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Activity 32
32. Write a first draft of your story in your notebook.
• Remind students of the
• Check all your charts in your notebook. Include title, author, characters, subject
importance of reviewing matter and main events according to where they belong (beginning, middle or
end of the story).
their work. • Remember to use verbs in the past tense (simple and progressive forms). Go back
• Encourage them to take some to the Remember section of Activities 20 and 21 if you need to study the tenses
one more time.
time to analyze their progress • Use adverbs of place, frequency and time where appropriate.
and find the path they • Check the spelling, punctuation and grammar.
have followed. 33. Make a plan of the visual aspects of your big book in your notebook.
our big book in y
book.
Mak
e a plan of the visual aspects of y
our note
• Ask them to highlight their Think about the following:
strengths and the aspects they • The number of pages in the book.
need to work on. • The number of illustrations you drew in Activity 26.
• The pages that will have illustrations.
• Taking their answers into • The amount of text that will go on each page. Remember
consideration, go back and Graphic and textual components 34. Check some big books. Notice the following: Big books are
work on a specific topic that • The way graphic and textual components are placed on the page. objects with a
often big, colorful
great variety
most of them need to review. • The size of the illustrations and fonts. sizes of letters
of fonts and
on the page.
Activity 33 • The type of illustrations. They are usually
illustrated either
• Discuss how to make a plan of reproductions
with drawings or
their big book and what they 35. Decide which type of font you like best for your story and of paintings.
need to consider. discuss it with your team. Use the space below to write
• Encourage them to review session 11 some drafts.
their illustrations and decide
on the best ones.
• Remind them that not
everything has to be in their
big book, as they were drafts.
Activity 34

• Bring some big books for
students to explore.
• Ask them to focus on how 36. Get the materials you need to make your big book.
they are designed. 40 Studentʼs Book / Practice 2
• Discuss the similarities and
differences within the books.
• Decide, with them, what aspects they are going to replicate in their big book, and what can be improved.
Activity 35

• Ask students to share the fonts they are going to use with the rest of the class and ask them to support their
choice with some arguments.
• Provide some observations and encourage other students to comment on each team’s choice.
• Remind them to be respectful and to provide constructive feedback.
• Have them think and reevaluate their decisions.

Activity 36
• Elicit why they decided to do what they did.
• Have them think and reevaluate their decisions.

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