Activity Overview
Storyboard That's Picture Encyclopedia is full of interesting biographies and facts about topics from inventions to astronomy to ancient gods and goddesses! This activity invites students to create their own Picture Encyclopedia Biography entries about the students in their class.
Using the Biography section as a guide, students will create a storyboard that illustrates a classmate and provides important details about them. Teachers may wish for students to create their own entry or create an entry for their classmate. This is an excellent "get to know you" activity for the beginning of the year to build classroom community. Students can interview each other and take notes before creating their storyboard.
These storyboards can be downloaded as a high resolution image (png) and can be printed out, laminated, and hung up as a colorful decoration that showcases all of the students in the class!
Template and Class Instructions
(These instructions are completely customizable. After clicking "Copy Activity", update the instructions on the Edit Tab of the assignment.)
Due Date:
Objective: Create a Picture Encyclopedia entry of yourself or your classmate.
Student Instructions
- Look at the Biography section of the Storyboard That Picture Encyclopedia for inspiration.
- Use the template provided to create an illustration of yourself or your classmate. Be sure to include scenes, items and design that represent the person, their likes, and their hobbies.
- Add the person's name at the top in the title box.
- Add 3 - 5 important facts about the person to the description box.
Requirements: Create an illustration of yourself or your classmate and include their name and a 3-5 sentence description.
Lesson Plan Reference
- [ELA-Literacy/W/1/8] With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
- [ELA-Literacy/W/3/6] With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
- [ELA-Literacy/SL/1/2] Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- [ELA-Literacy/SL/2/2] Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
- [ELA-Literacy/SL/4/2] Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
- [ELA-LITERACY/CCRA/R/7] Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
| Proficient | Emerging | Needs Improvement | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | The description includes at least 3 important facts about your classmate. | The description includes less than 3 important facts or it includes information that is not pertinent to your classmate. | The description is incomplete and does not contain important information about your classmate. |
| Artistic Depictions | The art chosen to depict your classmate includes a character that looks like them as well as items and scenes that represents their attributes. Time and care is taken to ensure that the scene is neat, eye-catching, and creative. | The art chosen to depict your classmate is mostly accurate, but there may be some liberties taken that distract from the assignment. Scene construction is neat, and meets basic expectations. | The art chosen to depict your classmate is too limited or incomplete. |
| English Conventions | Ideas are organized. There are few or no grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Ideas are mostly organized. There are some grammatical, mechanical, or spelling errors. | Storyboard text is difficult to understand. |
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