My Favourite Festival
An eBook Project
Grade level
Primary 2 (Key Stage 1)
Theme
Task
Students design an ebook to introduce their weekly activities
No. of lessons
8 lessons (35 minutes each)
Created by Kowloon Bay St. John the Baptist Primary Catholic Primary School and the University of Hong Kong.
About the unit
Developed as an extension of a writing task on the same theme, students compose an ebook that covers the basics of their favourite festival, including aspects such as weather, typical months, and personal celebrations. They describe why they enjoy the festival and who they celebrate it with. Students are encouraged to showcase their creativity in the design of their eBooks, personalising them with pictures, drawings, and videos of their own festival celebrations.
Prior knowledge
Students have written a passage on the same theme, which was corrected by their teachers. In Term 1, they gained experience in typing and learned the basics of colour matching to ensure legibility.
Learning objectives
By the end of the unit, students will be able to…
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create an ebook explaining the basics of their favourite festival and how they celebrate it
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apply colours meaningfully and design with a legible and organised layout
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add relevant images, audio recordings, and videos to support their writing
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use the assessment criteria to give constructive feedback to their peers
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respect and understand the cultures of each festival and cherish family time
Unit Plan
Lessons 1-2
Understanding assessment task
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T shows ebook example
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T recalls Ss’ knowledge on the previous writing and invite Ss to compose their own ebook
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T distributes iPads and QR codes and invite Ss to log in Book Creator
Understanding assessment task
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T shows bad ebook sample and discusses assessment criteria with Ss
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Ss follow instructions to improve the badly designed ebook
More able: enrich the ebook with extra pages or longer sentences
Less able: focus on selective sentences and pages with a layout sample
Lesson 3
Plan
Typing
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Ss input the words based on their writing
Design
(during Easter break)
Personalisation
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Ss complete the ebook with personal pictures and videos with the help of family
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Tailor examples with personal pictures and videos to establish authenticity in the writing’s purpose of sharing
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Keep the QR code in Ss’ handbook for easy access
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Design an ebook exercise for students to work whilst learning how to use Book Creator
Lessons 4-5
Inserting relevant pictures
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T shows Ss how to identify keywords and search for relevant pictures
Inserting voice recording
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T demonstrates how to insert voice recording for each page
Lesson 6
Layout and colours
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T demonstrates how to adjust colours, font and sizes
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T shows good and bad colour use and layout examples again to remind students of the assessment criteria
Lesson 7
Review and self assessment
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T revisits the assessment criteria with the class
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Ss review their ebooks and conduct self assessment
Guide Key Stage 1 primary students to correctly use the predictive typing function for more accurate typing
Remind students to do the recording in a quiet environment
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Make arrangement for Ss with no digital access at home
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Book Creator may not work on smartphones with smaller screens
More able: create another ebook on another festival not mentioned
Share
Lesson 7
Sharing and peer assessment
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Ss give oral feedback and complete a Peer Assessment Form
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T selects 2-3 ebooks to share with class
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Ss highlights features and design decisions made in their ebooks
Reflect
Lesson 8
Reflection
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T completes reflection with Ss on language, multimodal skills and values education
Teaching materials
Students' work highlight
Copyright disclaimer
This project is supported by Quality Education Fund. The Trustee of the Quality Education Fund is the owner of the copyright of this product. Any reproduction of this product for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited unless prior written consent has been obtained from the Trustee of the Quality Education Fund.