Picture story is an activity
which requires creative thinking. As the name suggests one is required to write
a story based on a given picture. To explain this concept to the students we
decided to give them an example using one picture for the whole class. They
came up with ideas for the story and all they needed from us was a little
guidance. This exercise helped them to understand that a story needs an
introduction, plot and a believable end, but otherwise one can let their
imagination fly.
In the next class, as planned, we
held a small competition in which the class was divided in groups of four or
five. Each group came up with their own story (they were given separate
pictures) without any external help. We were delighted to see that they were
enthusiastic about the activity and seemed to enjoy themselves.
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| The girl students taking active participation in the on-going Picture -story activity |
The best thing about that class
was that when left to them the children did not waste their time but
concentrated on completing their work. We were really surprised to see the
group of girls who were actively involved in the process of writing the story,
who otherwise used to passive throughout the class.
Shreya and Ankita
Team Baroda
note: the stories written would
be published soon
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