# Lesson 39: Class Storybook Project

✍️ WRITING (40 Lessons) • 🟠 E. Writing Projects

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## Objective

I can plan and create 1–2 pages for a class storybook with:

- a clear scene (who, where, when),
- simple narration or dialogue that fits the story,
- a matching illustration with a short caption.

We’ll keep characters and setting consistent from page to page and put pages in order from beginning → middle → end.

## Materials

- Pencil ✏️, crayons/markers
- Story page template or paper
- Tracing Pad (below) for titles, character names, and neat sentences

Tip: Decide on a main character and a problem (or goal). Each page should move the story forward.

## Mini-lesson — Strong storybook pages

1. Plan the path: Beginning (meet the character) → Middle (problem/actions) → End (solution/feeling).
2. Match text and picture: The illustration should show the same moment your words describe.
3. Use dialogue sparingly: Quotation marks help show talking.
4. Keep details steady: Same names, same setting, same time unless it changes on purpose.
5. Simple connectors: first, then, next, finally keep the story flowing.

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## Guided Practice — Trace and draft

Use the pad to trace helpful words, then draft your page text:

- Key words: beginning, middle, end, then, finally
- Example page:
  1. Text: Then Mia and Leo searched the library for the lost map.
  2. Picture: Two kids checking shelves; a map peeking out.
  3. Caption: “We found a clue!”

Tracing Pad
Lines
Letter
Pen

## Drag & Drop — Build Storybook-Smart Sentences

Drag the chips into the slots to make clear sentences that could appear on a class storybook page. Keep punctuation at the end.

First the class chose a brave main character.
Then we set the story in a sunny park.
Next the problem was that the map blew away.
We followed footprints because clues help readers.
The picture shows the wind pushing the map.
Keep names the same so the story makes sense.
Use finally to show the last part of the story.
We added a caption to match the drawing.
Dialogue shows talking with quotation marks.
Our ending tells how the problem is solved.
Readers can follow the order first next then finally.
We checked that the text and picture match.

## Quick Check (15 questions)

#### 1) What should each page include?

A random picture Text that matches the picture Only dialogue

#### 2) Which order helps stories flow?

Finally → First → Next Next → Finally → First First → Next → Finally

#### 3) Dialogue is used to…

show talking draw pictures make a list

#### 4) To keep characters steady, we should…

change names each page use the same names every time hide character names

#### 5) The best caption…

tells a different scene uses too many words matches the illustration

#### 6) Which connector fits a middle page?

then yesterday banana

#### 7) Why is order important?

To make pages look colorful So readers can follow the story To add more characters

#### 8) Which belongs on a storybook page?

A recipe for soup A list of phone numbers A scene about the main character

#### 9) When adding dialogue, use…

quotation marks brackets colons only

#### 10) A page that doesn’t match the plan should be…

kept anyway revised or moved erased always

#### 11) The ending page should…

add a new problem switch all names show the solution or feeling

#### 12) Which tip keeps pages consistent?

reuse the same setting change the time every page skip names

#### 13) Pictures should…

show a different story match the words be blank

#### 14) Reading aloud helps you…

memorize the page color faster hear if the page flows

#### 15) Which sentence belongs in the class story?

We searched the park for the map. My lunch is pizza today. The bus is yellow.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Page has a clear scene and fits the plan Text matches the illustration Uses helpful connectors (first, then, next, finally) Character and setting are consistent

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 My page matches the story plan 🙂 I need to match pictures and words better 😅 It was tricky to keep names the same

#### I will practice…

Using connectors to show order Checking picture-word match Keeping character names steady
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