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Teacher: Today were going to do an activity about reading photographs. Ive selected different images. I just went on the internet and typed in some words that would help me find these. What I want you to do is tell me which one is your favorite and why do you like it and maybe a feeling that you have. [Students Name]. 

Student: I like the one with the lake because it has like, blue, and grey and green. 

Teacher: How does it make you feel? 

Student: The blue like sad, but the greens like happy. 

Teacher: Excellent. [Students Name], how about you? 

Student: The blues, it makes me feel calm and happy. Teacher: Now Im going to ask you about different pictures. What do you think the feeling is in this picture? [Students Name]? 

Student: Its something that shes left out. 

Teacher: What do you think theyre doing? 

Student: Talking about her. Teacher: I want you to tell me what you think happened before this picture was taken, and then what you think happened after. 

Student: After.  

Teacher: Im going to use this one as an example. The baby right now is eating ice cream. What happened before? [Students Name]? 

Student: Maybe the person who had the ice cream went to the bathroom and then the baby got the ice cream. 

Teacher: Oh the baby got the ice cream. What do you think happened after? 

Student: They came out of the washroom. They saw him like that and they washed him. 

Teacher: Exactly. The other thing I want you to do is talk about how they took the picture. Remember we use those words: close up, and what was the other one? 

Students: Wide angle. Foreground. 

Teacher: And wide angle. Also foreground. 

Student: Background. 

Teacher: Middle-ground, and background. Whos in the foreground here? [Students Name]. 

Student: The girl thats sad. Teacher: Why do you think they put her at the front? 

Student: Because she is the main character. 

Teacher: Yah shes the main character of this picture. Why do you think they put these girls at the back? [Students Name]?

Student: Because theyre not the main character and theyre talking about her? 

Teacher: Exactly. So Im going to send you to your desk. Youre going to pick one of these pictures and youre going to describe what you see in that picture. Im going to not use these ones because I want you to think about the character and the people and what happened before and what happened after... For homework tonight I want you to choose a photograph that you find interesting and you are going to write about whats in the picture, what feelings it gives you, and youre going to write about what happened before, and what happened after.