Student Publisher Project
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Finding Happiness A Student Publishing Project World Book Day 2013
description
ACS Doha students recently undertook and self-initiated project that included writing, illustrating and publishing their own books after an interactive class on short story writing. As part of ACS Doha’s focus on literacy programs, the story writing class encourages students to let their imaginations run free and create stories. The student project started in the classroom with a lesson on storytelling, using a story planner and familiar books to examine the editorial and writing process. The students were encouraged to then create their own stories using the same process which was then presented individually to their classmates. Debbie Nate, 5th grade teacher, takes us through their journey:
Transcript of Student Publisher Project
Finding
Happiness A Student Publishing Project
World Book Day 2013
YEEK the
EMU
Based on the stories of
Sheena Knowles and the
illustrations of Rod Clement
Student Authors
Ganna Julienne Aya Natalie
genre:
a style of writing that has
a purpose and an
audience
genre:
a style of writing that has
a purpose and an
audience
literary genre:
written to entertain
poetry genre:
rhyming verse
genre:
a style of writing that has
a purpose and an
audience
literary genre:
written to entertain
poetry genre:
rhyming verse
audience:
people of all ages
genre:
a style of writing that has
a purpose and an
audience
literary genre:
written to entertain
poetry genre:
rhyming verse
audience:
people of all ages
plot:
the events that make up a
story
Student Illustrators
Ben Ulises Ryan Gain
step
1
storyboard planning
step
2
sketches
step
3
colored pencil
step
4
detail
step
5
more detail
step
6
consistency
ex
pre
ssio
n
ex
pre
ssio
n
expression
humour
humour
So he crept out of bed
and said with a smile,
“I’m leaving this place.
I’ll be gone for a
while.”
But just as he stepped
his first foot in the city
he got kicked from
behind. Oh what a
pity!
step
7
editing and page layout
YEEK
the
EMU
By Ganna Omar
Illustrations by Ben
Hren
step
7
publish
collaboration
