✏️ WritingGrade 2Lesson 6
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Write About a Picture Story

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Learning Objectives

  • 1Look carefully at each panel of a picture story
  • 2Notice who, what, and where
  • 3Write one clear sentence per panel that matches what the picture shows
  • 4Put the sentences in the correct order to tell a beginning, middle, and end story
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Mini Lesson

A picture story tells a story through images — just like a comic strip! Your job as a writer is to look carefully at each picture and write a sentence that describes exactly what you see.

Step 1 — Look Carefully at Each Panel

  • Ask: Who is in the picture?
  • Ask: What are they doing?
  • Ask: Where does it happen?
  • Notice small details — colors, expressions, actions.

Step 2 — Write One Sentence Per Panel

  • Start with a capital letter and end with the right punctuation.
  • Use the subject + verb pattern: The girl kicked the ball.
  • Add a descriptive word to make it interesting: The girl kicked the red ball hard.
  • Make sure your sentence matches what you see — don't make things up!

Step 3 — Check the Order

  • Panel 1 = what happens first (the beginning).
  • Panel 2 = what happens next (the middle).
  • Panel 3 = what happens last (the end).
  • Read them back — do they flow as a mini-story?
Three-panel picture story about a boy planting a seedPanel 1: a boy digs a hole. Panel 2: the boy drops a seed into the hole. Panel 3: a small green plant grows from the soil.Picture StoryPanel 1He digs a hole.Panel 2He drops a seed in.Panel 3A plant grows!Write one sentence for each panel.
A three-panel picture story — boy digs a hole, drops in a seed, then a green plant grows.
Three questions to ask when writing about a pictureThree question cards asking Who? What? and Where? — the three ingredients of a good picture-story sentence.3 Questions to AskWho?Name theperson oranimalThe boy...What?Describethe actionor event...digs...Where?Name theplace orsetting...in the garden.The boy digs a hole in the garden.Who + What + Where = a great sentence!
Three question cards — Who? What? Where? — with an example sentence combining all three.
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Ask yourself: "Does my sentence tell who, what, and where? Does it match the picture? Is it in the right order?"

Vocabulary
Picture story
A short story told through a sequence of pictures or panelse.g. A three-panel comic about a boy planting a seed.
Panel
One single picture in a picture story, usually shown inside a boxe.g. Panel 1 shows the boy digging a hole.
Describe
To tell in words what you see, hear, or feele.g. The boy digs a hole in the garden.
Order
The sequence in which events happen — beginning, middle, then ende.g. Panel 1 comes before Panel 2 and Panel 3.
Detail
A small piece of information — like a color, size, or feeling — that makes writing clearere.g. A small green plant grows in the sun.
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