Objective: Students will create a short story about the painting, describing how the recent abundance of rainfall has impacted the life of the residents within the Haitian Village. Students will
convey how the events of an ongoing drought significantly impacted the lives of the residents and how the recent rainfall has made a positive impact on the village. Students will use their creative writing skills to bring the audience into the image and how this event has changed the lives of the residents within a long paragraph (5-6 sentences).
Look: As you observe the painting, what do you imagine the farmers are feeling in this
very moment? Do you think everyone in this image is a farmer, or do you think other
residents are helping the crop production? What else is going on in the village that is not
displayed in the image?
Write: Use your 5 senses and bring the audience into the painting. What do you hear,
see, smell, feel, and taste?
Share: Read your story aloud. Does it include life before the drought, during the rainfall,
and life today (past, present, and future)? How does your story include the 5 senses to
create a detailed story about the photo? Does your story bring the audience into the
image?
Standards:
W.5.2 Write text in a variety of modes: c. Convey events, real or imagined, through narrative/short stories which orients a reader by establishing a real or imagined situation and introducing a narrator and characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally. Use narrative
techniques, such as dialogue, description, and pacing, to develop experiences and events or show the responses of characters to situations.