Relationship Between Illustrations and the Story Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RL.K.7

Core Standard
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Illustrations are the images and pictures that accompany any story you might read. The goal of these images is to provide the reader with a vivid mental vision for the characters or actions of the characters. The pictures may also provide some detail on setting or places that are set in the story. Many times you will find that the illustrator puts hidden messages with pictures that not all readers will pick up on. These worksheets will help students explore the mix between the people drawing the images and the writer.

Relationship Between Illustrations and the Story Worksheets To Print:

Pete Penguin School Project - See if you can give Pete a hand with his project. Read the story. Then cut and paste the pictures in order. Pete Penguin has a school project due at school.

Teddy and Tina at the Beach - See if you can help the illustrator order her work based on the story. Teddy and Tina love spending time at the beach.

Al Gives A Birthday Dinner - What a generous alligator. Color, Cut, and Paste the pictures in order that go along with the story that the author has created.

Jimmy's Lemonade Stand - Jimmy sets up a lemonade stand in front of his house. Use the reading passage to determine the order of which these pictures happen.

Maddie Gets a Paint Set - Help make sense of the order of Maddie's painting. Number the pictures as they happened in the story.

The Jungle Talent Show - Order the acts in the talent show based on the reading passage. The musical group puts together a little number.

Andy's Garden - Andy has to be at least part rabbit. See if you get what I mean. Use the story to help guide how you arrange these images.

The Big Race - Who doesn't want to come in first? See the order of the participants. Cut and paste the order in which the racers finished the race.

Ollie Owl Graduates Kindergarten - I hear that Ollie really gives a hoot about school. Read the story and then put the pictures in order using 1-2-3.

James Camping Trip - See if you can piece together the illustrations. They are found on page two of this worksheet match them to what you read or hear in the reading passage.

Lydia Visits Grandma - See if you think that Lydia has everything that she needs for her trip and then decide how all the action unfolded.

Cleaning Day - I love a nice clean room. Too bad I can only clean twice a month. How does Steve and Betty go about cleaning their place up?

Hot Fudge Sundaes - There is nothing better than a little hot fudge. Order the way in which you put a sundae together.

Andrew's Treehouse - I helped build a treehouse once. It took us 8 months. Andrew's father must have some serious skills.

How Can Illustrations Help You Understand A Story Better?

What is an illustration?


Illustrations are images, interpretations, diagrams or visual explanations of a document that aid in the understanding of the text which can either be fictional or non-fictional. Readers, especially children, use illustrations to imagine and visualize the situation or characters and understand the emotions and ideas that are otherwise hard to imagine. Illustrations work cohesively with the story to create meaning for the reader.


How do illustrations and the story work together?


Illustrations are meant to work in harmony with the story in order to create meaning. Readers are drawn towards visualizing the characters, events appearances and situations of the story, and make mental notes of the story. Illustration may help them connect to the story effortlessly and it may also describe the tone and emotions in the text. For children, illustrations are extremely beneficial because the time they spend in comprehending the body language and creating a connection of the illustrations with the story can help them develop expression. Illustrations also help in comprehending words that are otherwise new or incomprehensible as the picture or visual details explain what the text is unable to.


Illustrating Characters


For a story, illustrating characters is quintessential. It teaches how to bring the character to life with the use of illustrations. This emphasizes how every detail such as clothes, facial expressions, moods, and surroundings can add to the understanding of the text. When characters are viewed by the readers in a story, they build their stories around it, practically diving into the scenario. It becomes easier for the reader to empathize and comprehend how the characters look appearance wise and how they behave in a given situation. Illustrations allow the reader to enter the world of the story and live it.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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