Presentation on creating picture books with an e-twist in the primary classroom. Presented at ULearn Conference in Rotorua, Auckland in October 2011 by Rachel Boyd. Links are also made to the Feet First Picture Book Competition run by the New Zealand Transport Agency each year.

1. Picture
This!
Creating Picture Books with an e-twist
in the Primary Classroom
Rachel Boyd
Auckland, New Zealand http://rachelboyd.com

4. There’s something
magical
about picture books &
children

5. My Class & their finalist prizes 2009
and there’s the
Prizes!

8. 2009
http://tinyurl.com/kowhaistravel

9. http://tinyurl.com/pukekostravels
2010

10. Where to

11. Reading
picture books

25. http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp

26. Co-construct & Create
Success
Criteria
Critique what you liked and didn’t like
about the books

27. Read & immerse class in high
quality picture book examples

28. Read & immerse class in high
quality picture book examples
Discuss different text types & styles
picture books are written in

29. Read & immerse class in high
quality picture book examples
Discuss different text types & styles
picture books are written in
Explore different illustration styles

30. Read & immerse class in high
quality picture book examples
Discuss different text types & styles
picture books are written in
Explore different illustration styles
Identify qualities of a successful
picture book

31. Giving it an e-twist
What tools can help?

32. How are
picture books
made?

33. http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/lac-bac/
page_by_page-ef/www.lac-bac.gc.ca/3/2/index-e.html

34. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM8AQ2BXOFk

35. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xz8CLLAB8s

36. Make a paper book mock up

37. My
Storymaker
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/

38. Picture
Book Maker
www.artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/picturebookmaker/
picturebookmaker.php

39. Explore how picture books are made

40. Explore how picture books are made
Examine the process real writers go
through to write a picture book

41. Explore how picture books are made
Examine the process real writers go
through to write a picture book
Build excitement & experience by
making a brief picture book using e-
tools

42. Explore how picture books are made
Examine the process real writers go
through to write a picture book
Build excitement & experience by
making a brief picture book using
e-tools online
Make a large, blank paper
mock up of your picture book

43. Story
Elements

44. Think about...
Audience

45. Think about...
Purpose
& Concepts

46. Think about...
Character

47. Brainstorm
Ideas

48. Who is the story about?
Where does the story happen?
When does the story take place?
What happens to the characters?

49. Establish your audience for the
book - who is it for?

50. Establish your audience for the
book - who is it for?
Decide on the purpose of your
book - to entertain, to inform etc?

51. Establish your audience for the
book - who is it for?
Decide on the purpose of your
book - to entertain, to inform etc?
Brainstorm ideas for the content of
your picture book

52. Establish your audience for the
book - who is it for?
Decide on the purpose of your
book - to entertain, to inform etc?
Brainstorm ideas for the content of
your picture book
Create a main character(s)

53. Writing the
Text

54. Work out the ‘bones’
of your story

55. Which picture book
has ‘inspired’ your
class?

56. What style
will you write
your picture
book in?

57. Beginning
Middle
End

58. Establish the ‘bones’ of your story

59. Establish the ‘bones’ of your story
Determine the style the picture
book will be written in

60. Establish the ‘bones’ of your story
Determine the style the picture
book will be written in
Explore & research your concept -
eg. safe, active travel

61. Establish the ‘bones’ of your story
Determine the style the picture
book will be written in
Explore & research your concept -
eg. safe, active travel
Draft your ideas for the beginning,
middle and end to your story

62. Storyboarding

63. The right words
hook the reader
and bring the story to a
satisfying end.

64. Rhyming Dictionaries
http://www.poetry4kids.com/rhymes

65. http://www.rhymezone.com/

66. Online Thesaurus
http://words.bighugelabs.com/

67. Create idea banks & display around
classroom/online.
Get students to contribute (post its, wallwisher.com)

68. Create idea banks & display around
classroom/online.
Get students to contribute (post its, wallwisher.com)
Storyboard your ideas out roughly on
paper

69. Create idea banks & display around
classroom/online.
Get students to contribute (post its, wallwisher.com)
Storyboard your ideas out roughly on
paper
Review, discuss & add to your draft story
ideas as a class

70. Create idea banks & display around
classroom/online.
Get students to contribute (post its, wallwisher.com)
Storyboard your ideas out roughly on
paper
Review, discuss & add to your draft story
ideas as a class
Create word banks to assist with writing

71. Lay out your evolving text
onto your mock up paper
book

72. Consult your favourite
picture books,
how much text is on
each page?

73. After feedback,
finalise & perfect the text
for your picture book

74. Experiment with the laying out of the text in your
paper mock up book

75. Experiment with the laying out of the text in your
paper mock up book
Consult picture books for how much text
should be on each page, where to break the
text & place it on a new page etc.

76. Experiment with the laying out of the text in your
paper mock up book
Consult picture books for how much text
should be on each page, where to break the
text & place it on a new page etc.
Get feedback on your book so far & make
necessary changes

77. Experiment with the laying out of the text in your
paper mock up book
Consult picture books for how much text
should be on each page, where to break the
text & place it on a new page etc.
Get feedback on your book so far & make
necessary changes
Finalise picture book text

78. Illustrations

85. How will you create your
illustrations?

86. +

91. The Challenge...

93. More?
Information, links to
presentations,
resources, tutorials and
ideas can be found
on:
http://rachelboyd.com/

94. Thanks to the NZTA for the
resources in this workshop

95. Feel free to
contact me if I can
be of any assistance.
I’d love to see
how you’re getting on!
Rachel Boyd,
Auckland, New Zealand
rachelboyd@xtra.co.nz

96. Image References
Image: '"If you believe in fairies ..."'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/83346641@N00/5342232908
Image: 'The Calm After the Show'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035555243@N01/155918164
Image: 'Poems from a parking lot, 1: Movement+flows+.+.+.'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61787893@N00/374931099
Image: '¡Rayos!'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11039104@N08/2926143475
Image: 'YIP 2010.001 - The beginning'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/88346879@N00/4235288330
Image: 'The Colorful Library of an Interaction Designer+(Juhan+Sonin)+/+20100423.7D.05887.P1+/+SML'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/48973657@N00/4556156477
Image: 'why?'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91567702@N00/2929672944
Image: 'Why not'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/69959962@N00/496392956
Image: 'Abstract Vector Background With Twisted Lines'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/33678919@N07/5205843533
Image: 'Wispy'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45947340@N00/96053259
Image: 'W'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49968232@N00/6208710
Image: 'Writing words..'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8796961@N08/775368469
Image: 'summer drawings'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29262704@N00/2581361032
Image: 'spine'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78364563@N00/576775607