Photo+Story

Photo Story Extravaganza    For this exciting writing adventure, each student will choose a topic of interest to create his/her own Photo Story. In other words… we will explore our interests through another “lens.”

A photo story is a book written by a student which is illustrated entirely with photographs taken by the student. Photo stories are usually non-fiction… that is, they are true. For this endeavor, we’ll take a look at our interests and also in our Writer’s Notebooks for ideas we may already have written on paper.

The illustrations for the book will be original photographs taken by the student. Students may use previously taken photos, or their plan for writing and illustrating may come __before__ the camera snapping!

For this project, each student will need access to a camera with a roll of 24+ film. If you feel comfortable, your child may use your family camera to take the pictures. Or, you may purchase a disposable camera. Parents will also be responsible for having his/her child’s film developed. (Thank you! Thank you!)

We will be “planting seeds, watering, and pruning” for the next few weeks. However, I would like for each child to have access to his/her camera by the next week if possible. With such a busy Fall for each of us… it will be nice to be prepared when we’re ready “to roll!” All pictures must be developed and sent to school by September 22. Photo stories are powerful books to create. This will be an interesting and happy undertaking. Thank you for your support! The results should be a special third grade keep-sake! 