Illustration Sample Use

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ILLUSTRATION

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TOPIC

Reading comprehension, language arts

OBJECTIVE

Students will better understand their reading material as they analyze a passage of literature and pick up visual cues to illustrate it. They will develop their creativity and expression as they convey a story through their pictures.

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

Access to Nanoogo for all students or groups of students.

A passage of literature to interpret (can be a story, drama, or poetry)

PREPARATION

• If class is not already setup on Nanoogo, create a class and add all students in the class.
• Have the students pick their favorite scene out of the piece of literature to recreate.
• Create a project on Nanoogo:

• In the “tags” field of the project, enter the name of the literature you picked, and other themes that are relevant to the presentation the student is creating.
• You may use the following instructions (or modify as needed):

“You will create an illustration that will be shared with others to have them understand a scene from a piece of literature more deeply. If someone could not actually read the passage of that scene in the book, what words and images would help paint a picture in that person’s mind’s eye? Use the Text icon to copy the passage of your choice onto the canvas, upload pictures, and use the icons to build the scene.

1. Pick a word from the list of available tags of this project. Use it as a tag for your post.

2. Pick your favorite scene out of a piece of literature whether it be poem, drama, or story. 

3. If you can, highlight the words that were used to convey the event that happened in that scene. Think about the “Where, What, When, Why and How” of that passage.

4. Start a post on Nanoogo. On your page, drop the “Text” icon and copy the passage onto the canvas. Write a title containing the name of the book on the top of the canvas.

5. Think of images (pictures) that will help illustrate your scene as descriptively as possible. Find pictures and/or use Nanoogo icons in your project. Text can help too, such as speech bubbles, to show the personality of a character.

6. Drop an arrow icon pointing to the main character of your scene.

7. Have fun and be creative ☺

ACTIVITIES

1. Explain a few things about the key words the students are looking for to recreate the scene. They are looking for descriptive words that paint a picture in the mind. For example, words like “ecstatic” or “melancholy” will help students find the right smiley to put in their picture.

2. Show on the board what the project will look like. As an example, pick a passage out of the book to illustrate it. Make sure you include the text box containing their selected passage, and the title containing the name of the piece of literature.

3. Explain the steps for the project.

4. Have your students log into Nanoogo.

5. Students shall start a post from the thinking map project you created. They will then need to pick a passage from the book.

6. Following the instructions described in the project (and that you explained), have the students be as creative as they want with their illustration.

6. Ask your students to post their work 15 minutes before the end of the class. Use the remaining time to have them look at other kids’ posts, comment on them and give each other “kudos”. Spend some time yourself going through the posts and encouraging your students’ work.