Children's Book

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Start with this: common mistakes

1. She sings very __?__ (beautiful / beautifully). 
2. They acted __?__ (like/as) if they had never met before.
3. They decided __?__ the venue for the party.
4. He was shocked __?__ the news of the accident.
5. She insisted __?__ paying for dinner. 
6. He collided __?__ another car at the intersection. 
7. They moved __?__ a new house last week.

   Solve the riddles below.

1. What kind of streets do zombies like?
2. What did the pharaoh say when he got lost?
3. Why didn't the ghost go to the party?
4. What's it like to be kissed by a vampire?
5. How do you fix a jack o'lantern?
6. What kind of key should you always take to a haunted house?
7. What was the witch's favourite subject in school?

A. Spell-ing.

B. He had no 'body' to go with.

C. It's a pain in the neck.

D. Dead ends.

E. I want my mummy.

F. A skeleton key.

G. A pumpkin patch.

Children's Book

• Read through the assignment Children's Book on Moodle.
• You may start with Lesson 1 and build the character for your own book.

Children's book: Title page sketch

• Start the story In Medias Res
• "Once upon a time"

• Make a sketch of your title page.
• Make it attractive to the reader and show what the story is about. 
• Try to use wordplay to attract the reader. 

Fox in Socks

Look for any typographical pointers that indicate change of voice or emotion:

After this we read the book aloud and we need to do the voices and emotions!

other fonts

text size

colours 

dots (...) 

Children's Book: Build the character

Go this website (keep it open in a seperate tab!) and go to number 2. 

In literature there are FLAT and ROUNDED characters. 

• Flat means they are one-dimensional and don't add much to the story/adventure. Rounded means the opposite. 
• Try to think of a rounded character who has an adventure or a problem which they face. 
• When you are done please show this to your teacher for feedback.

Children's Book: Create problem

• Create a problem which the main character has to solve or an adventure which the main character will be on.  

• Your main character has certain characteristics which they need to solve this problem; e.g. a hippo can have an adventure in water, but it can't climb a tree... 

Children's Book planner

• Monday 11 November: first draft of your story in class (40%)

• Monday 18 November + Thursday: teacher returns your work. One more class to work on your final version.

• Monday 25 November: hand in final version (10%) 
• Thursday 28 November: hand in video reading your story via Teams (50%)

Choose a book for coming period

• A John Green novel
• Secret Life of Bees
• Sophie's World
• Lord of the Flies
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

• Reading in class weekly

• Example: Christopher fully believes his mother is dead (because his father told him so)
• Christopher doesn't react emotional to the fact that his mother might be alive. He's only curious about finding out the truth. This happens throughout the book.
• The story about the mother dying was very vague, the affair with the neighbour who dissapeared as well could also be foreshadowing.

Children's Book planner this week

• Class 1: Build the character / Title page sketch
• Class 2: Create a problem / adventure
• Class 3: Finish first draft and hand in at the end of class

Children's Book: First draft (40%)

• Write a story of about 250-300 words. You may ask your neighbour to proofread when you are done. 
• Make some sketches on paper with a pencil of the pictures you will be using. Including the cover of the book. Think of a great catchy title.

• Besides the main rounded character also include some flat characters to help the story along. 

• Use colored pens or pencils to make clear which words you want to emphasize and spoken differently. You may also make them BIGGER or use another way to make clear those words are emphasized.

Children's Book: First draft (40%)

• Besides the main rounded character also include some flat characters to help the story along. Think of a great catchy title.

• Use colored pens or pencils to make clear which words you want to emphasize and spoken differently. You may also make them BIGGER or use another way to make clear those words are emphasized.

You hand this in at the end of class. This is the first part of your grade (40%). Afterwards you will take your work home and make it into the final draft printed with hand-drawn pictures or pictures made on your computer (10%).

Children's Book: First draft (10%)

Make your first version into the final draft printed with hand-drawn pictures or pictures made on your computer.