BETH OLSHANSKYPicture Writing: Fostering Literacy

Through Art and Image Making

Image Making Within The Writing Process

Simpler approach, crayon resist based approach to writing.

Picture Writing: Fostering Literacy Through Art and Image-Making

More complex and dynamic collage based approach which uses hand painted, textured papers created by each

student to literally construct a story.

Image-Making Within The Writing Process

Visual, Kinesthetic and Verbal Modes of Thinking During the Writing ProcessValidated by the US Department of

Educators Program Effectiveness Panel as an “Innovative and Effective Literacy

Program”

• Create portfolio of beautiful hand-painted textured papers.• Construct Collage Images• Ideas begin to flow when in the cutting and pasting process. They are able to rehearse, draft and revise their stories long before setting a pencil to paper.

Image-Making Process

• Oral Rehearsal• Rich descriptive language is at their fingertips

“Image-making Within The Writing Process affords students dynamic opportunities to

create in two languages: the art of and language of words. Each reinforces, enhances, and ignites the other in an explosion of color,

shape, design, and fantastic story-telling”

- Lanie Keystone, Arts in Education CoordinatorNH State Council on the Arts