emoticons

1. OBSERVE:

Rives: A story of mixed emotions (3:15)

 2. BUILD

Collect:

• a cell phone, laptop, or other device with a keyboard
• an emotional story

Activity:

1. Tell a story using emoticons.
2. Make it an emotional one, and use as many emoticons as you can.
3. Invent new emoticons if you need to.

Explore: 
Push yourself even more! Try telling a non-fiction story that is less emotional using emoticons.

 3. SHARE

1. Upload your creation.
2. Language is always changing and evolving to fit society’s needs. Explain how emoticons are an example of language evolving. Then, explain how emoticons are fitting our current society’s needs.