Telling A Story

Telling a Story can be fun! CREATING the Story will be even better!

With your partner, use the Telling a Story guide to write your story.

Now that you have your story written, you will create a Google Slideshow to illustrate your story and make it come alive.

Before you begin, see if you can do these things: Change the color of this text? Change the font of this text? Draw a square on the next page. Add one picture of a tree?

Square? Tree?

Start by clicking File and then New and then Presentation. Did you get all of that? You are ready to being. Start by clicking File and then New and then Presentation.

Pick the layout that you need. Add new slides by clicking the plus button in the top left hand corner. Pick the layout that you need. If you need to add more text, click on insert text box. Add lots of pictures to tell your story.

Use the comments button to make suggestions for your friend. Now that your story is written, share it with one person in the class. You and your partner will each need to proofread the other person’s story. Use the comments button to make suggestions for your friend.

Share with a Partner Click Share in upper right hand corner. Type your partner’s email address. You must include @wbrschools. Click the pencil on the right hand side. Change “can edit” to “can comment” Click Done

Partner Proofread You will find the your partner’s editorial in your “Shared with me” in Google Drive Open the document As you see something that you think your partner should change, click comment in the upper right hand corner. Tell your friend what you think should be changed.

Louisiana Digital Literacy Guidelines Use a word processing application to write, edit, print, and save simple assignments Use menus and toolbar functions (e.g., font, style, line spacing, and margins) to format, edit, and print a document Copy and paste images within the document and from outside sources Copy and paste or import graphics, resize them, and position them on a slide Proofread and edit writing using appropriate resources (e.g., dictionary, spell checker, grammar checker, and thesaurus) Use the comment function in Review for peer editing of documents Louisiana Digital Literacy Guidelines Grade 3 Teacher Information

Grade 3 Louisiana ELA Teacher Information Writing: 3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. Writing 6. With some guidance and support from adults, produce and publish grade-appropriate writing using technology, either independently or in collaboration with others. SL: 4. Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace. SL: 5. Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes. Grade 3 Louisiana ELA Teacher Information