Context
Visual storyboarding helps students see the flow of a story, making it easier to structure their writing. This activity uses visuals as scaffolding to boost creativity and narrative organisation. Going with how pictures tell a thousand words, getting students to draw their frames gives them to opportunity to think about, associate and decide how a scene can come together in 6 frames.
Preparation and Flow
There are many storyboarding options as apps. For instance, you can use "Open Storyboard That" to help you start creating that visual storyboard. That involves a paid subscription, so do check it out. In this sharing I have included a template in Keynote for you to modify instead.
Plan – Create 2 frames for the introduction, 2 for the main conflict, and 2 for the resolution.
Add dialogue and captions – To give context for each scene.
Write – Using the storyboard as a guide, write the full short story in Pages, Keynote or Google Docs.
Possible Extension
Swap storyboards with a partner and write each other’s stories.
Expand the storyboard into a graphic novel format.
From the LearnGrowCreate Team.
Main author: Farez
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