Picture Prompt Writing

 The teens are writing Formation papers.  So for the next three classes, they are helping me write lessons for next year’s class.  Here is one Picture Prompt Lesson.  We decided to have the kids answer who, what, when, where, why before reading the news article.  We decided the picture should have substance, something news worthy or controversial.  Here is the link for the news article pictured below.

We talked about the police officer trying to remove the activist’s hand glued to the asphalt. We thought it would be fun to write the scene from his perspective.   What does gluing your hand to the street accomplish?  Do the photos influence the way we perceive the news?  Our class has animated discussions before every writing exercise.  You and your family should, too!