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BIG BOOKS



Before writing……..

1. Identify the audience Who will be reading the story?

What are their interests?

2. Identify the purpose for writing the story? Why am I writing the story?

What do I want to communicate to the

readers?

3. Identify the content?

What will this story be about?



Text _______________ Picture __________

Text _______________ Picture __________

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Text _______________ Picture __________

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Purpose

shared reading



Stage 1

• Interesting to thereaders

• About people,

activities and places• Written by L1

speakers

• Uses vocabulary thatis familiar to thereaders

• About 4 – 8 sentences

long



Characteristics

• 2 -3 short sentence on a page

• Predictable

• Words and/or phrases are

repeated• Text is very big

• Picture for each page is very big

• Picture relates to the text

• About people, places andactivities that are familiar to thelearners



Parts of the Good Story

• Introduce the main people

• Introduce the activity taking place

•

Build the story so the reader is waiting to seewhat will happen next

• Come to the climax of the story

•

Finish the story



1. Keep the stories short and simple, easy to

read, vocabulary is not restricted.

Small reading books (Early Stage 1Stories)

4-10 pages

1-2 short sentences per page (words and

sentences are not necessarily repeated)

Big Books

6-10 pages with repeated words/phrases



2. Make the stories predictable

After looking at the picture and reading the

text in a page, they could infer what might happen next .

3. Use natural language

Natural language is easy for new readersto understand.

4. Use familiar names, places and activities

Remember that children learn best whenthey start with what they know.



5. Write for someone you know who

represents the people who will read your

book

When you think of a specific person that represents your readers, your writing will be more interesting to the readers and morerelevant to their lives. It’s a good idea to put the person’s name on a piece of paper and

put it right in front of you as you write.That will help you to focus on them,thinking of what would be most interestingand enjoyable to them, and therefore, to

your readers.



6. Text and pictures convey exactly the same

message

Pictures help new readers to “read” the text on the page.

7. There should be one picture for each page.The picture helps the readers to

understand the sentence on the page.



8. Use many different forms when you write

for new readers.

Personal experiences that are familiar tothe readers (Think of that specific person

and write a personal experience that will beinteresting to new readers).

Local people, events, situation

8. Use many different forms when you write

for new readers.

Personal experiences that are familiar tothe readers (Think of that specific personand write a personal experience that will beinteresting to new readers).

Local people, events, situation



Legends or myths that are well-known to people in your community

Songs or poems (old or new)

Stories about local culture

Stories that you make-up about thingsthat are familiar to the readers

Proverbs or wise saying



9. Climb the mountain when you write a

story.

1. Introduce the

main people in the

story.

2. Introduce the

activity that istaking place.

3. Build the story so the

reader wants to know what will happen next.

4. Come to the climax the most

important point-of-the story.

5. Finish the story

soon after the climax.



Steps in

making a

Big Book



• Write & edit the Big Book story

• Put text and pictures onto A-3

paper in pencil (using guidelines)—

picture and matching text go onseparate pages. Include an inside

title page.

• Proofread; make corrections in

pencil.



•

Make a small “Guide Book” to show you howthe pages will be put together. Remember

that picture pages go on the left and text

pages go on the right. Be sure to include the

title page in your calculations.

• When you are SURE that you have the pages

correctly ordered, put double pages in order,

according to the Guide Book; tape the double

pages together.

• Make the cover (picture, title)



• Tape the cover page onto the cardboard

cover. Tape around all the edges.

• Fasten front and back covers together,

using masking tape and several layers of duct tape.

• Tape inside pages together (using Guide

book to help you so that you don’t takethe wrong pages together.)



• Check the order of pages one lasttime. Then sew the inside pages to

the covers.• Tape over the string with final layer

of duct tape.



Preparing

forPublication



Cover

• Title

• A picture that relates to the title of the book

•

Author’s name • Type of book

• Name of the language



Information page

• Number of copies printed

• Publisher

• Other information about thelanguage



Title page

• Title

• Author

•

Illustrator• Language

• Date printed

•Number of copies



Book size and shape

• May be tall and narrow/short and wide



Binding

• Margins

– Plenty of space between the

picture or text and the margins

– Side stapled books need a larger

left margin than center-stapled

books



Page number

• Keep at the bottom of the page and inthe center

• Keep clearly separated form the text



Illustrations

• Think about size and place on the

page

• Think about the purpose



Translation

• Translate each page of the text

and put the translation at the

end of the book



Letters/fonts

• Size and shape

• Hand-written or typed

• By hand: write neatly and carefully



Keep in mind

• KISS

• Use natural language

• Use familiar names and

places

•

Think of a person you know that represents the intended

readers and write

specifically for that person.



MTBMLE Trainer



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