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Picturing Stories

In 2024, I had the privilege of receiving a grant from Arts Council England to fund a project called Picturing Stories. The idea behind Picturing Stories is that if a picture is worth a thousand words, we can certainly write exciting stories based on paintings! 
Picturing Stories celebrated the 200 years of the National Gallery, so I chose paintings from this particular museum, but the project can be adapted to include artwork from any museum or gallery.
Click on the pictures below to download the lesson plans and worksheets.

Pencils Cup

Lesson 1

Intro to Creative Writing

Food Photos

Lesson 2

Writing from photos

Folded Newspapers

Lesson 3

News articles

Sarasota Eugenia Sestini.jpg

Lesson 4

The ever-mysterious sea

Paper Mache Flowers

Lesson 5

Still Life

Happy Little Girl

Lesson 6

Portraits

Kids Drawing

Lesson 7

Writing as a group

Wheat Field with Cypresses

Lesson 8

Impressionism

In the Classroom

Lesson 9

Teamwork

Writing Letters

Lesson 10

Letters

microphones

Lesson 11

Interviews and dialogue

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