Book Creator

This activity for 5th graders focuses on developing students’ language skills through the creation of a digital storybookusing Book Creator. As Halloween approaches, students use this theme as inspiration to write and design their own story in English. Working in groups of four, they create short texts, add drawings or images (which may be self-made, online, or AI-generated), and record themselves reading their story aloud.

The activity integrates reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills while promoting creativity and collaboration. The teacher provides vocabulary and sentence-building support, monitors the process, and encourages students to communicate in English throughout.

• Location: Classroom

• Target age: Students between 10 and 12 years old

• Target language level: A2 

• Students will be able to write short creative texts in English using appropriate Halloween-related vocabulary and basic narrative structures.

• Students will be able to record and read aloud their digital story with correct pronunciation, rhythm, and intonation.

• Students will be able to collaborate effectively in groups by discussing ideas, giving feedback, and using English as the main means of communication.

• The teacher must ensure that all tablets or computers are fully charged and connected to the internet (30 minutes before the class).

• The teacher must log in to Book Creator and create one shared library (free version) or create a new shared library for the students (10 minutes before the class).

• The teacher must check that all students can access the shared library using the invitation code or link (5 minutes before the class).

• The teacher must prepare a short example of a Halloween-themed digital story to introduce the task and inspire students (10 minutes before the class).

• The teacher must organize students into groups of four and assign each group a device (5 minutes, in-class).

Classroom and digital materials:

• Tablets or computers (one per group)

• Projector or digital board

• Teacher’s example story (created in Book Creator)

• Paper and pencils (for drafting ideas and drawings)

• Headphones with microphones (optional, for clear voice recording)

Scaffolding materials.

Pre-task

Main task

Post-task

1. Introduction

Book Creator is a very useful app for teachers and students.

• Lets you create interactive digital books with text, photos, drawings, audio, and video.

• Great for classroom projects, portfolios, magazines, comics, or stories.

• Available as a web version and as an iPad app.

2. Plans available (In this tutorial we will use the free version)

5. Create a new book

• Inside your library, click “+ New Book”.

• Choose a format:

  • Square → very versatile.

  • Portrait → like a traditional book.

  • Landscape → good for projects with photos.

  • Comic → ready-made comic strip templates.

• You can also use a ready-made template or remix a book created by another teacher from the Discover section.