Sketching Stories, Stretching Minds: Responding Visually to Literature

by Phyllis Whitin

Sketching Stories, Stretching Minds captures the power of young people's visual responses to literature. Working in a community of learners, Phyllis Whitin encouraged her students to respond to their readings through sketched interpretations. Like pieces of writing, the sketches became a vital part of the curriculum as vehicles for discussion and reflective tools for understanding. Her book shows how she implemented the strategy-how she...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 043508870X
• ISBN13: 9780435088705
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8