PICTURE STORYTELLING AND WRITING

The Art of Storytelling with Pictures

Storytelling with pictures is considered the art of conveying ideas, stories, and viewpoints through photographs or images. It can indeed be a great example of how photography is not only the practice of creating stunning pictures, but it is also about telling stories, either real or fantasized.

LEARNING OUTCOMES The students will make a list of all the words they see in the pictures such as nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs that they see. Using the new vocabulary students will learn how to write and tell a story after making a list of words.

WRITE AND TELL A STORY We are going to write a story. Look at these pictures and write a story: REMEMBER 1.- Title 2.- Characters (The people in the story) 3.- Setting (the place where the story happens) 4.- Time frame (when the story happens) 5.- Plot (what happens in the story) A good story usually has names, places, and other information. You have to use: linking words: and, but, when, so, because sequencing words: then, first, finally, after that

The basic story: In January, a woman is having an active, happy life. She is busy with work, friends, family, school, exercise, and parties. In February she starts to feel sad. In March she feels worse. She cries a lot. In April she is still sad, and she doesn't want to eat. In May she feels very tired and stays in bed all day while other people are busy outside. In June she decides to ask for help.

Look at the pictures no. 2 and write a story not less than 20 words. TITLE: The great idea! CHARACTERS: a boy- Jimmy. A man - his father TIME FRAME: A winter morning. Last December THE SETTING: A small cottage in the mountains THE PLOT: The car was covered in snow. They couldn't use the car. He went to school skiing