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101 Picture PromptsReproducible Photographs, Cartoons & Art Masterpiecesto Intrigue, Amuse & Inspire Every Writer in Your Class!By Karen Kellaher Private Collection/Daniel Nevins/SuperStockonneauonel Cirhoto/Li AP P101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching Resourcesto Spark Super WritingSCHOLASTICPROFESSIONALBOOKSNEW YORK TORONTOMEXICO CITY LONDONNEW DELHI AUCKLAND HONG KONGSYDNEY
Dedication101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching ResourcesTo Kristen, who has always knownthat a picture paints a thousandwords.Scholastic, Inc. grants teachers permission to photocopy the designated reproducible pages from this book for classroom use.No other part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in anyform or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of thepublisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic, Inc. 555 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.Cover design by Norma OrtizInterior illustrations by Mike MoranInterior design by Grafica, Inc.Photo research by Deborah KuroszISBN: 0-590-63229-9Copyright 1999 by Scholastic, Inc.All rights reservedPrinted in the U.S.A.
ContentsIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4How to Use This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching ResourcesCHAPTER ONE.7Who ÒNoseÓ What This Is? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8What a Workout! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9A ÒBear-yÓ Nice Car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10A Whale Tale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Penguin Crossing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Ready for Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Monkey Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Happy Birthday, Rover! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Top Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Head Over Heels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Doctor, Doctor! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Friends Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Birdie and the Beast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Going Buggy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Save My Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Rise and Shine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Create Your Own! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Real-Life PhotosCHAPTER TWO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Too Much Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Be Ad Smart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Are Sports Stars Paid Too Much? . . . . . . . 28Time Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Super Special Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Political CartoonsKids and Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Where Are Your Manners? . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Scary Snacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Reading Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34The Great Uniform Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Cars of the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Working Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Breakfast With a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Crazy About Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Alien Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Is Winning Everything? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Kids and Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Create Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43CHAPTER ONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45A Famous Smile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Garden Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Good Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48On Top of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49A Space of My Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50The Thinker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Fly Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52The Dream Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Art Can Be Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54DegasÕ Dancers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Cat and Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Rock Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57A Starry Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Curiosity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59How Do You See Yourself? . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Create Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61MasterpiecesAbout the Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
IntroductionA101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching Resourcess a child, I loved to dig through the bottomless boxes of photographs mymother stored beneath the beds in our house (organizing them intoalbums is still on her “to do” list). Scrutinizing a faded black and whiteprint of my grandparents, I would imagine the night they first met. Other snapshotsreminded me of my family’s most treasured times: the births of my siblings,vacations on the New Jersey shore, my first day of school. These forays into thephoto boxes kept me entertained for hours.A few years ago, I rediscovered the power of pictures as a graduate student in a fictionwriting workshop. I was struggling with a major case of writer’s block, and the professorprescribed a remedy that had always worked for him: a worn copy of the children’s classicThe Snowman by Raymond Briggs. “Just look at the illustrations,” the professor suggested,“and write whatever story comes to mind.”It worked. That beautiful picture book cured my writer’s block. It also got methinking that illustrations, photos, and other kinds of pictures would be a wonderfulway to motivate young writers. That is the premise behind this book, the latest inScholastic’s popular line of writing prompt collections. I wrote 101 PicturePrompts to Spark Super Writing as a resource for busy teachers who valuewriting—and want to make it fun and engaging for their students.Why Use Writing Prompts?As teachers, we want all of our students to be able to express themselves creatively andcogently. Writing is not only necessary for communicating in daily life; it is also frequently themeans through which we digest new information in all subject areas. Leading educators havebeen discussing the importance of writing skills for years. In fact, many state and nationalstandardized tests now include segments that require students to write paragraphs andessays.How can we make sure students get the practice and inspiration they need asemergent writers? One teacher-tested solution is to use exciting writing promptslike the ones in this book. These prompts cover a wide spectrum of kid-friendlytopics, from special effects to sports bloopers. They are also connected to yourcurriculum. There is such a rich variety of topics, you are bound to find one toconnect perfectly with a given day’s lesson.4
Picture-Perfect WritingThe prompts in this collection have an added advantage:They are all based on visual images that stimulate theimagination. These images capture the full range of humanexperience and emotion and provide a window into the naturalworld. Some examples include: A political cartoon that asks students to think about the A photo of a giant whale parked on a city street—with aprompt suggesting that students act as news reporters onthe scene. A reproduction of the Mona Lisa that gets kids thinkingabout whom they might honor with such a portrait today.Because these images require interpretation andimagination, they encourage writing at its best—a transactionin which the student makes his or her own connections andconstructs own meaning. You will find that even the most reluctant writer can feel successfulwith these prompts. At the same time, all of your students will develop a richer sense of visualliteracy, the ability to make sense of the countless images we are surrounded with every day.Don’t Miss These Special Features:To make this book work for you, we have included the followingspecial features: Easy-to-use reproducibles: Each picture is printed on its ownreproducible page complete with lines for students’ writing.That makes it easy for students to save their work in a folderor binder.NameWh at a Wo rko ut!Invent a new way for petsto get exercise. Weightsforcats and dogs to lift? Atreadmill for pet snakes?Describe your inventionand tell how it would work.Beas outrageous as you’dlike!kinds of writing, from lists to letters, fairy tales to persuasiveessays. Cross-curricular prompts: In addition to the main promptfor each picture, we have included a mini-promptspecifically tied to your science, social studies, language5 Variety of writing formats: The prompts encourage all Globe Photos101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching Resourcestechniques the creators of television commercials use topersuade viewers to buy products.Mini-Promptsative Writing: Whatdo you suppose the catin the photograph mightyour groupÕs five funniestbe thinking? Listresponses.Collabor101 Picture Prompts toSpark Super Writing Scholastic ProfessionalBooks9
arts, math, or art curriculum. That means writing can easily fitinto your lessons, rather than take time away from them. Opportunities for collaborative writing: Some prompts aredesigned for students to tackle in small groups, addingflexibility to your writing program. In writing, as in alllearning, interaction with others can produce great results! Topical index: Use the index in the back of the book tolocate a prompt on a particular theme.About the Artin theYou and your students may be interestedbook.following facts about the artwork in thisREAL-LIFE PHOTOSWho “Nose” What This Is? (page 8)is beingThis sculpture to Sioux hero Chief Crazy HorseIn the 1800s,carved in the Black Hills of South Dakota.whiteCrazy Horse led the Sioux in a struggle againstmonumentsettlers. When completed, the Crazy Horseface portion ofwill be the largest sculpture on Earth. The1998.summerinthe art was completedWhat a Workout! (page 9)of thisThis humorous scene was staged for the purposesphotograph.A “Bear-y” Nice Car (page 10)at the topA black bear searches for food left by campersof a mountain in Tucson, Arizona.A Whale Tale (page 11)Animal conservation groups placed this 90-footTheyinflatable whale in Monaco in October 1997.Commissionwanted to remind the International Whalinghunters. Thethat it is important to protect whales from43 countries,Commission, made up of representatives oftime.theatMonacoinwas meetingbirthday celebration with their dad, Harvardright getting his hat adjusted).Head Over Heels (page 17)A football player faces a rough landing.Doctor, Doctor! (page 18)School inFifth graders at Alama Schrader ElementaryhumanCape Girardeau, Missouri, examine a preservedas partbrain. A surgeon brought the brain to the schoolof the class’s unit on the human body.Friends Forever (page 19)A goat and cat make friends at a farm in Ohio.Birdie and the Beast (page 20)belongingThis lovebird and iguana are among 100 petsto a couple in Alabama.Going Buggy (page 21)HissingA brave 7-year-old allows two Madagascarshow atCockroaches to walk on his shirt during aSesame Place in Pennsylvania.Penguin Crossing (page 12)asA group of people in Montreal, Canada, dressedthepenguins to attend a press conference announcingcity’s annual Santa Claus parade.Save My Home (page 22)wetlandsNorthern cricket frogs make their home inGap Stateareas. The frog in this photo lives in RockyReady for Landing (page 13)A Gyr falcon took off and landed on this 8-year-old’sCity, Utah.head at a “Birds of Prey” show in Salt LakeRise and Shine (page 23)by a babyThis adorable picture of a dog being nurturedtaken in thedoll is from an old collection of photographs1950s or 1960s.Park in Maryland.Monkey Business (page 14)Zoo. He wasBul Bul the gorilla lived at Tokyo’s UenoHe died inthe world’s oldest male gorilla in captivity.POLITICAL CARTOONSby JohnAll of the cartoons in this book were createdRose hasRose, a Virginia-based professional cartoonist.published material for both children and adults.1997 at age 44.101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching Resources “Create Your Own” pages: At the end of each chapter, youwill find a reproducible prompt with blank space for studentsto fill with their own political cartoons, photos, or artwork.(the dog atTop Job (page 16)Georgia.A window washer is hard at work in Atlanta,cleaning crewThe building is five stories high. It takes atwo days to clean all the windows.Happy Birthday, Rover! (page 15)Eleven Labrador retriever puppies have a one-yearName Scholastic Professional Books101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing62WCreate Your Own!hat does this picture meanto you? Whydid you choose to drawit?Draw a picture in the spaceabove. It can be an originalwork ofyour own, or a copyof a famousartist’s work.How to Use This BookSome Tips From the Author:1. Make writing a daily event. Set aside time each day for101 Picture Prompts toSpark Super Writing ScholasticProfessional Books61responding to picture prompts. Choose a time when studentsare relaxed and responsive. You will need 15 minutes to a halfhour for each prompt activity, depending on your students’ level of comfort with writingand interest in the topic.2.Choose a prompt by browsing through the book or scanning the index for a topic. Youmay choose to approach the prompts one genre at a time, setting up separate units onphotographs, political cartoons, and fine art. Or, you can invite one student to choose aprompt each day.3.Photocopy the prompt page and review the directions with students. For the mini-promptat the bottom of each page, encourage students to write on another sheet of paper. Manyteachers say these mini-prompts work well as homework or small group work.4.Model, model, model! While students are writing, respond to the prompt on your own. Itwill make for a great class discussion.5.Evaluate students’ work. If you don’t have time to read and evaluate each student’s workevery day, collect work from only five or six students at a time. Rotate the collection sothat each student gets regular feedback. Invite students to help brainstorm the criteria onwhich the writing pieces will be evaluated (originality? organization? spelling andpunctuation?).Enjoy!6101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Scholastic Professional Books
Real-Life PhotosWe are surrounded by photographs in our daily lives—family snapshots, colorfuladvertisements, newspaper images of war and peace. Because children are oftennaturally drawn to photos, they make excellent writing prompts. The prompts in thissection encourage students to: write imaginative fiction. apply and appreciate humor in writing. collaborate with peers in creative problem-solving. AP Photo/Amy Sancetta much, much more! AP Photo/Sesame Place AP Photo/Charles Bennett101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching Resources use higher-order thinking skills to interpret photographs critically and creatively.7
NameWho “Nose” What This Is?What do you think this giant face is?And why in the world are people climbing onits nose? Write a funny story to explainMini-PromptsCollaborative Writing: This giant face is really a sculpture of a Native American hero who livedlong ago. The sculpture is carved into a mountain. Whom would you honor with a sculpture?Why? What would the sculpture look like?8 AP Photo/Charles Bennett101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching Resourceswhat is going on in this picture.
NameWhat a Workout!Invent a new way for pets to get exercise. Weights forcats and dogs to lift? A treadmill for pet snakes?Describe your invention and tell how it would work. Be Globe Photos101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching Resourcesas outrageous as you’d like!Mini-PromptsCollaborative Writing: What do you suppose the cat in the photograph might be thinking? Listyour groupÕs five funniest responses.9
NameA “Bear-y” Nice CarWhat is this black bear up to? Is he buying anew car? Or getting ready for a Sunday drive?Make up a funny story to go with the picture. AP Photo/David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching ResourcesScience: Now write some facts about black bears. Use an encyclopedia or other referenceMini-Promptsmaterial to find out more about these creatures. Describe the most interesting things you learnabout black bears.10
NameA Whale TaleWhat’s a whale doing in themiddle of town? Pretend you area news reporter on the scene,and you have to write an articlecan choose one of the followingnews headlines to help you get Whale Invades Main Street,started. Use your imagination! New School Is Shaped Likea WhaleTakes Over City Hall Whale Gets Lost in CityMini-PromptsLanguage Arts: List at least five adjectives to describe the whale in this photograph.11 AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching Resourcesto tell what is happening. You
NamePenguin CrossingGet ready for anone of the “penguins” in this101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching Resourcesphotograph and write a diaryentry for one day. Why didyouand your pals stop trafficon a busy street? What didyou do in the big city?Mini-PromptsLanguage Arts: ÒPenguin CrossingÓ is one title for this photo. Can you think of others? List asmany titles as you can think of, then choose a favorite.12 AP Photo/Montreal Gazette-Pierre Obendraufadventure! Pretend you are
NameReady for LandingFinish this story starter: “One day, I was walking to schoolwhen I heard a loud screech from above. I looked up and saw ahuge falcon about to land on my head! Then the falcon spoke. It AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Trent Nelson101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching Resourcessaid it would take me anywhere in the world I wanted to go.”Mini-PromptsLanguage Arts: Have you ever had an interesting experience with an animal (it might be a petor a backyard creature)? Tell what happened to you. If not, choose one animal you would mostlike to see, and tell why.13
NameMonkey BusinessThis gorilla sure looks angry! But can animalsreally think and feel? Give your own opinion. AP Photo/Ueno Zoo101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching ResourcesMini-PromptsScience: Crossed arms are an example of what people call Òbody languageÓ or nonverbalcommunication. Another example is when we smile to show someone we are glad to see them.Can you describe another example of body language?14
NameHappy Birthday, Rover!These people and puppies areare celebrating the dogs’ birthdays! Doyou or anyone you know celebrate a101 Picture Prompts to Spark Super Writing Karen Kellaher, Scholastic Teaching Resourcespet’s birthday? If so, how do youcelebrate? Some people buy their petscards and gifts and even serve birthdaycake. Do you think that is a greatidea—or a waste of money? Explain. AP Photo/Morning News of Northwest Arkansas,Flip Putthoffwearing party hats for a reason. TheyMath: Plan a birthday bash for a favorite pet. (If you donÕt have a pet, plan a party for a friendÕsMini-Promptspet.) First, list the people and animals you would invite. Then describe the menu. Tell howmuch of each treat you would need to buy to feed everyone.15
NameTop JobWhat is happening in this picture? Is ita thief about to break into the 30th floor ofan office building? A brave window washertackl
The building is five stories high. It takes a cleaning crew two days to clean all the windows. Head Over Heels (page 17) A football player faces a rough landing. Doctor, Doctor! (page 18) Fifth graders at Alama Schrader Elementary School in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, examine a preserved human brain. A sur geon brought the brain to the school as part
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Sample Responses and Rubrics Two of the four expository clarification prompts and two of the four expository point-of-view prompts have sample responses. Both of the persuasive prompts have sample responses. The narrative prompt also has sample responses. The three sample responses for each prompt are all modeled after the same basic essay.
1 LRJ prompts for Maus Mr. Rose Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman LRJ Prompts The following LRJ prompts must be completed for the assignment dates. I will check each prompt for completion on the date it is due, and then I will collect the LRJ’s for grading on the day of the unit exam.
