A big tree, grass, a blue sky.
WRITING WORKSHOP · WARM-UP3 min
Anyone can be a writer
You can write a paragraph from just one picture!
Today we learn four skills: look closely, find the elements, link them into sentences, and make them lively.
👀 Look🧩 Elements🔗 Link✨ Enliven
Secret: tell your partner first, then write it down.
STOP 1 · LOOK CLOSELY5 min
The closer you look, the more you can write
What do you see in this picture?
A girl holding a watering can.
She is watering the flowers.
Tip: look from far to near, top to bottom.
STOP 2 · THE FOUR Ws6 min
A good sentence has four helpers
When? Where? Who? Doing what?
A spring morning.
In the garden.
Xiaohong.
Watering sunflowers.
Which sentence is the most complete?
STOP 3 · BUILD THE SENTENCE6 min
Arrange words like building blocks
Line up the four elements, and a sentence appears.
🕐 When➜🏡 Where➜👧 Who➜💧 What
Example: On a spring morning, Xiaohong happily waters sunflowers in the garden.
STOP 4 · ADD DETAILS6 min
A little detail brings the sentence to life
How does she water? How do the flowers look?
Xiaohong smiles as she waters.
Sunflowers turn their golden faces up.
Drops go drip-drop.
Which sentence is more lively?
STOP 5 · INTO A PARAGRAPH6 min
A paragraph has a start, middle, and end
Link a few sentences together to make a paragraph.
① Start: when, where, who② Middle: what they did③ End: the feeling or result
Your turn: write your own picture paragraph in three sentences.
STOP 6 · REVISE5 min
Good writing is rewritten
After writing, read it aloud and find little mistakes.
✅ Are all four elements there?✅ Does it read smoothly?✅ Are punctuation marks right?✅ Is there a lively detail?
After writing a paragraph, what is best to do first?
FINISH · SHARE YOUR WORK3 min
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YOU ARE A LITTLE WRITER
Picture writing is easy: look, find the elements, link sentences, and enliven.
When, where, who, what.
Add looks, sounds, and feelings.
Tonight, pick a family photo and write three sentences with the four elements.