EBook Contest

Today we chose our topics for our EBook creations.  These ebook creations can be persuasive, expository or narrative writing focusing on non-fictional or fictional subjects.  All students will be required to create an EBook entry, utilizing the methods we learned this year.  Be sure to incorporate the Six Traits of Writing, the Writer's Process and your incredible imagination to create engaging stories.  Look for the contest rules, the rubric and the Common Core Standards for writing in your EBook Project Folder.  These items will help you understand the contest expectations.

Tip: To make your Ebook you may use a program like Powerpoint or Keynote to insert images, dialogue and text.  Create your pages and the book as a PDF.  We watched this video tutorial to teach us how to do this.   Using Powerpoint to create an eBook.

Here is a link to the written directions for creating an eBook using PDF: Powerpoint EBooks

Here is the Common Core Standard for Writing:

Writing - These standards are highly addressed in eBook creation, especially when care is taken to perform background research prior to writing and to edit the eBook multiple times prior to final publication.

1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.

6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others.

7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects based on focused questions, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.

8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism.

9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.