Enhancing Writing Enhancing Writing through through
the Visualthe Visual
Enhancing Writing Enhancing Writing through through
the Visualthe Visual
One Informs the OtherOne Informs the Other
6+1 Traits of Writing
• Ideas
• Organization
• Voice
• Word choice
• Sentence fluency
• Conventions
• Presentation
Ideas
• Heart of the message -- content or theme
• Details that enrich and develop that theme - are interesting, important and informative
Word Choice• Rich• Colorful• Precise language that
communicates - It is functional, moves the reader to a higher level of awareness, enlightens
• Clarifies• Expands ideas
Story Elements
• Character• Setting• Time• Plot - Sequence of
events
Answer the ?’s• Who• What• Where• When• Why• How
Developing an Evidence Book
• Visual record of observations
• Verbal record of observations
• Vocabulary development - both visual and verbal
• Narrative development
Developing a Developing a Visual VocabularyVisual Vocabulary
Developing a Developing a Visual VocabularyVisual Vocabulary
The WhoThe Who
Characters
Characters with Props
Characters - Emotions
Other Possible Ideas
• Family
• Insects
• Animals
• Pets
• Birds
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Developing a Developing a Visual VocabularyVisual Vocabulary
Developing a Developing a Visual VocabularyVisual Vocabulary
The HowThe How
Characters Moving - Verbs• Strong verbs that lend
writing power
• List of verbs that match the movement
• What would march, shuffle, lunge, saunter look like?
Developing a Developing a Visual VocabularyVisual Vocabulary
Developing a Developing a Visual VocabularyVisual Vocabulary
The WhereThe Where
Word Choice - Adverbs• Illustrating an understanding of place
Environmental Changes• How would two
drawings of the same place with different weather conditions alter a student’s version of a narrative?
• What would they hear, feel, smell?
Visually Visually Expanding the WritingExpanding the Writing
Visually Visually Expanding the WritingExpanding the Writing
Word Choice - ColorRED
•Maraschino
•Maroon
•Strawberry
•Cayenne
BLUE•Ice•Aqua•Blueberry•Ocean•Midnight
Sentence Expansion
• The bug is crawling.• The plant is shading
the bug which is crawling.
• The plant is shading the bug which is crawling on the dirt.
• The bug is being shaded by the plant, while the worm and the bug crawl closer.
• David and Matt are looking into the terrarium box while the bug is being shaded by the plant, while the worm and the bug crawl closer.
Writing a Story
1. The drawing
2. List of vocabulary
3. Writing the story
Visual Writing - Before
andAfter
Before - poem by a third-grade girl:
Scissor
Razor sharp,
Cuts through paper as if it was rolling down a hill,
Swiftly it finishes the paper, and the paper is in half.
After - poem by a third-grade girl:My Scissor
The crocodile, eats it’s paper,It’s fangs bite,Like a werewolf.It’s sharp claws,chop through the
paper.CUT! CUT! CHOP! CHOP!As the swords and knifes come
together. The stork opens it’s beak And then smashes it closed,The alligator snaps for its food.That’s my Scissor.
“Natural” Resources
• Student’s art work - drawings, paintings, sculpture, prints, and crafts developed under the guidance of their art teacher
Your art teacher
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• Student prompts
• Master art works