The document discusses storyboarding as a way to visualize ideas by writing them down in boxes containing symbols, pictures, and text to help turn ideas into solid projects, as storytelling mediums like filmmakers, authors, and comic book creators use storyboards to develop their narratives and keep stories on course with a beginning, middle, and end. Storyboards can be as simple as stick figures or more complex diagrams, and are a brainstorming tool that anyone can use to help write reports or develop other creative works.

1. Storyboarding
Visualizing
Ideas!

2. References
Excerpt from “Visual Tools for Differentiating Reading and Writing Instruction: Strategies to
Help Students Make Abstract Ideas Concrete and Accessible,” by Roger Essley et al.,
Scholastic Teacher Resources
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/what-are-storyboards/
Available at the library:
“Look at My Book: How Kids Can Write and Illustrate Terrific Books,” by Loreen
Leedy Call Number: j808.02 LEE
“What’s Your Story: A Young Person’s Guide to Writing Fiction,” by Marion Dane
Bauer Call Number: j808.3 BAU
Look in juvenile non-fiction for more books on story writing!

3. Picture Writing is the origin of all language!
Hieroglyphics Pictographs Cuneiform
Today:
Emojis Comics (Finished
product
of……)

4. Storyboards!
Definition: a way of
writing down ideas,
generally within boxes
(any shape or size
placed in an order that
makes sense. They can
contain symbols,
pictures and text.
They can be as
simple as stick
figures…
...or, complex
diagrams.

5. What’s the point in using them?
Storyboards help us visualize (“see”) our ideas, so
that we can turn them into a solid project.
Filmmakers, authors, comic book creators and
even Youtubers use storyboards to help make their
ideas come to life!
You can even use them to help write school
reports!

6. Storyboards are the track that keeps our story on course!
End
Middle
Beginning
Our Storyboard
A Narrative is a story with a:

7. Things to keep in mind before storyboarding:
A) Know your
medium (form of
storytelling)
B) Anyone with
any level of writing
or drawing
experience can
make them!
C) This is a
brainstorming tool!

8. A storyboard looks like a map, with lines pointing to words and pictures in order.
1)
2)
3)
4)

9. Simple Example

10. A little more complex...
Animation Dialogue and action