ED 5137

Picturing Writing

Graduate students will be taken through a progression of art-and-literature-based mini-lessons designed to provide students with an experiential understanding of the key elements of writing. Students will be introduced to the foundational Time of Day and Weather Units, which lend themselves to writing descriptive passages and poetry. They will then explore key literary elements such as sense of setting, character and plot development (problem and solution), creating an ending, and using words that paint pictures through a progression of hands-on art experiences using an array of simple crayon resist-based art techniques and quality picture books. Teachers will create research-based animals in their habitat stories as a model for integrating Picturing Writing into the social studies or science curriculum.

Units: 3.0