Boxed up

Resources:

 Visual sources with carefully drawn boxes outlined on them.
Each "box" is one paragraph.They revisit each para with each new skill acquired. #engchatuk pic.twitter.com/Q7zBk6tobJ
— Helen Ralston (@ralston_h) November 23, 2015

 What to do:

 I just noticed the above tweet on my timeline.
I don't know how Helen R. is using this idea, but I am going to do the following...
  1. When providing students with a source/image/visual prompt I will add an outline around key areas of importance 
  2. I will then ask students to write a paragraph per outlined box
  3. I will ask them to consider the sequencing of their paragraphs and how to draw out key elements within the boxes
Students can work individually or in pairs/groups for this task.

 Variations:

 Cut the boxes up and give them to the students one by one, asking them to piece together the image as they write? 
Do this with text? A poem?
Image by Helen R @ralston_h


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