Narrative

media type="file" key="narrative_upper03.swf" width="474" height="474" Audience: Prep Class You are to create a picture story book for a prep audience. Kep in mind the type of language and images that are used in books targeted at this age group. Your process is as follows: 1. Explore TuxPaint and the stamps available to work out the characters and settigns that you can use. 2. Plan your story with the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, PROBLEM and SOLUTION. 3. Create the story in Pages. 4. Create your illustrations in TuxPaint. 5. Combine your illustrations and text in a Keynote document that forms your story. 6. You may like to narrate your story using a podcast from GarageBand. 7. Read/Display your Story Book to a prep audience.
 * 1. Creating a Story Book**

Audience : Prep, Year 1 and 2 students. Using Comic Life you are to create your own comic. Using the Marvel Website you are going to create a superhero and write a comic for that hero. The steps that you need to follow are as follows: 1. Experiment with the Marvel website to give you ideas for characters. 2. Plan out your comic using Pages. You need to include WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, PROBLEM and SOLUTION. You will also need a brief sequence of events that your storyline will follow. 3. Show your teacher your plan before beginning your comic. 4. Create your Comic. Remember to use lots of bright colours and interesting dialogue to make your comic appealing to your audience. 5. Once completed we will share our comics with the Prep/1 and 2 students.
 * 2. SuperHero Comic**

For this task you will be constructing a narrative with the input of several students in your class. You will begin the story and at 5 minute intervals you will pass your story on for others to continue. Some rules that need to be followed are: 1. Make sure you read the text before you continue with the story. 2. You must continue with characters and plots that have been established, don't completely change the story. In order to complete this task you will need to follow the following steps. 1. In your workbooks your are going to begin writing a narrative. You can write about anything that you choose. You have 5 minutes to write the beginning of your story. 2. After 5 minutes pass your book. You will have 2 minutes to read through what has been written and then a further 5 minutes to continue the story. 3. Repeat step 2 as many times as time permits. 4. Return the workbook to the person who begun the story for them to read through and complete the story if required.
 * 3. Co-Operative Story Writing **

Audience: Prep & Grade 1 Using the Kerpoof website you are to create a picture story book fro one of the Prep/1 classes. The steps that you need to follow are: 1. Visit the website and click on 'Tell a Story'. 2. Choose a storyline and experiment with the characters, settings and props that you are able to use to construct your story. 3. Construct a quick plan in pages of your story, include a WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, PROBLEM and SOLUTION. 4. Write and illustrate your story using the Kerpoof website. 5. When complete save your story by clicking the save button at the top of the screen, you will then need to sign up using your username and password. 6. We will then be able to print your story and give it to one of the Prep/1 classes when complete.
 * 4. Kerpoof Picture Story Book**