Using PicturesTo TeachReading by Jen Jones, Hello Literacy^

Pictures*are*

Informational textRIT.7 “Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and

formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.”

Describing & Inferring Picturesis most like

Reading ReaL Life…

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Making Inferences with…

Picture of the Day

What I

infer

(facts) (opinions)

What I

observe

observing details

describing details

AnaLyzing details

Making inferencesabout the details

…assemble for meaning.

…interpret for meaning.

appropriate for middle and high school.

NASA Picture of the Day

National Geographic Picture of the Day

Kodak Picture of the Day

FWA Photo of the Day

Zuma Picture of the Day

Earth Science Picture of the Day

Optics Picture of the Day

Radiology Picture of the Day

Historical Picture of the Day

http://tinyurl.com/helloliteracypictureoftheday

After reading the text & illustration on page 1. . .

After reading the text and illustration on page 1 of The Lotus Seed, students were better able to answer the following questions using evidence from the illustration.

Q:Who is telling the story? (RL.6-Point of View)

A: The little girl because the text says “my grandmother” and the picture it shows a little girl

watching him under the tree.

Q:Where does the story take place? (RL.2-Setting)

A: We infer it takes place in Asia because the text uses words like “emperor, dragon & throne”

and the picture shows an Asian style gown and helmet and the building is like the type they have

in Asia.”

Q:What is the mood of the story so far? And how do you know? (RL.4-Tone & Symbolism)

A: We infer the mood so far is sad and unhappy because the text uses the words “cry and lost”

and the picture shows dark gray clouds and the emperor is holding his head in his hands.

Q:When the author says “ he lost his golden dragon throne.” What does lost really mean? (RL.4-

Figurative Language)

A: We infer that lost means his throne is gone…somebody stole it. [Then we had a vocabulary

lesson about the figurative kind of lost.]

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