8 Picture Writing Prompts & Lesson Plan: Setting, Characters, & Dialog

8 Picture Writing Prompts & Lesson Plan: Setting, Characters, & Dialogue

Many students find it challenging to include vivid descriptions of settings with well-developed characters who speak interesting dialogue into their creative or narrative writing.  This is true for student at any grade, whether middle schoolers, or high schoolers alike.

8 Picture Writing Prompts & Lesson Plan: Setting, Characters, & Dialogue is the perfect Google slideshow to add to your toolbox of writing strategies to help your students seamlessly blend their settings with characters and dialogue. The 8 intriguing picture prompts include guiding questions for students to consider as they compose a story.

The 8 Picture Writing Prompts & Lesson Plan: Setting, Characters, & Dialogue provides teachers with a simple way to teach students about setting and mood and how to add character development and meaningful dialogue. The slideshow works well in grades 6-12 English Language Arts classes as well as Creative Writing classes or clubs. It is so versatile that GATE, RSP, ELL, and General Ed students will be able to compose a story to at least one of the slides, if not more. This plan comes with a total of 21 slides ready to use individually, or as a set.

Teachers can choose to have their students go through the writing process, including pre-writing (using the guided questions, to drafting, peer response, rewriting, and publication) with the goal of finishing a complete story or they can use the slides as practice.

The photos of settings are either copyrighted images by the photographer Simon Timbers or are copyright-free photos from unsplash.com

Lesson Plan for Setting, Characters, and Dialogue will be a valuable addition to any writing classroom.

Check out my other Writing Slideshows at my store: Intentional Teaching and Learning

• 24 Creative Writing Prompts to Inspire Your Students

• 24 Additional Creative Writing Prompts to Inspire Your Students

• Flash Fiction: 24 Creative Writing Prompts for Students

• Characterization: What It Is and How to Develop It

• Writing with Suspense: A Google Slideshow

• The Setting Sets the Mood: Teaching Students How to Write an Effective Setting

• 14 Random Writing Prompts

If you have any questions, you can email me at gruenwaldy1@gmail.com