Narrative Sketches

Learners discuss the characteristics of an autobiography. Individually, they complete a graphic organizer and a timeline of events about their life. In groups, students brainstorm ideas for an interesting sentence and write an...

Here is a instructional activity that sounds like a lot of fun. Kids discuss the artistic elements and motives for the painting, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. To get the scope and scale of this oversized masterpiece, they use butcher...

Learners write a biography for their favorite Beanie Babies and then share their biography out loud. A simple, yet effective idea! Everyone loves their Beanie Baby!

Second graders study artist Jacob Lawrence and his paintings of Harriet Tubman; students create their own painting in Lawrence's style. In this art and history instructional activity, 2nd graders read and study the art from Jacob...

Students practice planning before a writing assignment.  In this creative writing lesson, students discover the benefits of planning out a story before putting it on paper.  Students practice marking story points for 3 pages of their...

Help learners construct relationships between written narratives and book illustrations, and between the narratives in formal visual art and the subject of the visual art. Look at Caldecott winning books and focus on the pictures drawn....

Young scholars listen to the narrative of several nursery rhymes. They then create drawings about the rhymes. This can be done with manual or computerized media tools. The use of computers is better for the integration of technology...

Students finish a unit on journalism. In this journalism instructional activity, students compose their own newspaper article. They research a topic and write a one-page newspaper article with an attached picture.

Students are able to answer basic questions about the region and the use of natural resources, sketch a mental map of the story's setting, and find their way through the thematic maze/map.

Second graders demonstrate through writing/word processing how the use of specific adjectives in their own writing aids. They stress comprehension by painting a clear picture in the reader's mind. Students discuss the effect of an...