Picture book
Literacy Lesson 4
Images and Imagery
Introduction
Watch the video below for an introduction to the lesson.
Understanding the tasks
Rating the tasks
This lesson contains a few activities. Each activity will have one or more tasks. These tasks have been given a rating.
Some of the tasks in this lesson are must do. These are important to help you understand the introductory ideas or skills.
Have a go at the should do tasks and reach out to your friends or teacher if you need some advice. These will usually take a bit longer to complete than must do tasks.
Could do tasks will probably take you some extra time and might need you to get creative or problem solve. We strongly encourage you to try these.
Activity 1 - A picture paints a thousand words
Task 1
Using images to support or reinforce the written text can help reading comprehension – for younger readers this is very important.
Images can be used to help ‘set the scene’ or establish the context for the audience. Images of iconic places or people can be used to support context.
Images may also be used to engage the audience through humour or by appealing to the 'cute factor'!
Note: For a teenage audience the author might consider appealing to a sense of adventure, or ‘risk factor’. For example, an aerial shot of a rider on a dirt bike might be more engaging than a stationary image of a man standing in a jeep.
Click on the hot spots in the double page spread below to learn more.
Activity 2 - Creating imagery with words
Task 1
Words can also ‘paint’ a rich, engaging ‘picture’ for readers.
Imagery is created through careful, word choice.
Choosing precise and creative adjectives to expand our descriptions is one way to appeal to our audience
Read through the Creating imagery with words Google Slides.
Use information from the Google Slides to complete the interactive questions.
Activity 3 - Let's get organised!
Task 2 - Your turn
Use the Frayer diagram Google Slides activity template to take some time to start recording your definition and vocabulary for your big question.
You can leave your Facts and big numbers for your numeracy lesson.
Click on the button to open a new tab and view the Google Doc.
Click on the Use Template button to create a copy for you to edit.
Want to check your written answers for Activities 1 and 3?
Activity 1, Task 2:
Question 4 - If you were creating a double page for this book, and your big question was set in Central Australia, what images would you choose to set the scene and create context? Make sure that you explain your reasons.
Suggested Answer:
Images could include: Uluru – iconic Australian image, recognised landmark and symbol for Australia’s past; Aboriginal artwork/rock paintings/images connected to dreaming stories specific to the area to symbolise Australia’s rich Aboriginal history and culture; iconic Australian animals - kangaroos, emus, lizards; characters wearing cork hats; recognisable native Australian plants; constellations – Southern Cross/Milky Way – only seen in the Southern Hemisphere.
Activity 1, Task 2:
Question 5 - Which image would you choose for a secondary audience, rather than a primary audience? Justify your selection.
Suggested Answer:
Answer could include: Image 1 would appeal more to a teenage audience as the crocodile looks aggressive and dangerous, this could appeal to a teenage sense of adventure. This image might frighten younger children. The second image is more suited for a Primary audience, it is very cute and this might seem babyish to a teenage audience.
Activity 3, Task 1:
Question 3 - Why do you think it is important to plan your numeracy vocabulary?
Suggested Answer:
Calculating the size, distance and measurements for this question is the most important part of the double page. The purpose of the text is to teach children how to use big numbers to answer big questions. It is important to teach children the correct words for these calculations, so we must make sure we know and understand them too.
Handing in your work
Don't forget to hand in the work you completed today!
Your teacher will have told you to do one of the following:
Upload any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your Learning Management system (MS Teams, Google Classroom for example).
Email any digital documents you created and any photos you took of your written work to your teacher.
Make sure you keep any handwritten work you did in your exercise book or folder as your teacher may need to see these when you are back in class.