{"id":15404,"date":"2014-10-17T10:28:45","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T14:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/provolearning.com\/blog\/?p=15404"},"modified":"2014-10-17T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-17T21:00:00","slug":"yr-6-use-the-story-creator-app-to-write-non-fiction-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/provolearning.com\/blog\/school-news\/yr-6-use-the-story-creator-app-to-write-non-fiction-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Yr 6 use the ‘Story Creator’ App to Write Non-Fiction Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"yr-6-story-creator-app-oct-2014\"<\/a>Year\u00a06 have been exploring variation in their science lessons.\u00a0 The pupils have been looking closely at the animal kingdom and in particular the different subcategories of the vertebrate group.\u00a0 They put their research skills to the test and used both traditional and digital resources to find as much information as possible on a fish, reptiles, birds, mammals and amphibians.<\/p>\n

Read on and see one of the books that was created…<\/p>\n

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Research covered areas such as diet, description, habitats, adaptation, predators, prey, interesting and unusual facts.<\/p>\n

Once this information had been assembled the students\u00a0used the Story Creator App on the iPad to present their research.\u00a0 The students explored the App and inserted relevant illustrations, subheadings, text fonts and sizes, recordings and videos.<\/p>\n

Year\u00a06 agreed that this was a fantastic way to present non-fiction material. They enjoyed reading and evaluating everybody’s work and did a wonderful job presenting them to our target Key Stage 2 audience.<\/p>\n

If you would like to check out one of the vertebrate books that was created, just do the following:<\/p>\n

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1. Download the Story Creator app from the App Store from the link below
\nhttp:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/story-creator-pro\/<\/a><\/p>\n

2. Click on the link below to view\u00a0the book
\nAmazing vertebrates!<\/a><\/p>\n

Let us know what you think! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

PS: If you already have the Story Creator app installed, skip step 1
\nand just click on the second link to view the book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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