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We want everyone to have as much fun with the Storyboard Creator as we do! Check out the wide array of storyboard tips, tricks, and ideas you can use in your classroom.
Character Analysis
By Kristen Twomey
Character analyses are important for recognizing the depth and impact characters have on a story. Usually character analyses are a more in-depth assignment or short essay that require the student to think critically about one or more characters and make inferences from a careful reading of the text. It helps to have ways to visually organize the different parts of a character analysis with storyboards, graphic organizers or character analysis worksheets.
Vocabulary Acquisition for English Language Learners
By Oliver Smith
Learning English is no easy task. One of the problems is that English has a very rich vocabulary, meaning students have many words to learn. There are different ways to teach vocabulary, and students may find some methods better for them than others. It is always a good idea to teach vocabulary in context. Putting the words in a phrase or sentence helps students so much more than just giving them the words and definition alone. Try to use the new words in speech as much as possible when you are teaching them, to model how to use them. Repetition is key to students remembering the words over long periods of time, so get your students to practice a lot.
ESL Activities with Storyboard That
By Oliver Smith
Speakers of other languages all over the world are speaking, reading, listening, writing, studying, and learning English all the time. Visual tools and techniques can be useful in any classroom, especially there are multiple languages spoken or where the teacher and the students do not share a common language. Storyboard That can be used in a range of different activities in all areas of ESL teaching, including some of the potentially drier areas like vocabulary and grammar. It can also be used as a powerful tool for teachers to create resources for their classes.
Author Study: Edgar Allan Poe
By Anna Warfield
Author studies aren't limited to elementary school. Bring on the Poe!
ELA Activity Idea: Create a Book Summary with Storyboard That
By Emily Swartz
Reading novels can seem daunting to students; details about characters, settings, and key events can get lost in students’ brains between the first page and the last. Storyboard That to the rescue! By creating a book summary with our traditional storyboard layout, students can easily remember important things from the story and use it to study for an exam or prepare for a project...
Graphic Novel Project
By Anna Warfield
It's not a comic book, it's a graphic novel! Help your students start their very own graphic novel or turn whatever you are reading into a graphic novel version!
Book Reports 2.0
By Anna Warfield
Book Report. That term is used pretty loosely. Some people mean a detailed synopsis. Others want an in-depth analysis on one or more literary devices. Some people actually mean a critic's review of the book. There are even those who want EVERYTHING. Storyboard That wants to bring all of the different kinds of book reports together in a much more engaging medium.
Acronyms Explained: TWIST + TP-CASTT
By Emily Swartz
Analysis of literature and poetry can sometimes be difficult for students to grasp. With the help of acronyms, however, key themes and ideas can be more easily discovered and understood! Two acronyms to start incorporating with your ELA students are TWIST and TP-CASTT. Both highlight important concepts from the work and will help increase overall literary comprehension!
3 Tips to Help Struggling Students
By Emily Swartz
Check out this example of a character map for The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The teacher has created the storyboard with all of the key characters and filled in the first box as a guide. Then, students can continue to fill in important details about each character within their own Storyboard That accounts. This will not change the original that was created by the instructor - each student will essentially be editing his/her own copy...
5 Ways Teachers Can Use Storyboard That's 16x9 Layout for ELA
By Emily Swartz
It’s no secret that storyboards are an extremely useful tool for visual communication. But what you might not know is how much more useful storyboards are when the cell size is increased to 16x9. While 16x9 has been the industry standard in movie making for many years, we feel it is also a great layout for teachers!
Story Starters and Writing Prompts
By Anna Warfield
Storyboard That has come up with a variety of story starters to help people get thinking about narratives. Storytelling is a part of everyone’s daily life, and we want more people to feel confident in telling all of their stories...
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ELA Activities
- 3 Tips to Help Struggling Students
- 5 Ways Teachers Can Use Storyboard That's 16x9 Layout for ELA
- Acronyms Explained: TWIST + TP-CASTT
- Author Study: Edgar Allan Poe
- Book Reports 2.0
- Creating a Character Analysis
- ELA Activity Idea: Create a Book Summary with Storyboard That
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- Graphic Novel Project
- Story Starters and Writing Prompts
- Vocabulary Acquisition for ELLs
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