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