Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Wednesday, March 22, 2017



Announcements and Reminders:
                         
 We will take our  walking fieldtrip to Legacy on March 28.  Be prepared for the weather.  Wear comfortable shoes.  


Targets for Today:

 I can prepare for the book-for-a-first-grader project.


Today’s  Agenda:

We will take our  walking fieldtrip to Legacy on March 28.  Be prepared for the weather.  Wear comfortable shoes.  

Scribble:    Get started on this as soon as you sit down. 

You're lying in bed, almost asleep,
and you hear a knock on your window.. . . 






Last time you  did Practice Interviewing -- and Get to Know Each Other Better 
Did you finish that?  Did you write your descriptions? 






Today:   Learn about making quality books. 

Calendar:  
March 28 -- Fieldtrip to Interview
March 30 -- Begin Storyboards
April 10 -- Storyboards due
April 12 -- Lab to work on creating books
April 14 -- Lab to work on creating books
April 18  --Lab to work on creating books
Share your document with Ms. Dorsey.
Mrs. Hansen will print them in color. 
They will be bound. 
Let me know if you wish to do yours in a different way.
_________ -- Share books in class. 
_________  -- Deliver books to First Graders 

Tips and Techniques for Books 
  We will cover these over the next class times. 

Google Docs 
Share with Ms. Dorsey to have them printed. 

text and fonts (for first graders) 

Using Images 
   image search 
   types of images to use and avoid 

hand-drawn
collage 
combination of images or cut-outs with hand-drawn


About the Author   About the "About the Author"

Steps in Writing 
Plan (Prewriting)
Draft
Revise 
Edit carefully 

What are revision and editing, you ask, and why should I need to do it for a child's book?  
Ask ____________________________________________________

I will take photos when we interview and when we deliver the books. 
You could use the photos from the interview with your "About the Author." 


We read Hip, Hip, Hooray, for Annie McRae!  by Brad Wilcox

Another Scribble:  




If You Were Absent:




Vocabulary:



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