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English - Year 7: Our Place and Other Places: Home

A selection of resources to support Year 7 English students completing their assessment task

Picture Books

What Makes a Good Picture Book?

A successful picture book has the following 9 factors:

  • illustrations that are engaging, varied, and colourful, while adding to the storyline
  • strong characters that are identifiable and evoke emotion
  • humour
  • a story that teaches a concept or value
  • elements of pattern, rhyme, and repetition
  • an interesting plot that captures the attention of the reader
  • rich vocabulary
  • re-readability.

Video - How to write a picture book story arc

Create a video with your Phone

From lighting to audio to framing, all you need is your phone to start making videos.

Run Time: 3:58 mins

Video

Biteable

Biteable Tutorial

Learn how to use the "World's Simplest Video Maker" to created fun animated videos or presentations. Biteable makes it easy by providing you with hundreds of pre-made video clips that you can then customize by adding your own text and making a few other adjustments.

Run Time: 11:02 mins

 

 

References

References

HopefullHappenings. (n.d.). How to write a picture book: The bestselling story arc template [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/fUaGc2e6lRo
Lenarduzzi, S. (2015, April 21). How to make videos with your phone [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/j685NaMDVYE
National Library of New Zealand. (n.d.). Picture Books. https://natlib.govt.nz/schools/reading-engagement/childrens-and-youth-literature/picture-books
New EdTech Classroom Student Tutorials. (2020, August 7). How to make a video with Adobe Spark for students [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/7VJf-RwoIbQ
Technology for Teachers and Students. (n.d.). Biteable tutorial - world's simplest video maker [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/iv2mW2z3OtQk