A great way to explore the Storyboard Creator and learn about each other is for students to create storyboards that provide visual instructions for how to do their favorite skill or activity.
Students often use the summer to learn a new skill or enjoy using an old one. For example, over the summer, many people like to grow a garden, play a sport, sew or do an art project, fish, go camping, skateboard, play video games, cook, or even start a business!
In this activity, students will write and illustrate step-by-step instructions for how to do their favorite summer activity. They can share their instructions after they are completed making this an engaging lesson that helps facilitate getting to know one another and building classroom community.
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Due Date:
Objective: Teach your favorite skill to your classmates by creating a step by step storyboard.
Student Instructions:
Requirements: At least four steps that teach a skill or how to do an activity. Include: titles, 2-4 sentence descriptions and illustrations for each step.
Modify instructions to use simpler language and shorter steps. Younger students benefit from clear, concise directions and visual cues that are easy to understand.
Offer sentence frames like “First, I…”, “Next, I…”, and “Finally, I…” to help students organize their ideas. This scaffolds the writing process and builds confidence.
Create a sample storyboard as a class, showing each step and discussing the choices. Modeling helps students understand expectations and inspires creativity.
Provide templates or stickers for students who may struggle with drawing. This ensures all students can participate and focus on content rather than artistic skill.
Encourage students to present their storyboards in pairs or small groups. This builds speaking confidence and strengthens classroom community.
The 'My Summer Skills' storyboard activity encourages students to create visual, step-by-step instructions for their favorite summer skill or activity. This helps classmates get to know each other and builds classroom community at the start of the school year.
You can have students break down their favorite skill into steps, create titles and descriptions for each step, and add illustrations using a storyboard tool. This makes instructions clear and engaging for peers.
Popular choices include gardening, playing a sport, cooking, drawing, skateboarding, fishing, or video gaming. Encourage students to choose any fun or unique skill they learned or practiced over the summer.
Storyboards allow students to share personal interests in a creative way, which helps classmates connect and fosters a positive classroom environment early in the year.
Students should create a storyboard with at least four steps, including a title, a 2-4 sentence description, and relevant illustrations for each step, focusing on their favorite summer activity or skill.