Teacher Vicky Fox
Grade and School: 5th - Miller
Discipline Area(s): math science social science language arts arts
Project Title: Photograph Exploration and Writing
Project Goal(s): photography as art form
careful observation of photograph
imaginative writing
Process and Steps:
1. Students view photograph; list things they see in the photograph and questions they
have about the photograph, individually on paper.
1. Share orally. Add to lists, if desired.
1. Choose and do a follow-up writing activity:
a) Write a letter to someone in the photo
b) Write a letter as if you were someone in the photo
c) Write a poem relating to the photo. (Poem form(s) should already be taught).
4. Students shared aloud their writings.
Materials Needed:
* 1 photograph and opaque projector (or) enough copies of a photo for pairs to share.
* notebook paper and pencils
Essential Questions:
.
1 What skills, elements, vocabulary were taught?
composition, balance, center of focus, positive/negative space point of view changes
2. How did you assess the children’s understanding?
informal assessment of use/understanding of vocabulary, teacher assessment of writings
3. Where could you go from here?
Give each student a different photo/magazine picture. Create a book of these photos with
their writings.
4. Other comments:
The poetic forms my students were familiar with were diamante, haiku and conplets.