Non Linguistic Representation Professional Development Part II Spring 09

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Drawing Pictures and Pictographs Drawing pictures or pictographs (i.e. symbolic pictures) to represent knowledge is a powerful way to generate nonlinguistic representations in the mind. A variation of a picture is the pictograph, which is a drawing that uses symbols or symbolic pictures to represent information.

Resource Creating a Pictograph in Excel Description: After creating a plain Excel chart, students see how fancy, yet meaningful, it can become by changing it into a pictograph. A pictograph is a graph that uses pictures to show and compare information. Excel stretches or stacks the picture to represent the values being graphed. Why not use a real picture of a macaw in a comparison of rain forest birds? Or stack a picture of a car or airplane in a transportation graph? Or, if students are comparing U.S. male and female populations, they can use pictures to represent those groups. The possibilities are endless.

Gallon Man and Big “G”

Emoticons A symbol or combination of symbols used to convey emotional content in written or message form. Originated as text based but now have evolved to sophisticated graphic images used to make text messaging and more versatile. :-) and :-(

Rebus A representation of words and syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound. » …

Generating Mental Pictures Definition: using the five senses to create a mental picture of knowledge being learned.

Mental Pictures Examples: 3-D shapes counting edges, faces, etc. Visualization exercises Rep/visualization/Visual_Imagery.ppt

Mental Pictures Examples: Teachscape video: 6-8 grade Language Arts Create a mental image of the Holocaust by having students read a passage from Wiesel’s Night. Follow up with a writing experience describing a scene from the passage. 04_68/ts_hy007_68la02.htm

Mental Pictures 3-5 Writing: Describe the story elements to students and have them create a picture of each element. They will then be able to explain their interpretation of the story with the class. High School: Assign a character from a novel to each member of a small group. Allow each member to create a written description of their character. Each group would then compare these descriptions to see similarities and differences of their mental pictures.

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Subject: Essential Learning Target: KinestheticPhysical ModelPictographsMental Images Reflection on Non Linguistic Activity (s) Listed above +∆Rx Next Steps:

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