YOU ARE THE AUTHOR

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YOU ARE THE AUTHOR !

• Learn and Serve Creating your own Childrens
  Book to donate to Grand Ledge Elementary Schools.
• Miss Carmody
• 8th Grade Language Arts

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GETTING STARTED THE CREATIVE PROCESS

• Write down your first memories of READING
• Do you remember your favorite kids books? What
  were they?
• What do you remember about learning to read
  before going to school?
• What do you remember about learning to read in
  school?
• Write as much as you can, and be ready to share
  your experiences!!!

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WHAT MAKES A GREAT STORY?

• What draws you into a story?
• Could it be the creative CHARACTERS?
• Could it be the PLOT?
• Could it be the CONFLICT?
• Could it be the RISING ACTION?
• Could it be the RESOLUTION?

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CINDERELLA-CINDERELLA

• Think about the story CINDERELLA
• Who are the ROUND CHARACTERS?
• What is the main PLOT of the story?
• What is one of the interesting CONFLICTS?
• Give me some examples of RISING ACTION.
• What is the wonderful RESOLUTION of the story?

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READ-ITS FUN!!

• Take about eight minutes and
  through the books on your table.
• Evaluate the books put them in three piles
• Low-Middle-High
• Choose one book, as the best. You will be
  presenting that book and telling WHY you liked it
  best.

READ
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YOU ARE THE TEACHER

• Show the class the book you like the best
• Tell them what the CONFLICT was
• What you liked about it
• Who the main CHARACTERS were

Presentation Time
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BRAINSTORMING TOPICS

• BRAINSTORM POSSIBLE TOPICS FOR KIDS BOOKS
• Get in groups of three
• Look at the General Subject on your paper
  Animals, People, Opposites, Nature,
  Letters/Numbers, Actions, Explanations,
  Sports/games
• As a group list 8 possible topics that match that
  Subject-READ THROUGH THE OTHER GROUPS LISTS
  FIRST-NO REPEATS
• ROTATE PAPERS ON MY COMMAND
• KEEP YOUR AUDIENCE IN MIND!! WHAT TOPICS
  INTEREST LITTLE KIDS??

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CHOOSING THE BEST

• You should now have your original brainstorm
  paper back. Look over the topics that your
  classmates added.
• 2. Circle the BEST TEN topics that you think
  little kids would like to read about.

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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT?

• Using the Elements of a Short Story that we have
  covered, you are going to create your own
  childrens book TO BE DONATED TO A GRAND LEDGE
  ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
• Students from last year at Neff Elementary

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PICTURES FROM THE PAST
SUPER
WRITERS
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PICTURES FROM THE PAST . . .
SUPER
KIDS
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AND NOW THE WORK BEGINS!!

• We will now begin the task of authoring your
  books.
• First we will get your ideas down using the
  INSPIRATION PROGRAM.
• Second we will take your story boards and draft
  out the story.
• Finally we will take your draft to the computer
  lab and create the books using MICROSOFT
  PUBLISHER.

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MOVE TO WORKGROUPS

• THIS CONCLUDES THE POWERPOINT. LESSON PLANS
  CONTINUE IN WORD DOCUMENT.

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