Lesson 38: Make a Class Storybook

✍️ WRITING (40 Lessons)🟠 E. Writing Projects

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Objective

I can collaborate to plan and publish a class storybook by: choosing a theme, outlining scenes, drafting and revising my page, adding an illustration/caption, and using simple publishing features (title page, table of contents, page numbers, and credits).

Materials

Tip: Keep character names, setting details, and tense consistent across pages.

Mini-lesson — From idea to class book

  1. Pick a theme & shape a plot: e.g., “A Day We’ll Never Forget” or “Adventures of Sunny the Cat.”
  2. Storyboard your page: one clear scene with who, where, problem/action, and result.
  3. Design a page: 4–7 strong sentences + one illustration + an optional caption.
  4. Publishing features: title page, dedication, table of contents, page numbers, and credits.
  5. Team roles: editor, illustrator, layout helper, table-of-contents helper, cover designer.
  6. Revise: check capitals, punctuation, spelling, transitions, and that pages fit the theme.

Guided Practice — Title & Lettering on the Pad

Use the pad to sketch a title and letter big first letters, names, or punctuation marks you’ll use.

  • Try two title options: “Adventures of…” or “The Day the ___ Visited”.
  • Draft 4–7 sentences for your story page about one scene (problem → action → result).
  • Add a short caption for your illustration.
Tracing Pad
Tracing snapshot for print

Drag & Drop — Make It Book-Ready

Drag chips into the slots to build correct sequences or definitions for making a class storybook.

Plantheme Outlinepages Draft Revise Illustrate Publish
Titlepage Tableofcontents Storypages Credits
Strongsentences+ Illustration+ Caption+ Pagenumber
Firstwemeettheproblem.
Nextthecharacterstryasolution.
Thensomethinggetsintheway.
Finallythestoryreachesaclearending.
Editorchecksspellingandpunctuation.
Illustratordrawspicturesthatmatchthetext.
Layouthelpersetsmarginsandpagenumbers.
Captionexplainstheillustrationinashortline.
Creditspagethankseveryonewhohelped.

Quick Check (15 questions)

1) What belongs on a title page?

2) A table of contents helps readers…

3) The best number of sentences for one page here is…

4) Which sentence fits a caption?

5) The editor mostly checks…

6) Why use page numbers?

7) Which order makes sense when making a book?

8) Which page would show who helped make the book?

9) A consistent point of view means…

10) The layout helper should check…

11) Which is the best transition set for one page?

12) A caption is usually…

13) What belongs in the table of contents?

14) Before publishing, you should…

15) The best ending page for this project is…

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)

I will practice…

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