Electronic+Storybooks


 * __Task 1__: **

For the next several weeks you will have the chance to be Authors! Did you know that not every book you read has to be made from paper?  Electronic storybooks are books that you read on the computer. Traditional books are awesome, but electronic books provide you with some features that traditional books can't. When you read an electronic book you can see the story come alive while you are reading it. There are also great features like highlighting words as they are being read, definitions to vocabulary words, and a voice reading you the story.  In order to create an electronic book we have to start at the very beginning. Today you are going to read __The Berenstain Bears Ready, Get Set Go!__ Once you are finished take out The Bare Facts worksheet and complete the worksheet looking at all the different parts.

__**Task 2: **__ (Click here to hear the text as you read it. It will open in a new window so make sure you look at the top and click the arthurgroups tab to follow along.)

Last week you read a traditional book and looked at the different parts of the story. Today you are going to read an electronic storybook! Electronic books look just like a regular book only on a computer. Sometimes there are people moving and talking in the book. Some electronic books let you click on words or pictures for additional help or information. The best part about an electronic book is that there is someone reading the story to you if an adult is not around. Today you are going to read __Clever Trevor__ an electronic book.



When you are done reading you will answer some questions about the story. You will need to know the following: Title- what is the book called? Author- who wrote the book? Illustrator- who did the pictures? Main Charchter- who was the important person in the book? The Problem- what happened that caused a disagreement? <span style="color: #ff7b00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Solutions- how did the main character try to solve the problem? <span style="color: #ff7b00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Final Solution- what finally worked at the end?



<span style="color: #ff7b00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Lets get started with today's task! First read/listen to the book. You will see arrows on the sides of the screen to allow you to turn the pages. To get to the book look at the bottom of the computer screen and click on the TumbleBooks box. The book should pop up:) Now that you are finished with the book get the worksheet "The Problem is Solved" out of your folder and answer the questions on the worksheet. Just like with a regular book you may go back for help to find answers.

__<span style="color: #a6326a; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">**Task 3** __<span style="color: #a6326a; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">**:** <span style="color: #a6326a; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">(Click here to hear the text as you read it. It will open in a new window so make sure you look at the top and click the arthurgroups tab to follow along.)

<span style="color: #a6326a; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Now that you have read a traditional book and an electronic book I would like you to compare and contrast the two. When you compare and contrast you look for how two things are similar and how two things are different. You will be using a Venn Diagram to show your thinking. Remember, when you use a Venn Diagram you put the things that are similar in the oval that connects both circles (this is labeled C in the picture below). You put the things that are different in the places that are not connected (this is labeled A and B in the picture below).

<span style="color: #a6326a; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Let's get started with today's task. You will need the Venn Diagram located in your folder. You will put traditional books above the circle on the left (labeled A in the picture above), both above the middle (labeled C in the picture above), and electronic books above the right circle (labeled B in the picture above). Once it is labeled you will write down all your ideas on how traditional storybooks and electronic storybooks are the same and different. List as many as you can, but you need at least three in each category!

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">__**Task 4:**__ <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">(Click <span class="wiki_link_ext">here to hear the text as you read it. It will open in a new window so make sure you look at the top and click the arthurgroups tab to follow along.)

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Now that you have looked at both traditional books and electronic books you will begin planning to create your own electronic book. Take a moment and think about the following questions:


 * 1) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Who are going to be the characters in your story?
 * 2) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Where is your story going to take place?
 * 3) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">What is going to be the problem in your story?
 * 4) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">What steps are going to happen in trying to solve the problem?
 * 5) <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">What will be the final solution?

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Now that you have thought of these five questions you will do some brainstorming using Inspiration. Click here to watch a video as a reminder of how to create a web using Inspiration. After you have watched the video you will create a web. In the center circle of your web you will type characters/setting. Around the center circle you will tell me who your characters are and what the setting or settings will be. Once you are finished with your web you will need to print it. To print your web go to file then click on print. Quietly walk down to the printer in the computer lab to pick up your web and place it in your folder.

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">* I just learned this morning that the laptops do not have Inspiration so you will have to go to the computer lab for that part.*

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">__**Task 5:**__ <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">(Click <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 22.4px;">here <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">to hear the text as you read it. It will open in a new window so make sure you look at the top and click the arthurgroups tab to follow along.)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Unfortunately you weren't able to print the web that you completed in task 4. Hopefully you remember the characters and setting or settings that you want to include in your story. Today you will create a storyboard for your electronic storybook. A storyboard is a rough draft or plan of what your electronic storybook will look like. You will use the book paper to plan your story. Each page of the book paper will be a slide in your electronic storybook. Look at the example I provided for you as a guide to starting your own story. You will start writing your story today, but you may not finish. If you don't get done you will finish your storyboard next week. Remember your story should include a setting or settings, characters, a problem, steps to solve the problem, and a solution. Use the five questions I asked you in task four to help guide your writing. Here are the questions again.


 * 1) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Who are going to be the characters in your story?
 * 2) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Where is your story going to take place?
 * 3) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">What is going to be the problem in your story?
 * 4) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">What steps are going to happen in trying to solve the problem?
 * 5) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">What will be the final solution?

<span style="color: #5800ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">__**Task 6:**__ <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">(Click <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 22.4px;">here <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">to hear the text as you read it. It will open in a new window so make sure you look at the top and click the arthurgroups tab to follow along.)

<span style="color: #5800ff; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 140%;">Today is the big day! You've done a lot of the work already when you did your storyboarding. It is now time to create an electric storybook. Remember that each half of the paper is considered one page in your book. Each page will be a new slide for your electronic book. You will type out the text and find pictures from Clipart to go with your text. Please be aware of capital letters, punctuation marks, and spelling. You may want to do all the typing first and then go back and find pictures. That decision will be up to you and your partner. Watch this quick video about creating a PowerPoint. Hopefully the video was a reminder of the different features PowerPoints can offer. Now it's your time to shine. Go ahead and start creating your electronic storybook!