Using Pictures to Teach Writing

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Benefits of Pictures

Shared experience in the classroom Common language for the classroom Variety of tasks Focus of students interest

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General Strategies with Pictures

Whole class discussion Give audience for those who are writing Pair work Real communicative tasks

- authentic materials brought by students

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What do you see?

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What do you see?

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What do you see?

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What?

One picture Picture sets Diagrams, tables, graphs, charts Maps

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Examples of Activities

Description Comparison and contrast Paragraph assembly Sentence combining Paragraph completion Controlled composition Guided composition Questions and answers

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What?

One picture - multiple techniques - sequencing of tasks

Picture sets Diagrams, table, graphs, charts Maps

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One picture-multiple techniques

Description Description, comparison, contrast Paragraph assembly Sentence combining Paragraph completion Controlled composition Guided composition Role-play

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One picture-multiple techniques

Your task is to identify which technique can be used for individual, pair, small group or big class work?

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One picture-sequencing

Big group Small group Pair work Individual work

What is the best sequence?

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Picture Sets

for guided and free writing (depends on students ability) provide subject matter for narrative exercises activities for using picture sets can be conducted by using sequencing guidelines in the previous slide

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Diagrams, Tables, Graphs, Charts and Maps

provide visual framework provide real information suitable for communicative tasks more information presented, more potential tasks available

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Others

For the others follow Raimes

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