DRAW A STORY
FEATURE BOOKS
INVESTIGATE WORDLESS PICTURE BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Sharing Wordless Picture Books
Teachers’ Guides – Use the template to have students convert a well know story into pictures.
Examine authors who create books that are Wordless or have strong visual impact
e.g.
- David Wiesner
- Jeannie Baker
- Bob Graham
- Anthony Browne
- Shaun Tan
- Rod Clement
- Chris Van Allsburg
Draw a story: Three Frames
- Picture 1: Set the scene
- Picture 2: The Conflict
- Picture 3: The Resolution
Interactive Stories through Drawing
Draw a Story apps
- Draw and Tell – Duck Duck Moose app
- Sago Mini Doodlecast
- Draw and Tell Stories (examples)
- The Curious Little Mouse – A Draw and Tell Story by Heidi Butkus
- Draw a Hedgehog Google Doc and Blog Post
OTHER
The National Portrait Gallery is Celebrating the Big Draw 2015 in October. This year’s theme is ‘Every drawing tells a story’.
Key events
- Draw in
- Portrait puzzle tale
- Story sculpture
- Story time
TEACHING IDEAS
Story Narrative Examples to read aloud for students to draw as images
SHARE A STORY
“Calendar concept © Jackie French. Calendar © ACLA”
http://www.childrenslaureate.org.au/events/
More ideas from Jackie French
The Australian Children’s Laureate: enriching the lives of young Australians through the power of story.