6.) Good readers illustrate key scenes.
Whether it means drawing pictures, graphs, timelines, or other visual symbols, a good reader creates pictures of what is described. It is important to be able to see the images described by the author in the reader's mind. Visual images help to organize information and make the text come to life for the reader.
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Illustrating key scenes in Frindle by Andrew Clements
While it is helpful to be provided with printed illustrations in a text, the most important illustrations are the mental pictures one creates in their mind as they read. I find that the most meaning and personal connection occurs when a mental picture or mental movie occurs in my mind as a result of what I read. The words have meaning that together paint a picture of what something is, looks like, or how it happens. A good reader might sketch what they imagine in notes about the reading. A good reader might also visualize graphic organizers to help place ideas and facts into a diagram or image that visually represents how these ideas and facts are related.
Examples of Illustration in Frindle by Andrew Clements:
The picture above was an illustration provided by the book's illustrator to depict the overwhelmed emotions of Nick as he put together his oral report, putting his school work before leisure activities.
To assist students in creating their own illustrations or mental pictures, I have created two graphic organizers to use during class activities.
1.) In this illustration storyboard, students are asked to draw or represent a mental image that formed in their mind for three key events that occurred in the beginning, middle, and end of the story. By completing these sketches, the students are documenting their visualization throughout the sequence of the story. (Download this for FREE under the "Activities" tab on this blog!)
2.) This organizer does very well to guide students in visualizing their own creative connections to the text. Based on the general messages of the story, students can take the idea of creating their own word and then do it themselves. With drawings and a short slogan, students may better picture how the spreading of their own new word may look like in real life. (Download this for FREE under the "Activities" tab on this blog!)
This is another illustration provided in the pages of this novel. In the picture, Nick has just developed his idea to invent the word, frindle, and is sharing this with his friend.
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