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WHO I AM
Purpose
Through creative writing, children can explore and share feelings of self-worth.
Areas of Study
Social Studies (self-awareness, awareness of others, valuing)
Language Arts (creative writing, reading, handwriting, listening)
Mathematics (counting, writing numerals)
Art (drawing, photography, bookbinding)
Objectives
Students will:
- Write, to create a book about themselves.
- Share their book with others.
- Gain new knowledge of other members of class.
Suggested Time
3 class periods
Materials
8" x 11" plain paper, polyester thread or dental floss, needles, colored
pens and crayons, scissors, cardboard, contact paper, glue
Comments to the Teacher
Usually children do not need encouragement to write about themselves.
However, if some encouragement is needed, read books to the class that
have children narrating a colorful story about themselves. Discuss the
stories, then tell the children you want to know about them and their
lives.
Depending on your students' age level, you may wish to use one of the
following methods of story writing:
- The child writes the story on a lined sheet of paper.
The teacher corrects the story and then the child writes it in his/her
book.
- The child dictates the story to the teacher or a parent
volunteer.
- Upper-grade students take story dictation and help
the children create their books.
- Pre-made pages with "fill in" sentences, such as: My
name is______. I like to play_______.
Instead of drawing their own illustrations for their books,
the children may wish to cut out pictures from magazines. Another technique
is to use photographs brought from home or taken by you for the book.
This is very effective for younger children, who may become frustrated
when they draw. Older primary children also enjoy taking photographs and
seeing the results.
When the stories are completed and illustrated, the children or an adult
may bind the books. The children can then share their completed books
with the class. They may also enjoy reading their stories to other classes,
or making them into a display for the library.
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Simple Bookbinding Technique
- Prepare the cardboard to be used for the front and
back covers of the book. With a mat knife, cut two pieces of cardboard,
each 6" by 9".
- Attach the two sheets of cardboard by fastening a strip
of masking tape to one side of each piece of cardboard. Do not tape
the pieces so that the edges are flush. Leave a space in the middle
of the tape strip, so that the strip can bend and bring the two cardboard
pieces together. The nonadhesive side of the masking tape is the outside
of the book.
- Measure contact paper to fit the outside of the book,
leaving some extra paper to overlap onto the inside of the book cover.
- For the pages of the book, fold 8 ¸ by 11" typing paper
in half, so that the size is 5 ¸ " by 8 ¸ ". Determine the length of
the book and add one extra sheet. Sew paper together on the fold, using
a double-threaded needle with polyester thread or dental floss.
- Glue the outside extra sheet to the sides of the cardboard
that are not completely covered by contact paper (the inside). This
will attach the book on both sides.
- Let the glue dry. The book is now ready for use.
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