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Drawing Details

Drawing Details

Students will identify key details and scenes in a story and then illustrate those moments in sequence.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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  • Index Cards
  • Index Cards, Unlined
  • Paper

Steps

  • Step 1

    Have a class discussion about the importance of paying attention to details and key scenes in a story. Ask students to read a story of their choice (or read one aloud to the class). Or have them listen to an audio recording of a story. They should focus on the key moments and details and how stories follow a sequence of events.

  • Step 2

    Ask students to choose several important scenes from the story and then have them illustrate these scenes on either full size paper or index cards.

  • Step 3

    When they're done have students present their illustrations to the class as they recount the story they focused on.

Standards

LA: Add drawings or other visual displays to written text to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

LA: Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a story.

Adaptations

Ask students to create an original story using only illustrations that presents a beginning, middle, and end in sequence.

Remembering the order or sequence of events is an important critical skill. Play a sequence game with the class. The first person might say, "I like bananas." Then the next person repeats the first word and adds to it; for example "I like bananas and orange juice." Continue this down the line.