Reading Photographs to Write With Meaning and Purpose, Grades 4–12

About the Author

Preface

Introduction
Reading and Writing About Photographs in Grades 4–12

Chapter 1
Remembering Meaningful Moments: Reading Photographs to Write Memoirs

• Activity 1: Sorting and Categorizing Personal Photographs

• Activity 2: Photo Museums: Engaging in Meaningful Conversations About Personal Photographs

• Activity 3: Close Reading of Picture Books to Help Develop a Concept of Memoir

• Activity 4: Reading and Responding to Excerpts From Full-Length Memoirs

• Activity 5: Writing a List Memoir

• Activity 6: Reading What Others Have Written About Personal Photographs

• Activity 7: Writing About Our Own Personal Photographs: “Remember” Photo Collage Poems

• Activity 8: Creating Complete Memoirs Based Upon a Single Photograph

Chapter 2
Understanding the Who and the Why: Reading Photographs to Write About Ourselves

• Activity 1: Exploring Identity Through Literature

• Activity 2: Examining Texts That Link Photographs and Identity

• Activity 3: My Self, My Name: Students Writing Poems About Their Names

• Activity 4: Creating a Photo Collage Representing Scenes From Literature

• Activity 5: Creating the Photo-Life Map

• Activity 6: Writing an Essay About a Photograph That Defines Us

Chapter 3
Creating Biographies With Voice: Reading Photographs to Write About People
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• Activity 1: Introducing Students to the Concept of Voice

• Activity 2: Thinking Like a Biographer: Examining Photographs and Descriptive Text to Write Dialogue Poems

• Activity 3: Noticing the Details: Writing Biographical Prose Poems

• Activity 4: Focusing on the Most Important Details: Writing Important Poems

• Activity 5: Understanding the Importance of Voice: Searching Primary-Source Documents

• Activity 6: Conducting Oral History Interviews

• Activity 7: Writing a Biographical Essay

Chapter 4
Discovering the Community: Reading Photographs to Write About Relevant Social Issues

• Activity 1: Looking at the World: Examining Photographs That Depict Issues of Social Relevance

• Activity 2: Reading Text Excerpts About Social Issues and Writing Found Poems

• Activity 3: “Reading” the Community and Writing Journal Entries About Issues That Concern Us

• Activity 4: Taking Pictures in Our Own Communities and Reading Them

• Activity 5: Choosing and Writing About a Social Issue in the Community

Chapter 5
Envisioning People, Places, and Events: Reading Photographs to Write Narratives

• Activity 1: Zooming In on an Image: Critical Readings of Images

• Activity 2: Examining Magazine Advertisements for Denotations and Connotations

• Activity 3: Identifying Elements in a Narrative

• Activity 4: Writing Narratives With a Partner

• Activity 5: On Our Own: Writing Narratives Individually

• Activity 6: Writing Narratives Based Upon Personal Photographs

Appendix
What to Read: Featuring Photographs

Index