Creating Mental Images
Creating Mental Images is one of my favorite units to
teach. It gives readers a chance to interact with the text in a way that's
personal to them. We begin our unit with very simple poems and stories and
gradually add stories which require them to use their schema and background
knowledge to conjure up an image.
My Neighbor's Dog is Purple is a great poem to use to
begin this unit. Not only is it very simple and fun, but it also shows readers
that Mental Images can change as you read.
I read the first two stanzas of the poem several
times. As I read I have them close their eyes and create a Mental Image in
their mind. Once I've read it several times I have them draw their image
Then, I read the last part of the poem and after they
settle down (they love that it is a crocodile and go CRAZY) I have them draw
their new Mental Image.
Close up of crocodiles. Since we just did our zoo unit
last week and learned about alligators and crocodiles it was easy for them to
draw the crocodile. It was so cute to hear them say things like, "I need
to make sure he has his top and bottom teeth showing so he won't look like an
alligator."
This poem is in one of his books, I think it's from A
Pizza the Size of the Sun but it is also
free on the web so I'm going to post the poem here for you so that you don't
have to search for it.
My Neighbor's Dog is Purple
My neighbor's dog is purple,
its eyes are large and green,
its tail is almost endless,
the longest I have seen.
My neighbor's dog is quiet,
it does not bark one bit,
but when my neighbor's dog is near,
I feel afraid of it.
My neighbor's dog looks nasty,
it has a wicked smile....
before my neighbor painted it,
it was a
crocodile.
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