STORY WRITING LESSON:
PHOTO ESSAY

Materials

• Photo Essay Lesson - Use the printable lesson for your lesson plan, or use as a lesson supplement.

Procedure:

Students should read the lesson, and complete the worksheet. As an option, teachers may also use the lesson as part of a classroom lesson plan.

Excerpt from Lesson:

Introduction

"A picture is worth a thousand words."  What do you think this means?

This quote refers to the fact that photographs and pictures give people a lot of information.  They sometimes give more information than words could ever give. 

A photo essay uses this idea by combining photos and words to tell a story.

Magazines often have examples of photo essays.  They use photographs to give more information about people, places and things in the story.

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