Scenario or DocuDrama Storyboard

Characters:
Whats the characters name?

Setting:
Where does your story take
place?

What does the character looks like? Why he or she wears

this kind of clothing?
When does your story take
place?
How old is the character?
What does the character like to do best? What are his or her
hobbies?

Research: What is it like to live

there during that time period?

What does the character not like to do?

What is the character feeling?
What do others say/think about the character?

What does it look like?

What would it feel like, sound
like, or smell like there?

Is there anything else special about the character?

Problem:
What problem could the character have in this setting?

Is that an interesting or exciting problem?

Will your audience want to know more about the problem?

Solution:
How can the problem be solved?

Starting:
How does the story start?

What happens before the problem, leading up to the problem?

How does it end?

1.
2.
3.
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Audio:

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Script:

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Prompts
Create a tall tale sharing and
exaggerating your personal
strengths in a way that would
be shared with people in your
future (e.g., family members,
friends, coaches, teachers,
pastors, or future employers).

Create a digital story of the journey of

a caterpillars life span. Share facts
and the emotions from the
beginning of your
Describe the
life to the end.
natural
Be the desk in
resources and
the Oval
what you
Take a current
Office. Share
realize about
event and create
an important
recycling,
a tall tale, a
Convince others to be safe
document
reusing, and
legend, or a
and respectful digital
signed or a
conserving.
myth.
citizens through a defining
decision made
moment when a decision is
by a President
being made that can impact
while behind
Create a
Share about
other peoples lives forever.
closed doors.
legend,
an author and
tall tale,
how his or her
folk tale, or
books impact
fable of a language and grammar concept;
your life
Create a legend of
a mathematical concept; a literary
today.
your own life or a
character; a scientific principle; or a
family members
historical event.
life, for future
You are a survivor who lived
generations to pass
in Pearl Harbor on December
down from one
Be a plant and convince
7, 1941. Share the facts and
generation to the
others to not pollute the
emotions of D-Day and the
next.
water, air, and to take care
impact it has on you.
of the soil through a
personal story of what
happens when the
Tell about a mathematical concept and why it
environment is polluted.
matters or the impact it makes on everyday life.
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These prompts were inspired by Bernajean Porter's Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum

Scenario Storyboard
Setting:
Where does your story take place?
What does it look like?

Characters:
Whats the characters name?
What does the character looks like?
How old is the character?
What does the character like to do best? What are his or her hobbies?
Is there anything else special about the character?

Starting:
How does the story start?

What happens before the problem, leading up to the problem?

1.
2.
3.

Problem:
What interesting problem would occur in this setting with this character?

Solution:
How can the problem be solved?

How does it end?

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1. Neat Stuff: Whats interesting about your
point of view, character, or setting?

2. Before the problem: What happens right

before the problem?

What interesting facts or rich vocabulary/

word choice can you add?

5. Conclusion: Repeat something from the

beginning to give the story closure.

4. Resolution: What happens right after

the problem?

3. The problem: Describe the problem and

how you feel.

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