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Making a Story Wheel
A story wheel displays 3 scenes from a story or narrative in a "window." It reinforces the skill of sequence. This activity works well after reading the story, “King of the Swamp” from The Tree that Owns Itself and Adventure Tales from Georgia’s Past (Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1996).
A story wheel can also be used to enhance student’s writing. Since this moving illustration is fun to make and looks terrific, it can be used as the cover for a student’s “published” story written as a gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Teacher Appreciation Day, or Christmas.
Materials:
Half-sheet of construction paper with a 1 x 1.5" window cut out (See examples above)
(Optional: full-size sheet of construction paper)
Scissors
Colored pencils, skinny markers, etc.
Brad & hole-puncher
Poster board or old file folder
Margerine tub lid - to trace wheel
Procedures:
Have students choose their 3 favorite scenes from a book or from a story they wrote.
Have them trace around a margerine tub lid onto poster board or an old file folder, then cut out a circle. Hole-punch the center of this “wheel” and attach it with a brad behind a half-sheet of construction paper with a cut-out window. Trace the window onto the wheel 3 times, to make 3 viewing rectangles.
Draw illustrations in these boxes. A larger picture - perhaps an overview of the story or a modern den with a TV drawn around the viewing "window" – can be drawn onto the construction paper frame.
To make the story wheel look more finished, use a full-size sheet of construction paper folded in half. Glue story wheel onto front of this full-size sheet. Note: glue strip at top and bottom of paper only, so wheel can turn freely!
Extend the Lesson:
Did you know that there was a real-life “king of the swamp”? To read about Georgia’s Obediah Barber, click here: King of the Swamp
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