Story Table

Have students access the student chapter Story Table and explain to students that once they have their three-part structure, they can plan their stories with a story table (available at this link and a link in the student chapter.)

Explain that a story table is a bit like a script, except it’s organized to make it easier to see all the parts together. It’s where you write down exactly what you’re going to say, what images you’ll use to go with the narration, and what music will play over it.

Have students write the narration for each segment in the left side and write what image will go with it on the left.

If they already have lots of images they may want to start by organizing those to tell the story like a comic, and then write the narration after. If not, they can start by writing the narration and then find images to illustrate them, like a picture book. Explain that they don’t have to write down exactly the image you will use, just a general description of what it will be or how it should make you feel.

They can also wait to fill in the second column until they have browsed the Digital Story Maker’s image gallery.