1. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

2. Writing Task #1
Take out and study your photograph. Divide a piece of your notebook paper into two columns. Head the left side “25 observations about the photograph.” Head the right side “My thoughts as I examine this photograph.” You have 5 minutes from the time class starts so each second counts!

3. Writing Task #2 (Description)
Convert the picture into a word portrait. Use vivid descriptions to bring this photograph to life.

4. Writing Task #3 (Expository)
Explain why you selected this particular photograph.

5. Writing Task #4 (Narrative)
Tell the story of the occasion during which the picture was taken, or tell a story about yourself that occurred within a year of the time the photograph was taken.

6. Writing Task #5 (Persuasive)
You do not own the photograph. Your friend or family member in Michigan does. For what seems like forever, you have been asking him/her to make you a duplicate. Write a letter to convince the owner of your picture to send you a copy.

7. Writing Task #6 (Dialogue)
Create a conversation between the “you” in the photograph and
You sitting here looking at the picture,
You and the photographer, or
You and someone else in the picture

8. Homework!
Choose one of your quick-writes and develop it into a piece of writing. You may plunder details from anything you have written on your paper.