Explaining A Story From Illustrations Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RL.3.7

Core Standard

Illustrations help students put a face on what they are reading. They can also help us form opinions about characters or settings. Many times artists put hidden meanings within the graphics themselves and have them actually contribute to the story and what it develops into. These graphics contribute to the story and help the readers better gauge the intentions of author. The worksheets in this section will help students learn how to engage the use of illustrations towards their thoughts.

Using Illustrations Worksheets:

Set The Scene – Use the beautiful image to help form an opinion of the work.

Camping Fun – See if the pictures help you capture the story better.

Illustrate the Story – It's time for you to be the artist.

Using Graphs in Reading – Graphs are images, aren't they?

Infer From Pictures – You can get a feeling for Sam in less than 10 seconds.

Jill's Special Hike – There are many creatures that live in the forest. Birds, bears, foxes, coyotes, squirrels, rabbits and sometimes even bigger animals like moose. But you don't often see these animals together.

John and the Park – John had a great day at the park with his friends. They had played all kinds of games, played on the playground and they had enjoyed the beautiful sunny weather.

Spot and the Vet – Spot usually liked going on outings with his human family but today he wasn't happy at all. They had tricked him and now he was stuck in a small room with somebody poking and sticking him.

A Two Family Trip – Two families are going on a trip. Both families are going on a camping trip and will be gone for one week. They have been planning this trip for months and have everything they need to enjoy themselves.

How Do The Pictures Make You Feel – Look at each picture below and then write what you think is happening and how it makes you feel. For the last exercise, we have answered the questions for you.

What Do The Pictures Tell You? – See if the pictures make you emotional at all.

What Do You See? – The image focus your thoughts here.

What Does the Image Show – Examine each image below and then answer the questions in the area provided.

Pictures Tell The Story – Pictures can tell a story without words. Follow the sequence of events in the images below and write what you believe is happening in each image.

Your Neighborhood – Describe three different types of people that you see and what their role in your neighborhood are.

How to Explain a Story from Illustrations?


Being a second or third grade student, we have a number of books having illustrations and pictures to explain the text properly. These illustrations may seem like regular pictures at first, however, they contain much depth and meaning to extract from. A student can understand the entire story by just seeing the illustrations. How? Let's find out.


Illustrations:


Illustrations are the pictures or graphics that attractively portray the actions or characters of the story. These pictures gradually help in developing the story and indicating the plot for the readers to understand it properly and with convenience.


Tips To Explain a Story From Illustrations:


See the Pictures to Understand First


See the illustrations first and see how they appear. Illustrations and pictures tell you a scenario or story beautifully and in an attractive manner. However, a room is left for the reader to raise queries and understand what the illustration is trying to portray. Look at the illustrations and develop questions like what I should look or find with this picture. What does it state and indicate.


Interpret what the pictures say and what needs to be found?


Now after seeing the picture first, start working in your mind the possible scenarios. Explain the question and start looking for the answers about what the characters in the illustrations represent and show. After seeing the obvious thing, move forward towards the technicalities.


Explain the illustrations contribution to the story


As said earlier, illustrations explain the story extensively. The characters in the illustrations show the actions that need to be examined and analyzed. Try finding out about the setting of the story and contribution of the characters to it. This section also explains the characters' actions that contribute towards developing the story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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