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Writing Prompt: Write About a Photo HandoutWriting Prompt: Write About a Photo Handout
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Writing Prompt: Write About a Photo

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Practice descriptive writing with a prompt that includes a photograph. Writers craft the whole story of the single second caught in a photo using the provided questions to prompt their imaginations. 

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english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Enlarge the photos and post them surrounded by the stories crafted by class members
  • As an added challenge, ask writers to assume the voice of one of those pictured and tell the tale in first person

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires projection equipment or colored prints of the photos

Pros

  • The five engaging photos offer writers plenty of possibilities 

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