this author.
3. Important events in his life.
4. Famous works.
5. Find information about Langston Hughes short story "Thank you ma'am"
6. what is the story about?
7. Illustrate your answers with images.
8. Include a list of links to the websites where you found the information.

Vocabulary:

Poet

Social Activist

Novelist

Playwright

Columnist

Links to the English and Spanish versions of the story:

Click Here to read "Thank you Ma'am" by Langston Hughes.

Click aqui para leer "Gracias, señora" de Langston Hughes.

Harriet Tubman
Link to pdf file: Click Here!
http://www.swl.k12.oh.us/Downloads/tubman.pdf