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SKETCH
TO
STRETCH
By: Ashley Feldkamp
Fall 2006
WHAT IS SKETCH TO STRETCH?
• A VISUAL REPRESENTING ACTIVITY
• STUDENTS MOVE BEYOND LITERAL
COMPREHENSION
• DEEPER THOUGHT ABOUT ELEMENTS OF STORY
STRUCTURE
• STUDENTS DRAW THE MEANING OF THE STORY
• IDEAS ARE SHARED WITH CLASSMATES
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THE STEPS
• READ AND RESPOND TO A STORY
• DISCUSS THE THEMES
• DRAW THE SKETCHES
• SHARE THE SKETCHES IN GROUPS
• SHARE SOME SKETCHES WITH WHOLE CLASS
• REVISE SKETCHES AND MAKE FINAL COPIES
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EXTRA INFORMATION
• STUDENTS NEED TO EXPERIMENT WITH
ACTIVITY
• DRAW SEVERAL SKETCHES TOGETHER
WITH CLASS
• NO SINGLE CORRECT INTERPRETATION
OF STORY
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An example of a Fourth Grader’s Sketch-toStretch. Notice how they used lines, words,
symbols, shapes, and probably color to
represent what the story meant to them.
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